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   Monitor drivers are not necessary, but they can prove very useful.   
      
   A monitor "driver" (really a text file, not a binary executable module) tells   
   the system all about the possible combinations of resolution and refresh rate   
   which can be sustained by the monitor.  The driver also defines power-saving   
   options, although these are pretty much standard on SVGA monitors less than 5   
   years old.   
      
   I can easily see a monitor flickering if it is running at 60Hz refresh.  I   
   often   
   set the refresh rate higher when my clients unwittingly set up their own   
   computers.  A higher refresh rate is easier on the eyes.  So maybe monitor   
   drivers are necessary after all, to save your eyes... Ben Myers   
      
   On Wed, 04 May 2005 21:23:49 GMT, DaveJohnson12@nospam. wrote:   
      
   >I'm using Windows 95b. I'm planning to buy a new CRT, maybe an HP-mx705. The   
   >computer is a Dell PII 300 MHz Dimension.   
   >   
   >The HP monitor has drivers for Windows 98 and above only. Is this going to be   
   a   
   >problem? What is the purpose of the monitor drivers? Do I really need them?   
   >   
   >I never installed monitor drivers for my current monitor, an Iiyama CRT   
   (MT901E)   
   >so I'm thinking either they aren't needed or the monitor drivers came with   
   >Windows 95 so I didn't have to install them from a disc.   
   >   
   >Thanks.   
      
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