Chuck Finnigan wrote:
> I purchased a new Samsung SyncMaster 215TW (20" wide) LCD monitor. I
> have it running in Digital mode attached to an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
> adapter. I've installed the latest drivers for the monitor. I'm not
> sure which drivers i need to upgrade the adapter as it always list so
> many for that chipset. The highest the resolution will set to is 1280
> x 1024, which is below the recommended.  The refresh rate is 60.

According to NewEgg and Samsung, the 215TW is a 21" widescreen 
1680x1050.  That's a newer resolution so you'll probably need to upgrade 
your video drivers.

NVIDIA video adapters are pretty simple drivers to upgrade.  Go to the 
www.nvidia.com site, look for the "Download Drivers" link in the upper 
left.  Choose "Download Drivers".  Plug in "Graphics Driver", "GeForce 
and TNT2", "Windows XP/2000" (or Windows 95 / 98 / ME), and click "Go".

That should allow you to download a file like:

91.47_forceware_winxp2k_english_whql.exe

Which is the unified display driver for all of NVIDIA's video cards.

> The problem is that every other line on the screen appears blurry. Is
> this just a bad monitor that i need to replace or am i missing
> something in the settings?

The blurriness would be caused by the monitor attempting to re-scale the 
image to fit the screen size.  There might be a setting on the display 
which turns this off temporarily.

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