Strange Monitor Behavior - Bad Video card ??

[Natemeister]

On ocasion while surfing the web my monitor screen image becomes unstable ( sorta vibrates/not clear). If I change from full window view to reduced window view it's crystal clear again.

Same problem over three separate motherboards.

Use Windows 2K.

Have the tried the latest and various other Nvidia drivers.

The monitor is a Sony Multiscan 200ES which I purchased in 1998.

I would suspect the monitor - except it only sems to occur while surfing the net and can be corrected by downsizing the viewing window.

Any ideas - Bad Video card or bad monitors?

NateB

 

[DarkAmeba]

Sounds like a bad monitor to me. If your video card was artifacting changing the windows wouldn't fix it.

 

[Natemeister]

It's not an artifacting problem.

It seems to only occur while in Internet Explorer while surfing. It occurs on some sites and downsizing the viewing pane always cures it.

I too am leaning towards a bad monitor ( or at least a monitor nearing the end of its life).

 

[SonicIce]

how old is it

 

[Natemeister]

The monitor ? I bought it in 1998.