Monitor Woes

unlearnthetruth

unlearnthetruth

Recycle Me!
Some of you may know, my Apple Studio Display 17 CRT burnt out some time ago... Apparently the deflector board got fried somehow. Convenient. Anyway, I didn't have the money to replace it with something comparable, so I got a Mitsubishi DiamondPoint SB70. 17", flat screen CRT for like $250. I thought I was getting a good deal. I suppose I was, it's a nice monitor, but it didn't say anywhere what the refresh was at the max resolution, just that the max resolution was 1280 x 1024, which is what I use. Low and behold, refresh is 60 hz, which is unacceptable. After realized what exactly refresh means, I now see that THAT's the problem I get headaches whenever I use it, THAT's the reason my monitor is randomly flickering, etc... Anyway, until I scrounge up enough money to get a decent display (suggestions would be appreciated by the way), is there any way to overclock (so to speak) this to get a higher refresh? I know I can get higher resolutions than it supports...

thanks in advance...

Oh, if anyone wants to trade... let me know - heh
 
Looking at the Mitsubishi web site, the recommended resolution for this monitor is 1024 x 768 @ 85 Hz. Using that res should give you basically flicker free vid. If you want true flicker-free. trade in and get an LCD. The only way to get higher refresh rate is to set a lower resolution.
 
oh no I'm fine with it at 1024 x 768... I just hate using this low a resolution. My original goal was to find some way to beat the system and get it running at 1280 x 1024 at a higher refresh...

for now I've settled for the lower resolution as much as I hate it.

In the mean time, I'm currently in the market for a 17" CRT that CAN handle 1280 x 1024 at an acceptable refresh... any ideas aside from Apple Studio Displays?
 
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