Just bought the ViewSonic A90f monitor.
I keep desktop at 800x600 and I bumped the refresh up to 100Hz. 85 is good enough but I do notice an improvement at 100.
Now, the issue that came up was a warping effect in Windows. All vertical
edges of a window warped inward if the window edge was located left side of the screen.
The right edge of a Window was fine because this "warping" didn't occur on the right side of the screen. It was only an issue on the left.
I eventually figured out that it was the refresh rate causing this so I slowed it down to 85Hz and all seems well; and at 75Hz the warping is removed completely.
My question is whether this is predominantly an issue with the monitor or
the video card?
I have 2 computers connected to the same monitor via an omnicube video
switcher.
Computer #1: Win98/VooDoo 5 PCI.
Computer #2: WinXP/GeForce2 GTS Ultra AGP.
Believe it or not the VooDoo/Win98 combination experienced much less warping than the XP/GeForce combo at the same refresh rate. That's why I am unsure of which component was unable to handle the 100Hz refresh: the more powerful XP/GeForce combo handled the stress much worse than the VooDoo5. I would have thought the opposite was true. But maybe this isn't a video card issue?
Was this a monitor or video card issue or both? If the video card got too
hot could this be the result?
Is it unsafe to use 100Hz on either card?