[mythtv-users] can't get nvidia to go at 50Hz

[Phil Bridges]

On 10/2/07, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
> On 10/3/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/2/07, victor rajewski <askvictor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have an Nvidia based motherboard with onboard graphics - it's a
> > > geforce 6100 or 6150 graphics unit (the manual and the PCI ID give
> > > differing accounts). Since I live in PAL country I want to run the
> > > monitor at a 50Hz refresh rate, but the card won't let me do so. The
> > > monitor is capable of it, and I can do it if I boot into windows, but
> > > neither the nvidia-settings utility (I'm using the 100.14.19 driver),
> > > nor the open source NV driver let me do that. Any ideas?
> > >
> >
> > If it has the graphics built-in, it's a 6100.
>
>
> No, it could be a 6150.  I have motherboards with both on them (ASUS
> M2N-PV has 6150, gigabyte somethingorother has a 6100).

Whoops - meant it's *not* a 6100.  It looks like even *that's* not
correct, though, according to wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_6#GeForce_6100_series_chip_specifications

You learn something new every day :)