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Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? (Miscellaneous)

posted by DOS386, 16.10.2007, 02:01

> nVidia user for a long time because they provide VGA with VESA VBE 3.0
> which include standard for setting up a refresh rate

> It worked nice for nV from TNT to GeForce 4 I had tested but for newer
> 5xxx/6xxx/7xxx/8xxx models it doesn't longer work (60Hz only). But nvidia
> still claims VBE 3.0 - this violate the standard, it's effectively 2.0 now.

It's a subset of 3.0 only

> I think it is possible because windows drivers already can

Very true. Everything is possible in DOS - just a question of "cost"

It's a sad truth that VESA tends to be buggy, ATI is worst (?), NVIDIA maybe slightly better ... but VESA is 15 years old and has very low priority for card developers ... they NEVER document the presence of VGA or VESA ... OTOH it usually minimally works

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Complete thread:

• Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? - RayeR, 06.10.2007, 23:36 (Miscellaneous)
  • Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? - Laaca, 07.10.2007, 15:39
    • Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? - RayeR, 08.10.2007, 02:32
  • Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? - Laaca, 07.10.2007, 15:51
    • Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? - RayeR, 08.10.2007, 02:59
  • Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? - DOS386, 16.10.2007, 02:01
    • Refresh rate control on new nVidia VGA is messed up,anyidea? - RayeR, 17.10.2007, 11:38