Ivarbone
12-30-06, 11:07 PM
Hey gang,
I'm currently running an LVM-37w3 as my primary PC monitor ("powered" by a single NVIDIA 8800 GTX). When I first setup the Westi, I tried going the DVI-out (graphics card) to DVI-in (monitor) route, but experienced a great deal of in-game ghosting, and even static images were strangely distorted -- the only way I can describe it is to say that it seemed like the monitor was running at the wrong refresh rate, e.g. text was sharp but very, very subtly vibrating/shaking. I tried running at both 59Hz and 60Hz, but it made no difference.
On a hunch, I unplugged the DVI cable and tried VGA instead (DVI-out from my PC to VGA-in on the Westi), and now everything looks great. But I'm still wondering what in the world was going on with my DVI connection. I know my DVI cable works because I just had it plugged into a widescreen Dell monitor and everything was fine. Also, there's clearly nothing wrong with my video card – it’s been running a 30” Dell monitor for weeks without any ghosting or distortion.
I know a lot about PCs (and I don’t overclock), but this one has me a little perplexed. I suppose it could just be that both of the DVI connectors on my Westi are defective, but that’s not what this feels like…years ago, with a totally different PC and monitor (in that case, a digital-ish CRT) I remember experiencing the same sort of “vibrating/shaking” distortion when using a DVI connection. I switched over to VGA and the problem went away.
Is this common? Has anyone else experienced this issue?
I'm currently running an LVM-37w3 as my primary PC monitor ("powered" by a single NVIDIA 8800 GTX). When I first setup the Westi, I tried going the DVI-out (graphics card) to DVI-in (monitor) route, but experienced a great deal of in-game ghosting, and even static images were strangely distorted -- the only way I can describe it is to say that it seemed like the monitor was running at the wrong refresh rate, e.g. text was sharp but very, very subtly vibrating/shaking. I tried running at both 59Hz and 60Hz, but it made no difference.
On a hunch, I unplugged the DVI cable and tried VGA instead (DVI-out from my PC to VGA-in on the Westi), and now everything looks great. But I'm still wondering what in the world was going on with my DVI connection. I know my DVI cable works because I just had it plugged into a widescreen Dell monitor and everything was fine. Also, there's clearly nothing wrong with my video card – it’s been running a 30” Dell monitor for weeks without any ghosting or distortion.
I know a lot about PCs (and I don’t overclock), but this one has me a little perplexed. I suppose it could just be that both of the DVI connectors on my Westi are defective, but that’s not what this feels like…years ago, with a totally different PC and monitor (in that case, a digital-ish CRT) I remember experiencing the same sort of “vibrating/shaking” distortion when using a DVI connection. I switched over to VGA and the problem went away.
Is this common? Has anyone else experienced this issue?