Trouble with Samsung 955df and WinXP

[jairocon]

Hello,

I have just gotten a new Dimension 4400 desktop today, and I have little trouble getting my Samsung Syncmaster 955df to look as crisp as it used to on my win98 machine.

The computer has Nvidia GeForce2 MX 64MB card.

I have loaded the winxp driver for samsung 955df. The picture is fine - I mean there's nothing really wrong with the monitor, but it comes in overly bright and sort of grayish (like when you pull down contrast too much).

I am running it at 1280x1024 resolution at 75Hz. I have run the Natural Color utility that comes with samsung monitors to calibrate it, and when it asks to decrease the screen output to 60% and then lower the brightness until the inner black area seems to non-voltage area - I can never get it black enough. I have tried to go to advanced settings and lower the brightness using the video card options, but that never brings the blackness down enough.

I don't know what to do - the monitor is showing things fine on my old computer, and dell support told me it's not their problem, because I didn't buy the monitor from them. I tried all other resolution settings or decreasing the color quality, nothing seems to get it into the bright crisp mode.

I know many people here use this type of monitor - if you guys could give me any hints or point me to some support pages where I could find help for this, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you!!!

 

[Homebrew]

Same monitor, looks great here on WinXP. Gainward GF3 ti450.

I would try different Nvidia drivers, the 2311's first.
nvidia driver downloads

 

[Eug]

<< Hello,

I have just gotten a new Dimension 4400 desktop today, and I have little trouble getting my Samsung Syncmaster 955df to look as crisp as it used to on my win98 machine.

The computer has Nvidia GeForce2 MX 64MB card.

I have loaded the winxp driver for samsung 955df. The picture is fine - I mean there's nothing really wrong with the monitor, but it comes in overly bright and sort of grayish (like when you pull down contrast too much).

I am running it at 1280x1024 resolution at 75Hz. I have run the Natural Color utility that comes with samsung monitors to calibrate it, and when it asks to decrease the screen output to 60% and then lower the brightness until the inner black area seems to non-voltage area - I can never get it black enough. I have tried to go to advanced settings and lower the brightness using the video card options, but that never brings the blackness down enough.

I don't know what to do - the monitor is showing things fine on my old computer, and dell support told me it's not their problem, because I didn't buy the monitor from them. I tried all other resolution settings or decreasing the color quality, nothing seems to get it into the bright crisp mode.

I know many people here use this type of monitor - if you guys could give me any hints or point me to some support pages where I could find help for this, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you!!! >>


I assume you've played with the monitors brightness contrast settings? Also, I just wanted to point out that 1280x1024 is an inappropriate resolution for that 4:3 monitor, since the resolution is a 5:4. Pictures will be distorted. I would suggest 1280x960 or some other resolution. 1400x1050 is a nice one, with large fonts.