What difference does it make if I have my monitor driver installed?

[slicksilver]

I dont see a difference even if it is installed? What is this exactly for? I'm not into photo editing etc...

Raj

 

[ethebubbeth]

Pretty much nothing. Only thing i can think of is you might be limited in your choices of refresh rate.

 

[subman]

I found I got better refresh rates when I installed my monitor's drivers. There is also the matter of loading up the monitor's colour profile which would install with the driver.

 

[Jittos]

Like ethebubbeth said, install driver probably gives you more accurate list of refresh rates your monitor support. With newer monitor, u usually get to choose higher rate for a given resolution.

I like to install monitor driver b/c i think it's cool when it actually says the monitor's model in display property instead of that "default display" =)

 

[Chaotic42]

For some reason my monitor's drivers limit the refresh rate to *way* below what it says it can handle. It only wants to do 85Hz @ 1280x960 when it can do 107Hz.

 

[Jittos]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
For some reason my monitor's drivers limit the refresh rate to *way* below what it says it can handle. It only wants to do 85Hz @ 1280x960 when it can do 107Hz.

Or maybe it's your video card that's limiting the refresh rate

 

[Rufio]

Originally posted by: Jittos
I like to install monitor driver b/c i think it's cool when it actually says the monitor's model in display property instead of that "default display" =)

you got issues. 🙂
hehee

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Jittos

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
For some reason my monitor's drivers limit the refresh rate to *way* below what it says it can handle. It only wants to do 85Hz @ 1280x960 when it can do 107Hz.

Or maybe it's your video card that's limiting the refresh rate

Nah, it works fine if I pick another monitor driver to install.