Samsung 225BW Problem

[dozebeats]

Just recently picked up this monitor and Im having some issues.I have a Nvidia Geforce 5600 Ultra card wired to this display.The problem Im having has to do with Digital and Analog.When I attempt to use digital, I get some fuzziness on the screen in certain areas.I also cannot go above a resolution of 1280x1024.The lcd's max res is 1680x1050.When I hook it up in analog mode, the fuzziness is gone, and the max resolution can now go to 1680x1050.Im just confused as to why I cannot use digital? Does it have to do with my video card? Is there any big difference between digital and analog?

Help me please.Already searched google for a while to no avail.

 

[Hose]

Just recently picked up this monitor and Im having some issues.I have a Nvidia Geforce 5600 Ultra card wired to this display.The problem Im having has to do with Digital and Analog.When I attempt to use digital, I get some fuzziness on the screen in certain areas.I also cannot go above a resolution of 1280x1024.The lcd's max res is 1680x1050.When I hook it up in analog mode, the fuzziness is gone, and the max resolution can now go to 1680x1050.Im just confused as to why I cannot use digital? Does it have to do with my video card? Is there any big difference between digital and analog?

Help me please.Already searched google for a while to no avail.

Analog is better, of course.

 

[Hose]

OK, just kidding.

The quality of display will depend upon the panel, the chip which drives it and the video card output/port.

If those things are all good, a VGA display will be a sharp as a DVI display.

I suspect the DVI output of your monitor is faulty or the DVI port of your video card is faulty.

 

[dozebeats]

This is driving me nuts.In analog, all is fine.In digital, fuzziness and cannot get great reolution than 1280x1024.I also have a game that crashes now when I start it. =(

 

[dozebeats]

This is driving me nuts.In analog, all is fine.In digital, fuzziness and cannot get greater reolution than 1280x1024.I also have a game that crashes now when I start it. =(

 

[Hose]

Don't mean to hurt your feelings, but piss'n and moan'n isn't going to fix it. Change something and see if you can isolate the problem.

 

[dozebeats]

Im pissing and moaning because all day long I have been trying to narrow it down.Im leaning towards a faulty cable or connection.Just hoping someone had a little more insight.

 

[Hose]

Yeah, right.... could be the cable. Change one thing out at a time until you've isolated the problem.

"Some sort of malfunction" in a computer system is a relatively frequent occurrence. So... just change what you think it "might" be until you figure it out.

 

[ribe01]

Any luck with your Samsung 225BW and DVI yet?

I experience exactly the same with my new screen, analog screen output is 1680x1050 but the DVI output only gives me 1280x800. Drivers are all updated.

 

[dozebeats]

Hey ribe01, it turned out to be the video card.I have a Geforce 5600fx which is like 3 years old and the digital output cannot achieve that resolution.What video card do you have? You can do as I did and call the manufacturer, they should be able to help.