No XP support ever I assume
I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, thouhg it doesn't make sense to me, I'm sure there is a reason.

I bought the Viewsonic XW2263WM monitor. All I really care about is getting the 120 Hz refresh rate, I actually have no interests in the 3D Vision aspect. I read the reviews and even watched a video review of the monitor. Sadly, no one bother to mentioned that Windows Vista or Widiws 7 was "required" to get the refresh rate of 120 Hz. really, I've never had a monitor that required a OS to get a refresh rate, so color me red to find out there is one.

I'm guessing the refresh rate is tied to the 3D vision stuff, again, I don't understand the why of that, but it's not important.

When I try to run the monitor at 120Hz, it splits the screen into 4 identical little screens. According to Viewsonic, the fix for that is to run the 3D vision drivers. Unfornately, there is no XP 3D drivers. Viewsonic suggested I talk with nvidia to see if there are any Xp drivers available. if not, then my only options is to send the monitor back.

So should I get the wrapping paper ready, or is there some XP drivers I can run with ?

Thanks for your time
I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, thouhg it doesn't make sense to me, I'm sure there is a reason.



I bought the Viewsonic XW2263WM monitor. All I really care about is getting the 120 Hz refresh rate, I actually have no interests in the 3D Vision aspect. I read the reviews and even watched a video review of the monitor. Sadly, no one bother to mentioned that Windows Vista or Widiws 7 was "required" to get the refresh rate of 120 Hz. really, I've never had a monitor that required a OS to get a refresh rate, so color me red to find out there is one.



I'm guessing the refresh rate is tied to the 3D vision stuff, again, I don't understand the why of that, but it's not important.



When I try to run the monitor at 120Hz, it splits the screen into 4 identical little screens. According to Viewsonic, the fix for that is to run the 3D vision drivers. Unfornately, there is no XP 3D drivers. Viewsonic suggested I talk with nvidia to see if there are any Xp drivers available. if not, then my only options is to send the monitor back.



So should I get the wrapping paper ready, or is there some XP drivers I can run with ?



Thanks for your time

#1
Posted 07/02/2009 07:45 PM   
[quote name='MadMurdock' post='560924' date='Jul 2 2009, 08:45 PM']I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, thouhg it doesn't make sense to me, I'm sure there is a reason.

I bought the Viewsonic XW2263WM monitor. All I really care about is getting the 120 Hz refresh rate, I actually have no interests in the 3D Vision aspect. I read the reviews and even watched a video review of the monitor. Sadly, no one bother to mentioned that Windows Vista or Widiws 7 was "required" to get the refresh rate of 120 Hz. really, I've never had a monitor that required a OS to get a refresh rate, so color me red to find out there is one.

I'm guessing the refresh rate is tied to the 3D vision stuff, again, I don't understand the why of that, but it's not important.

When I try to run the monitor at 120Hz, it splits the screen into 4 identical little screens. According to Viewsonic, the fix for that is to run the 3D vision drivers. Unfornately, there is no XP 3D drivers. Viewsonic suggested I talk with nvidia to see if there are any Xp drivers available. if not, then my only options is to send the monitor back.

So should I get the wrapping paper ready, or is there some XP drivers I can run with ?

Thanks for your time[/quote]

lol. You should keep the 3d Vision, and update your hardware and O.S !

I've been using the Windows 7 release candidate and it's very very good actually.

I don't know why you wouldn't want to use it, or why you wouldn't be interested in the 3d your monitor can potentially do.

Don't be silly !! lol ;)

XP is almost 10 years old.. come on man !
[quote name='MadMurdock' post='560924' date='Jul 2 2009, 08:45 PM']I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, thouhg it doesn't make sense to me, I'm sure there is a reason.



I bought the Viewsonic XW2263WM monitor. All I really care about is getting the 120 Hz refresh rate, I actually have no interests in the 3D Vision aspect. I read the reviews and even watched a video review of the monitor. Sadly, no one bother to mentioned that Windows Vista or Widiws 7 was "required" to get the refresh rate of 120 Hz. really, I've never had a monitor that required a OS to get a refresh rate, so color me red to find out there is one.



I'm guessing the refresh rate is tied to the 3D vision stuff, again, I don't understand the why of that, but it's not important.



When I try to run the monitor at 120Hz, it splits the screen into 4 identical little screens. According to Viewsonic, the fix for that is to run the 3D vision drivers. Unfornately, there is no XP 3D drivers. Viewsonic suggested I talk with nvidia to see if there are any Xp drivers available. if not, then my only options is to send the monitor back.



So should I get the wrapping paper ready, or is there some XP drivers I can run with ?



Thanks for your time



lol. You should keep the 3d Vision, and update your hardware and O.S !



I've been using the Windows 7 release candidate and it's very very good actually.



I don't know why you wouldn't want to use it, or why you wouldn't be interested in the 3d your monitor can potentially do.



Don't be silly !! lol ;)



XP is almost 10 years old.. come on man !

#2
Posted 07/03/2009 03:57 AM   
Please PM me telling me what GPU you have. I can't discuss this possible solution publically here (Any other forum would be ok. Just not this one!)
Please PM me telling me what GPU you have. I can't discuss this possible solution publically here (Any other forum would be ok. Just not this one!)

#3
Posted 07/03/2009 05:29 AM   
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