On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 13:30 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > But the monitor looked fine connected to _that_other_box_ with the > extension cable. (I hate those comparisions, but it's true) Impedence mismatches thanks to the output circuitry of one video card versus some other, the cabling, and the input circuitry of the monitor can all play an effect on the signal quality. Or to be blunt, what works with other equipment isn't going to help you with what you're actually trying to use. :-\ I've got one video card that has just awful output, and one monitor which has an awful input stage. I don't use them in combination with each other, it's too punishing on the eyes. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.