OK I guess they expediated my shipping cause the sales person that sold it to me changed and it got shipped today instead of the 9th.

I still don't know if my videocard will run it. Anybody?

Thanks,

Nite Rider

I have the same setup as you, and no, the 5200 does not support the optimum resolution.  The 5200 supports 1920x1200 @ 75 Hz; the monitor wants 60 Hz.  I am shopping for a new video card, but am having trouble nailing down specs for all supported resolutions and refresh rates.  Most manufacturers advertise max resolution and max refresh rates, which all exceed 1920x1200, but since the 5200 only supports it at 75Hz, I am very skeptical.  I've been tyring to get info from dell, but their customer support is pretty much worthless.  I waited on hold last night for 30 minutes before I taked to someone who obvioulsy has never even seen a computer.  It took 5 minutes to give and look up my model number and order number and then I was informed I had a flat panel monitor.  I half expected them to ask me if I checked to see that it was plugged in, even after I explained that I was only looking for a list of video cards to support that refresh rate.  The montor division said I needed to talk to the desktop division, but my call was dropped in the transfer.  Nice.  Anyway, good luck.  The monitor works fine in lower resolutions, except 1600x1000 gives you a headache in about 20 seconds.  I have just been using 1600x1200, which stretches the screen out a bit.  I found some info last night that you can go through the monitor menu itself to pick normal aspect, so now I have true 1600x1200 with black bars on the sides.

Ok Thank you for the info, you are a big help. I guess I will be looking at videocard specs and get a new card. I'll post here when I pick one.

Nite Rider

Hi again,

Well my monitor came today and I installed it on my desk. It is huge and looks very impressive. My videocard can't run it at 1920x1200 via the DVI port, only the VGA port works at that resolution. So I guess I have to pick up a newer video card too, which really ***** cause I already spent too much money. Otherwise the monitor is great.

Nite Rider

The Omega driver did the trick.  They also do nVidia drivers so my FX 5200 is runnning the 1920x1200 at 60 Hz.  Magic.  Thanks for the help.

I don't know how you got it to work at 1920x1200@60hz DVI but my FX5200 didn't let me in the Omega nor Nvidia driver. Whenever I switched to that resolution it would just scroll back and forth while the real resolution was 1600x1200.

VGA on the other hand allows me to use 1920x1200@60hz, which is somewhat odd. The problem with VGA is that at such a high resolution you can see noise in the picture. It is not really bad, but if you look close enough on especially sharp blue backgrounds you can see it.

I ordered myself a new videocard from newegg.com.
XFX PVT40KNDD3 Geforce 6800 128MB 256-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150106
Currently $162.00 - $20 MIR = $142.00 + $5 S&H = $147.00
It has dual DVI and the chipset supports 1920x1200 thru DVI according to the Nvidia website. I'll post my experience with it probably on Monday when I install it.

Nite Rider

I should have clarified that I am using VGA.  I couldn't get DVI to work at all, in any resolution.  It actually locked me up, and required me to remove all cards and memory from my motherboard.  I got a BIOS screen, and an XP loading screen, then poof, computer just powered down.  Then it wouldn't restart at all.  It just gave me a burst of the fan when hitting the on button.  I finally got it back up and running with VGA, so haven't danced with the devil since.  I may give it a go again if I get bored. 

Yeah the new 6800 videocard runs great with the monitor and now I can play GTA3 at full resolution at good frame rate.

Nite Rider