Monitor Frequency problem.

[Spike88]

Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

1280x960 works fine on my system with this demo. I've been looking through the config files and can't seem to find a way to make it run in windowed mode, though, which is what I usually try to do with problematic old games.

What video card are you using. I noticed that this is a directx 8 game and wondered if your video card was "too new" to handle the old directx. Also, what operating system are you running it on?

Here's some info regarding the resolutions and refresh rates that your monitor supports:

Horizontal scan range
30 kHz to 70 kHz (automatic)
Vertical scan range
50 Hz to 160 Hz (automatic)


Optimal preset resolution
1024 x 768 at 75 Hz
Highest preset resolution
1024 x 768 at 85 Hz
Highest addressable resolution*
1280 x 1024 at 60 Hz

* Addressable means the monitor will sync up to this mode. However, Dell does not guarantee the image will be sized and centered correctly.
Dell guarantees image size and centering for all preset modes listed in the following table.

Preset  Display Modes

Display Mode                        Horizontal     Vertical
                                         Frequency   Frequency
                                           (kHz)          (Hz)
IBM, VGA2, 720 x 400                          31.5           70.1   
IBM,VGA3, 640 x 480                           31.5           59.9
VESA,640 x 480                                  43.3           85.0
VESA,800 x 600                                  46.9           75.0
VESA,800 x 600                                  53.7           85.1
VESA,1024 x 768                                60.0           75.0
VESA,1024 x 768                                68.7           85.0
VESA,1152 x 864                                67.5           75.0

All taken from http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...N/ug/index.htm

My graphics card is the Nvidia 6150 LE GPU. OS is Vista Home Basic 34bit.

So far 640x480 and 1024x768 dont work. After trying 640x480 I finally wrote down what the program is telling me it wants. Which is H:75.1KHZ by V:144.0HZ. From your post I see its the Horz thats causing the problem.

[Spike88]

Is there anyway to make the game run in a frequency I want? Or am I SOL?