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Are monitor drivers necessary?

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Wekiva

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I should have titled this "Do monitor drivers improve performance or image" If so then I'm happy to take the time to installt them...I just don't think that's the case though.
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I just did a full rebuild/reinstall. Each time in the past I've struggled to find or correctly install my monitor drivers. But each time there never seemed to be a difference before and after the drivers were installed.

This is the first rebuild since I bought my fancy 19" LCD and I'm wondering if I need to download those drivers or not. Right now w/ generic drivers everything seems fine.

Do the drivers simply give the computer info on the monitor so that it can state max resolution and other monitor info on the screen when are tweaking your video settings?
 
Yes. I like to know what my video card's connected to, not some Generic Monitor. The monitor driver will also feed your video card the correct color profile and resolution.
 
Yes.

The default windows driver will sometimes allow refresh rates that can damage your monitor if they are not supported rates.
 
All good answers. Personally, I like to see what is correct when I open my Catalyst Control Center. I keep my LCD's drivers in a folder right below ATI, so that everytime I install new ATI drivers (about once a month), it is easy to pick the monitor drivers when Windows "Finds New Hardware."
 
I have an older but sweet 22" Mitsubishi 2060u and it needs the correct drivers so you can adjust all the settings available from within XP without having to touch the monitor. It came with a special program just for that purpose. So in my case definately.
 
All it does, besides showing the correct monitor model in device manager and other control panels, is allow more resolutions without having to uncheck the "Hide modes this monitor cannot display" checkbox.

And on some monitors it includes a driver for adjusting them. Which if you really think about it is pretty dangerous -- think what a virus could do with that.
 
I've never once used a driver for a monitor. And besides the video card drivers and contorl panel seems to find the monitor just fine.
 
do monitor drivers for LCD's tell the system which sup-pixel arraignment (think that is correct term) it uses so things like clear type work better?
 
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