Resolution / frequency on 2005FPW

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Hi all,

I have just acquired a 2005FPW. I'm very happy with it but I find that the refresh frequency of 60Hz at 1680*1050 is to low.

I have a quite old GeForce 3 Ti 200.

So the question is : does this 60Hz limitation come from my video card (and then I better have to buy a new one), or is this a screen limitation ?

Any idea ?

Thanks in advance.

Vlad

timberland_fore · Answer

I have the same issue with my FPW 2405, as I posted here:

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=49525#M49525

It seems at max resolution for both of these monitors the max refresh rate is 60Hz, which is disappointing. But I hope it's not a hardware limitation but rather a driver one and that in the future they release a driver that makes it higher.

Vladx · Answer

Do you think that acquiring a new video card that can handle 1608*1050@<60Hz willbe usefull, or whatever card I have I never will be able to set a frequency better than 60Hz ? Vlad

timberland_fore · Answer

Well I just tested my monitor at 1680 x 1050 resolution and I still get 60 Hz. However, if I go lower to like 1280 x 1024 then I can set the refresh rate to 75 Hz. And I have the nVidia 7800 GTX, the latest and one of the most powerful cards out there. I'm pretty sure it can't any better with other card, so the best thing to do is to wait for new monitor and/or nVidia drivers that might adress the issue in the future. Message Edited by timberland_forest on 10-13-2005 08:32 PM

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