Old VGA CRT monitor - driver for win7 64 bit?

[HotStuff]

I have a CRT SONY CPD-E530 21" monitor that plugs via VGA plug into back of nvidia 9800GT.

I am currently using the driver from 2001, it is version 1.

Will this work ok with win7 64bit?

 

[Haven]

No it won't, but windows 7 comes with plenty of drivers built in and failing that the generic VGA driver should output fine to the display. I wouldn't lose sleep over it - it should all work out fine.

 

[thatbloke]

Since when were drivers required for monitors

(other than GFX card drivers)

 

[Haven]

Since when were drivers required for monitors

(other than GFX card drivers)

Back in ye olde days it was possible to let the magic smoke escape from monitors by running the CRT at too high a frequency and/or resolution. It was generally considered poor form to do this though ... Drivers also controlled gamma, and color profiling.

 

[Zooggy]

Hey,

Since when were drivers required for monitors

Also, even though not all monitor "drivers" actually "drive" anything, those that don't are still useful in as far as they inform the gfx card of what resolutions and frequencies the monitor likes. It lets your system be more intelligent about what choices it presents to the user, in theory.

Cheers,
J.

 

[Wol]

Also, even though not all monitor "drivers" actually "drive" anything, those that don't are still useful in as far as they inform the gfx card of what resolutions and frequencies the monitor likes. It lets your system be more intelligent about what choices it presents to the user, in theory

And to think that people actually went and designed EDID. Do these not work as much with CRTs then? Cos in theory EDID gives all the various modelines for the overscan amounts / pixel/line clocks I thought?

 

[Zooggy]

Hey,

And to think that people actually went and designed EDID. Do these not work as much with CRTs then? Cos in theory EDID gives all the various modelines for the overscan amounts / pixel/line clocks I thought?

I don't quite know what to make of it either. Detailed monitor *.inf drivers do predate EDID and apparently some (though definitely not all) graphics cards and graphics card drivers like the info in the monitor driver better than the stuff they get off of EDID, for reasons unknown.

I have it in my mind that EDID was designed to permit better plug-and-play-ness for monitors, but like so many other things meant to be a "standard", it still doesn't work right...

Cheers,
J.

 

[Ashya]

You used "inteligent" and "user" in the same sentence... *giggle*

Hey,



Also, even though not all monitor "drivers" actually "drive" anything, those that don't are still useful in as far as they inform the gfx card of what resolutions and frequencies the monitor likes. It lets your system be more intelligent about what choices it presents to the user, in theory.

Cheers,
J.

 

[Zooggy]

Hey,

You used "inteligent" and "user" in the same sentence... *giggle*

Tech guy: It's an interface problem.

User: What's an interface?

Tech guy: It's the part of your computer that's between the monitor and the chair...



Cheers,
J.

 

[Haven]

Head-Arse interface problem accounts for many things.

 

[Wol]

Head-Arse interface problem accounts for many things.

Severe anal leakage? Nice.....