strange LCD ghosting with 8800 series cards and DVI

[ghost_recon88]

I have a 8800GT OC, and its hooked up to my LCD via a DVI-to-HDMI cable. The monitor ghosts really bad. I hook it up via a DVI-to-VGA cable, and the LCD looks super sharp. I hooked up my former X1900XT to it via the exact same DVI-to-HDMI cable, and it looks perfectly fine. I tried the nVidia card with the official 169.28 drivers, and the Omega 169.25 ones. Anyone else had this problem? Appears the 8800GT is having an issue outputting in native DVI :confused:

[Rattle]

you said dvi-hdmi and dvi-vga

what about dvi-dvi

i have had 4 g92's and they all did dvi fine

[ghost_recon88]

you said dvi-hdmi and dvi-vga

what about dvi-dvi

i have had 4 g92's and they all did dvi fine

Sadly my 24" Westinghouse doesn't have native DVI support for some reason.

[JamesXP]

I always thought westinghouse was a TV brand, that's probably why...

[ghost_recon88]

They make LCDs monitors too, and apparently I'm not the first one to have this problem.

[kevy8up]

Yikes, im building a new computer and was looking into the 24 inch westinghouse.

[Mark the Meek]

I always thought westinghouse was a TV brand, that's probably why...

Yes Westinghouse is a TV brand but that doesn't mean it makes crappy LCD's. I have the lvm-47w1 tv on my wall and I use it almost exclusively for PC gaming. Never ghosts and looks absolutely fantastic. In fact, it is on par in quality with many LCD's costing $1000's more, and my Dell 2407 that I use for web surfing. Check out the reviews on avs forum of Westinghouse LCD's. Believe me when I say that the contributors to that forum are extremely critical and they gave it fabulous reviews.

As for your problem at hand, the only issue I have with my 8800gt / Westinghouse combination that DOES not appear on my Dell is the uber-cool intro to the Witcher which tears slightly. Can't explain it. But the gameplay itself never ghosts and I assume its because there is no vertical sync option for it.

Cheers.

[ghost_recon88]

Yea I'm thinking its the card, as all other video cards work fine on it. Westinghouse displays are awesome LCDs for the price, and the 24" is not a TN panel ether.

[Brolloks]

I've had the same with a BFG 8800GTS card, so I don't think it is the OP's LCD, I swapped VGA cables and it went away, drove me nuts innitially, thought is was the LCD as well...mind boggling.

[ViperJohn]

you said dvi-hdmi and dvi-vga

what about dvi-dvi

i have had 4 g92's and they all did dvi fine

DVI > DVI or DVI > HMDI is the same.

Viper

[ViperJohn]

I have a 8800GT OC, and its hooked up to my LCD via a DVI-to-HDMI cable. The monitor ghosts really bad. I hook it up via a DVI-to-VGA cable, and the LCD looks super sharp. I hooked up my former X1900XT to it via the exact same DVI-to-HDMI cable, and it looks perfectly fine. I tried the nVidia card with the official 169.28 drivers, and the Omega 169.25 ones. Anyone else had this problem? Appears the 8800GT is having an issue outputting in native DVI :confused:

RMA the card. It has a problem.

Viper

[ghost_recon88]

Actually in my case I can just take it back to BB for a full refund. I bought it just to take it for a test drive and to bench with.