I'm not going to worry about constantly having the latest version. I'm pretty sure that's not a variable in this. I first tried the Beta, then the RC since it expired, and that'll last me until the official release. I plan to use this time to start migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 (and in that process, I ran into this problem).
As for a new monitor, no. Not only am I not getting into why (although my post above stating I need resolution flexibility was one already stated reason), but that is not an actual solution to my problem.
I know the refresh rate is capped due to monitor drivers (and possibly nVidia drivers?).
The first thing, though, is some new odd behavior that Windows 7 (or Vista) seems to have introduced that annoys me greatly. I assume it looks good on LCDs when running your monitor below it's native resolution (or would it, since that'd be interpolating/stretching masking and/or replacing interpolating/stretching...), but on CRTs, it just makes it look worse, like an LCD that is interpolating. Is this some sort of option I can disable? Is it something the display drivers themselves do under Windows 7/Vista? Is it the operating system?
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