Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:37:15 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor Tuning Message-ID: <4308919B.1070307@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <43088094.40003@comcast.net> References: <42FCFDED.5050404@comcast.net> <20050815023141.GI61392@wantadilla.lemis.com> <43088094.40003@comcast.net>
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Sean wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Friday, 12 August 2005 at 15:52:13 -0400, Sean wrote: >> >>> My display is not very sharp and I was looking for a few tips that >>> might >>> help to cure things. I tweeked a few things and no luck. Still a soft >>> dull image. Little annoying on the eyes. >>> >>> Is anyone running a NEC Multisync XV17+ with an Nvidia 6500 ultra and >>> getting a sharp display? >>> >>> Excerpts from my xorg.conf will give you my monitor and graphics card. >> >> >> >> Others have said this already, but to clarify: adjusting the monitor >> parameters may enable you to get higher resolution or less flicker, >> but they're unlikely to make it sharper unless they were previously >> out of the operating range. Nowadays that's seldom, since monitors >> will just refuse to operate out of spec. >> >> Your monitor may be old, but that doesn't mean in itself that it's >> worn out. I'm still using an Eizo (Nanao) monitor made in 1989. It's >> no longer the best, but it still works. >> >> Greg >> -- >> When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. >> If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original >> recipients. >> For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html >> See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > > > Thanks Greg > > I will play with settings further. > > Sean Speaking of Monitor tuning... I remembered about this website after I ran into it on a forum that I frequent.. this will help you setup your monitor resolution correctly and it improves the refresh rate actually quite a bit: <http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html>. -Garrett
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