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8800gtx, actually. But yes, an Nvidia card.

I'll stumble around the control panel to see what I can find. Give me a day or two. Or three. First time with this and all.....

This may be old news but here it is anyway...

I have 3 Acer V223W monitors that run fine with the TH2G. I think the "V" stands for "value", i.e., cheap. I guess I got lucky. I didn't research rates before buying. These are very similar (maybe identical electrically) to the other Acer 223's.

With all 3 running thru the TH2G Digital, Windows reports 57hz without setting up any customs settings. When I use each monitor's built-in info screen they too report 57hz.

Well, I solved it.

I actually ended up doing some weird things to my actual hardware.

-I tried creating a custom 5040 rez, no go.
-While the lcd's said "out of range," I tried disconnecting them from the TH2G, connecting them to the system and setting the resolution. Oddly enough, upon connecting individually to the system they could suddenly do 1920x1080. They're not rated for that. I was even able to make a custom 1680x1050@57. I did this for each of the lcd's, but upon reconnecting them to the TH2G, things went back to not working.
-I tried uninstalling the GXM, reinstalling Nvidia's 180.49, reinstalling the GXM and setting a resolution, but no go.


As per a random post stated, I downloaded one of the 175 series, the 175.19, the latest of the two 175's that were released. I installed that, THEN installed the GXM and suddenly I have 1680x1050@57!

Who knew?

Thank you guys, for having this webpage up. That random comment of trying the 175's saved the day. Errr.... night.

Now I just have to wait for my sister's present to come from newegg and it'll be smooth sailing for a while.

Oh, pictures to come soon. I should've put that in there. Heh.....

Nice Vincegun that you found your problem. As in the other sticky stated:

No native 5040 these drivers: (177.92 to 180.43)

Roger that. Heh, funny. Anyway, I guess you can add the Westinghouse LCM-22W2 and W3 to the list of lcd's that work at 5040 under triplehead mode.

GE 19" L1916HW work fine at 57hz and are very cheap - but look great to me.

You can get these at Best Buy for $125, which gives you a really inexpensive 5040x1050 setup.

Native res is 1680x1050. I found it difficult to find anything larger that still had the 1680x1050 native AND worked at 57hz.

Hi guys. I'm a widescreener in the making, and have just about completed research on monitor compatibility.

I found this post very helpful to determine which monitor might work ahead of time:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/9732

I'll be going with 3x DELL 2208WFP monitors. A friend has one, and used the above method to test 57hz.

Also, on an aside, I tested this method on an BENQ FP241W and it works flawlessly, although, 1680 x 1050 not being its native resolution, it was a bit blurry.

See you online.

New year's resolutions time... I've challenged myself to update the list.
If only I knew what the indigenous code is for those clean little black dots the original list has and I can't even put an english name on !! :x (Edit : thanks, that was... eZ'.)

[list]Problem models:
[*]Acer AL2216W[/*:m]
[*]Acer P241wb ... (possibly other Acer models, waiting on further testing)[/*:m]
[*]Acer x193w+[/*:m]
[*]AG Neovo H-W22 (user couldn't do 5040, though it's not entirely clear that a single one won't display 1680@57)[/*:m]
[*]Asus VW223T[/*:m]
[*]Asus VW222U[/*:m]
[*]BenQ G2400WD[/*:m]
[*]Dell 2007WFP[/*:m]
[*]Iiyama E2207WS[/*:m]
[*]Samsung 2233BW (works at 1680x1050@57 Hz for 30 secs, then an OSD message pops up and the screen turns black, no way to circumvent it)[/*:m]
[*]Samsung T220 (osd warning screen pops up and keeps popping up every few minutes)[/*:m][/list:u]

[list]Known working:
[*]Acer P223W[/*:m]
[*]Acer V223W :?: (OSD reports 1680x1024 at 57 Hz, however games in 5040x1050 looks alright and screenshots are the right size)[/*:m]
[*]Asus VK222H[/*:m]
[*]Asus VW198T[/*:m]
[*]BenQ FP241W [/*:m]
[*]BenQ G2200W[/*:m]
[*]Chimei CMV221D[/*:m]
[*]Dell 2001 FP[/*:m]
[*]Dell 2009W[/*:m]
[*]Dell 2208WFP [/*:m]
[*]Dell 2405 FPW[/*:m]
[*]Dell 2407[/*:m]
[*]Dell 2408[/*:m]
[*]Dell E228WFP[/*:m]
[*]DGM L-2249WD[/*:m]
[*]GE L1916HW[/*:m]
[*]HP 2207[/*:m]
[*]LG L227wtg[/*:m]
[*]NEC MultiSync 20WGX2 [/*:m]
[*]Samsung 2032MW (whistles at 57Hz?)[/*:m]
[*]Samsung 2043BWX[/*:m]
[*]Samsung 2253LW (complains of non-optimal settings @57Hz, requiring you to press the menu button or wait 60secs to clear the warning)[/*:m]
[*]Samsung 226BW Type A (complains of non-optimal settings @57Hz, requiring you to press the menu button or wait 60secs to clear the warning) [/*:m]
[*]Samsung 226BW Type C modelcode LS22MEWSFV/EDC (no annoying OSD message!)[/*:m]
[*]Samsung 226 cw (complains of non-optimal settings @57Hz, requiring you to press the menu button or wait 60secs to clear the warning)[/*:m]
[*]Samsung 2443BW[/*:m]
[*]Samsung 2693HM[/*:m]
[*]Samsung Syncmaster 225BW[/*:m]
[*]Soyo DYLM24E6[/*:m]
[*]ViewEra V202D a.k.a. V202D-B[/*:m]
[*]ViewSonic VA2226w[/*:m]
[*]Viewsonic VX1940w[/*:m]
[*]Viewsonic vx2025wm[/*:m]
[*]Viewsonic VX2235wm[/*:m]
[*]Viewsonic VX2240w[/*:m]
[*]Viewsonic VX2262wm[/*:m]
[*]Westinghouse LCM-22W2[/*:m]
[*]Westinghouse LCM-22W3[/*:m]
[*]Zalman Trimon 22" ZM-M220W[/*:m][/list:u]

This may be old news but here it is anyway...

I have 3 Acer V223W monitors that run fine with the TH2G. I think the "V" stands for "value", i.e., cheap. I guess I got lucky. I didn't research rates before buying. These are very similar (maybe identical electrically) to the other Acer 223's.

With all 3 running thru the TH2G Digital, Windows reports 57hz without setting up any customs settings. When I use each monitor's built-in info screen they too report 57hz.

Sorry scavvenjahh and all but I need amend this post:

My monitors do report 57hz when I have the TH2G set for 5040x1050.

But... even though the TH2G (and Windows) is set at 5040x1050 each monitor reports only 1680x 1024 at 57hz as its input. For some reason they are not receiving 1050 from the TH2G for the vertical scan count.

??? I'm not sure why this is. I thought it might be because my cards (2 8800GTs in SLI) can't put out more than 4,096,000 pixels max. But even 5040x1024 overruns that limit so I'm stumped. I did some searching and can't find a card that can do more than 4,096,000 pixels. Am I off in my thinking? I did some forums searches but haven't seen any discussions of this issue. Can someone educate me or point me to any treads that address this. Maybe I should start a new thread and ask for help.