I bought a Viewsonic VX2000 lcd monitor on eBay. This is a 1600x1200
monitor.

I hooked it up with my Windows 2000 system, with an old Number Nine
Revolution IV card, but the image quality is crap. There is a faint
shadow a few millimeters left that's pretty noticeable when viewing text.

I'm not sure whether the monitor is at fault or the video card. I'm
using the D-SUB analog input of the monitor. Does that make a difference?
Would I get better image quality with a newer card with digital
output (the monitor has a DVI-D port)?

If the card is the problem, can someone suggest some inexpensive digital
video cards? I'm not up on these things and don't have time to educate
myself. I don't play games, so I don't need something cooled by liquid
Helium. I just want a very crisp, stable image at 1600x1200 with
reasonable performance. It would be nice to do video capture, so that
would be a plus, but not absolutely necessary. I'm looking for a fairly
cheap card though, say under $100 used.

you could probably get a new ATI for about 50 dollars that will do the
trick, unless there is something wrong with the monitor.

Bob

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you are running it at 60 hz?

Bob

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Windows says it's 60 hz. The monitor says it's 61. Perhaps the video
card is not producing a good 60 hz signal and it's screwing up the
image.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:23:00 +0000, sycochkn wrote:

I just bought a Samsung 242 mp. I had to download the latest video drivers
and video bios. The computer was setting the vertical to 75 Hz when I set it
to 60 the monitor did not like that at all.

Bob

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1600x1200
That's the problem with buying used electronics on e-bay. You never
know and usually you're buying bad goods.

That said, before you spend another dime, take your monitor to a
friends house, or friends fathers house! And plug it into something
stout. If it does it there with a newer system, it's the monitor.

I'm very sorry about that...

I know many, MANY people who have been burned buying used stuff on
e-bay. Don't make two mistakes...