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New Wells-Gardner D9200 Monitor Review
desmatic:
I noticed something curious in your review. It looks like you were running your monitor at 37.5 kHz. If so, that's a very dangerous frequency to run a d9200 at. Maybe that's why it died prematurely.
KevSteele:
I didn't notice that, but that's the output I was getting from the ArcadeVGA card. I'm surprised.
Things that make you go hmmm....
Thanks for pointing that out, it's one more thing I'll have to look into!
Kevin
RandyT:
--- Quote from: desmatic on August 11, 2003, 09:39:49 pm ---I noticed something curious in your review. It looks like you were running your monitor at 37.5 kHz. If so, that's a very dangerous frequency to run a d9200 at. Maybe that's why it died prematurely.
--- End quote ---
Ummm......isn't that the 800x600 mode that everyone seems to run unofficially?
RandyT
desmatic:
It hurts my brain. In fact, I need a beer just to think about it. Why so many insist on running 800x600 is truly beyond me. Aside from the fact that it is clearly overclocking the monitor to a very dangerous level, the D9200 only has 640 triads, so at 800x600 1 pixel = .8 triads. This means that what would normally be a beautifully clear image, is simply blurry and goofed. I just don't get it. Maybe someone can explain it to me, I'm struggling with the allure of it. I'm under the impression that many are doing it, though, and that the premature deaths of many precious D9200s are inevitable.
KevSteele:
You may be on to something -- I was running at 640x480, with only occasional trips to 800x600 for testing (which was when those pics were taken).
However, in setting up my new computer, XP insisted on bumping things up to 800x600, with no way to get back to 640x480 (at least, until I installed Multires). Unfortunately, this meant that the monitor was running at 800x600 for a long stretch.
The other thing that happened, however, is that I moved the monitor. Only about 10 feet into the gameroom, but it was movement, and that may have jarred something loose.
Basically, the monitor was working perfectly, then I unplugged it and moved it and then it was dead (well, not dead, but on life support.)
I'm curious about how long any D9200 owner has run this monitor at 800x600? Could that have been the cause?
Kevin
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