Monitor & video card configuration help

Howdy,

If this is posted in the wrong group, please point me to the correct
one or a helpful web site. Thank you.

I have a Gigabyte GeForce 7300GT card (yeah, yeah, I know this puppy
is old) which works pretty good. In the very near future I am going to
purchase a new 22" LCD monitor, a Samsung 2243BWX (I think)for the
system. I've been reading that a lot of these monitors come with the
display settings out of wack. I've also been reading about how to
adjust these settings using the video card. It's all pretty confusing,
which may clear itself up when the monitor arrives.


My questions are should I set up the monitor using it's OSD and then
activate the nForce configuration tool? Or just use the nVidia program
to set everything and only use the OSD for physical adjustments,
resolution, screen placement and so on?? Would a person have to adjust
both contrast and brightness on the monitor and the video card
together or just one or the other??

I don't need a color match for pix and vids and printers, just want
things to look good and normal. Is there a place where a guy could
download a step by step manual or directions? Thanks for any help.
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"The Seabat" wrote in message
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Howdy,

If this is posted in the wrong group, please point me to the correct
one or a helpful web site. Thank you.

I have a Gigabyte GeForce 7300GT card (yeah, yeah, I know this puppy
is old) which works pretty good. In the very near future I am going to
purchase a new 22" LCD monitor, a Samsung 2243BWX (I think)for the
system. I've been reading that a lot of these monitors come with the
display settings out of wack. I've also been reading about how to
adjust these settings using the video card. It's all pretty confusing,
which may clear itself up when the monitor arrives.


My questions are should I set up the monitor using it's OSD and then
activate the nForce configuration tool? Or just use the nVidia program
to set everything and only use the OSD for physical adjustments,
resolution, screen placement and so on?? Would a person have to adjust
both contrast and brightness on the monitor and the video card
together or just one or the other??

I don't need a color match for pix and vids and printers, just want
things to look good and normal. Is there a place where a guy could
download a step by step manual or directions? Thanks for any help.
--
The seabat
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I can't see how or why this monitor would have issues with 1680x1050. It is
not a unique rare resolution......simply install the *.inf files supplied by
the manufacturer (what many call monitor '"drivers"). The default native
resolution is then set the way it normally is....

The Seabat wrote:
Howdy,

If this is posted in the wrong group, please point me to the correct
one or a helpful web site. Thank you.

I have a Gigabyte GeForce 7300GT card (yeah, yeah, I know this puppy
is old) which works pretty good. In the very near future I am going to
purchase a new 22" LCD monitor, a Samsung 2243BWX (I think)for the
system. I've been reading that a lot of these monitors come with the
display settings out of wack. I've also been reading about how to
adjust these settings using the video card. It's all pretty confusing,
which may clear itself up when the monitor arrives.


My questions are should I set up the monitor using it's OSD and then
activate the nForce configuration tool? Or just use the nVidia program
to set everything and only use the OSD for physical adjustments,
resolution, screen placement and so on?? Would a person have to adjust
both contrast and brightness on the monitor and the video card
together or just one or the other??

I don't need a color match for pix and vids and printers, just want
things to look good and normal. Is there a place where a guy could
download a step by step manual or directions? Thanks for any help.


You can find a monitor driver here, for 2243BWX

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/d...&menu=download

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...5_SM2243BW.exe

When I unzip that file with 7-ZIP, it shows.

10/24/2007 09:47 AM 10,870 sm2243bw.cat
10/24/2007 01:57 PM 2,404 SM2243BW.icm
10/22/2007 06:45 PM 2,800 SM2243BW.inf
12/08/2003 03:04 PM 90,112 Setup.exe

ICM is for color management. INF adds max res to the registry.

A plug and play monitor is supposed to do some of that for you,
which is why some manufacturers do not offer a download. At least
in this case, I was easily able to find the driver.

Steps for a complete video makeover (you don't need steps 1..5)

1) Uninstall old video driver.
2) Shut down and remove old video card.
3) Install new video card and connect new monitor.
4) Boot computer. View the world at 640x480 resolution for now.
5) Install chipset drivers, if they're not already there.
Install new video card drivers. This may include .NET
coming off the video card CD, as well as some version of
DirectX. The video card driver package on the CD, should
do it all for you. (My ATI CD did that, jamming in a copy
of .NET and trying to mess around with my DirectX.)
6) After the attendant reboots, you're back in the desktop.
Go to the Display control panel. Bump up the resolution.
If you don't see 1680x1050, some Display control panels
include options to display more resolutions. The native
resolution, gives the clearest picture, but with tiny
looking fonts.
7) If monitor Plug and Play isn't working, then it is time to
install the monitor driver. (My monitor is not addressed by
name, in my Display control panel.) Or, if you're using
Photoshop, and want some notion of color management, that might
be a reason to install it. I had to use the monitor driver
for my monitor, even though EDID seems to work electrically.
8) Once the resolution is set to native value (1680x1050), there
is an option in the Display panel, to bump up the font size.
Mine is set to 125%, to make the fonts readable.
9) WinXP has ClearType, which you can also mess around with.

