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Re: Should I overdrive my monitor a little bit?



On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Mark Phillips wrote:

> but my monitor only has a horizontal frequency range of 30-60.  I am
> thinking that perhaps changing it to 30-63 won't hurt, but the XFree86
> Video Timings HOWTO warns about overdriving, so I am hesitant.

You can exceed the bandwidth rating of your monitor, but never ever exceed
the horizontral frequency.

Fortunately, having read the Video Timings HOWTO, you are now qualified to
find a modeline in that resolution that your monitor *does* support :}



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