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I just installed a new video card in my computer. An Asus EAH3870, with 512 megs of ram. I have a gig of RAM on my system, a E6600 processor and an ASUS P5W DH Deluxe mobo.

I'm using a 19-inch Sony monitor. It's few years old. I have the resolution set at 1152 x 864. It's an LCD monitor.

In video properties, the highest I can set the refresh rate is 60hz.

Every once in a while the monitor flickers. It never did this with the old video card (ATI 850XT).

Do I have a bad video card? If so, it's going back to newegg.

Is there some other setting I should check or do I need a new monitor?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Message edited by GinoS on 04-21-2008 at 09:38:34 PM

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Is the monitor a CRT or LCD? It could be refresh rate, non-native resolution, bad video card, bad drivers.

Try a different monitor if you can, and verify the refresh rate and native res.

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Make sure your cord is plugged into the graphics card all the way I had that same problem.

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Are you using a adapter for LCD monitor? Like DVI to VGA?? Mine flickers because the card is not VGA compatiable and LCD monitor only has VGA connector. I need monitor, that might be your case too

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The monitor is a Sony SDMHS95. I am using an adapter. I'm trying to figure out the ideal refresh rate.

According to the specs:

The RGB Operating frequency is: Horizontal 28-80 kHZ

Vertical 48-75Hz.

So, I'm guessing the ideal refresh rate is 75 Hertz.

Does anyone know if that's right?

Also, I downloaded and installed the latest drivers. The problems seemed to have gone away. But I'm still unsure on that refresh rate. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Once again, thanks for all the help.

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