If you want to see your EDID from the new monitor, use this.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/moninfo.shtm

HTH,
Paul

On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:22:57 -0500, Paul wrote:

The Seabat wrote:
Howdy,

If this is posted in the wrong group, please point me to the correct
one or a helpful web site. Thank you.

I have a Gigabyte GeForce 7300GT card (yeah, yeah, I know this puppy
is old) which works pretty good. In the very near future I am going to
purchase a new 22" LCD monitor, a Samsung 2243BWX (I think)for the
system. I've been reading that a lot of these monitors come with the
display settings out of wack. I've also been reading about how to
adjust these settings using the video card. It's all pretty confusing,
which may clear itself up when the monitor arrives.


My questions are should I set up the monitor using it's OSD and then
activate the nForce configuration tool? Or just use the nVidia program
to set everything and only use the OSD for physical adjustments,
resolution, screen placement and so on?? Would a person have to adjust
both contrast and brightness on the monitor and the video card
together or just one or the other??

I don't need a color match for pix and vids and printers, just want
things to look good and normal. Is there a place where a guy could
download a step by step manual or directions? Thanks for any help.


You can find a monitor driver here, for 2243BWX

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/d...&menu=download

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...5_SM2243BW.exe

When I unzip that file with 7-ZIP, it shows.

10/24/2007 09:47 AM 10,870 sm2243bw.cat
10/24/2007 01:57 PM 2,404 SM2243BW.icm
10/22/2007 06:45 PM 2,800 SM2243BW.inf
12/08/2003 03:04 PM 90,112 Setup.exe

ICM is for color management. INF adds max res to the registry.

A plug and play monitor is supposed to do some of that for you,
which is why some manufacturers do not offer a download. At least
in this case, I was easily able to find the driver.

Steps for a complete video makeover (you don't need steps 1..5)

1) Uninstall old video driver.
2) Shut down and remove old video card.
3) Install new video card and connect new monitor.
4) Boot computer. View the world at 640x480 resolution for now.
5) Install chipset drivers, if they're not already there.
Install new video card drivers. This may include .NET
coming off the video card CD, as well as some version of
DirectX. The video card driver package on the CD, should
do it all for you. (My ATI CD did that, jamming in a copy
of .NET and trying to mess around with my DirectX.)
6) After the attendant reboots, you're back in the desktop.
Go to the Display control panel. Bump up the resolution.
If you don't see 1680x1050, some Display control panels
include options to display more resolutions. The native
resolution, gives the clearest picture, but with tiny
looking fonts.
7) If monitor Plug and Play isn't working, then it is time to
install the monitor driver. (My monitor is not addressed by
name, in my Display control panel.) Or, if you're using
Photoshop, and want some notion of color management, that might
be a reason to install it. I had to use the monitor driver
for my monitor, even though EDID seems to work electrically.
8) Once the resolution is set to native value (1680x1050), there
is an option in the Display panel, to bump up the font size.
Mine is set to 125%, to make the fonts readable.
9) WinXP has ClearType, which you can also mess around with.

If you want to see your EDID from the new monitor, use this.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/moninfo.shtm

HTH,
Paul

Thank you, that is very helpful info. What about the contrast,
brightness and gamma. Should I adjust those on the monitor OSD first.
Or use the utility that came with my nVideo card and forget about the
OSD buttons on the monitor??
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The Seabat wrote:


Thank you, that is very helpful info. What about the contrast,
brightness and gamma. Should I adjust those on the monitor OSD first.
Or use the utility that came with my nVideo card and forget about the
OSD buttons on the monitor??

I find the monitor is set too bright from the factory, and that
is the main reason for going into the OSD. Mine was bright enough
to give me a headache. I turned it down as low as it would go,
and it is bearable that way. Mine doesn't really have that big
an adjustment range, which is unfortunate.

I don't think I've ever adjusted via the Advanced section of the
display control panel. Years ago, I might have been using it,
to fix the "too dark" game problem. But with the games I play
now, that doesn't seem to be necessary.

If you use a program like Photoshop, you may find a copy of
Adobe Gamma living on your computer, and that could also be
doing its own adjustments.

Since I don't do anything that involves calibrated color,
I'm the wrong guy to ask. Maybe someone like Charles Poynton
can help you...

http://www.poynton.com/PDFs/Brightness_and_Contrast.pdf

http://www.poynton.com/Poynton-color.html

Paul