Monitor drivers also let the system (video card) know the maximum settings
the monitor can handle. Default drivers will likely protect it from being
overdriven but may not allow higher refresh rates that the monitor is
capable of handling. Higher refresh rates get rid of flicker although most
people can't see flicker above 72Hz. The downside is only if you wish to
use these higher settings.

<DaveJohnson12@nospam.> wrote in message
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AG monitors used to only be available with Sony Trinitron or Mitsubishi
Diamondtron tubes. I haven't kept up on them for a while now so I don't
know if there are other manufacturers now. I've always preferred the AG
design. Many people don't like the light horizontal lines typical with AG
designs. As far as flicker and refresh rate are concerned, it shouldn't
matter what technology your tube has. There are some very nice shadow mask
tubes. This link has more info on AG:

http://www.mitsubishi-electric.com.a...iamondtron.htm

There's a Windows utility called Flimmer.exe that measures refresh rate.
It's not written in English but it's obvious when it displays your refresh
rate. I looked for it on the internet but didn't immediately find it. It's
a very small application, 28KB, so if you want me to send it to you, email
me. It should be obvious how to de-spam my address.

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Found a site with Flimmer.

ftp://ftp.wiwi.uni-marburg.de/pub/wi...ls/flimmer.exe


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