LCD Image Quality related to drivers, card or monitor only??

[Deskstar]

I just installed my first LCD flat panel, analog only monitors. One went onto a Windows 2000 Prof machine and the other onto a Windows XP Prof machine. In both instances, Windows defaulted to the drivers for "Plug and Play" monitor. So, should I bother to change the drivers; I thought that Win 2K and Win XP did not bother with specific monitor ".inf" files like Win 98 did.

Next question involves the 2D quality of the LCD display (analog only). Does the 2D image quality in LCDs vary with the video card manufacturer in the same manner as it does with CRT displays? Or does the 2D quality of an LCD depend totally on the quality of the monitor only???

Thank you.
New to LCD.

 

[Deskstar]

Nevermind, I got the answer to the first question about drivers for Ein 2K and for Win XP by searching for them on the Web. And, another thread did answer the second question about whether the video card makes any difference when using an LCD in analog mode or in digital mode. In digital mode, the answer is that the video card probably makes little difference in the image quality on an LCD, whereas in analog mode, the individual card's filters and construction probably do have some impact still on the LCD image, but perhaps not to the same degree as was visible on the CRT monitors.

 

[ScrewFace]

Well, It's good to see you solved your own problems. When you learn the hard way you never forget. Now, you can help someone else in the future who will inevitably have the same problem. Good going!