rasmasyean wrote:
Quote:
> It's these btw...
>
> PNY VCG86GTS5XWB-OC GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express
> x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
> 'Newegg.com - PNY VCG86GTS5XWB-OC GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB 128-bit GDDR3
> PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics /
> Video Cards'
> (http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814133214)
>
> SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" 2 ms (GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2
> 700:1(DC 3000:1)
> 'Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22\" 2 ms (GTG) Widescreen LCD
> Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1(DC 3000:1) - LCD Monitors'
> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824001096)
>
> I noticed that the nVidia card doesn't say "Windows Vista Certified" on
> it like the Samsung monitor. Could that be a light bulb? I'm using
> 64-bit as well so...maybe they "did the best they could" with the
> drivers and all?
>
>
I've had a couple of video cards fail due to bad capacitors, in both
cases the damage was visible as split "Cans".
http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=5
One symptom was that the display would work "Sometimes" and once working
would usually stay on, but if turned off the machine took like 20
attempts to restart.
I really doubt that this is due to the card not being "Vista" certified.
When you say it goes "Blurry" I assume the screen resolution does not
change - LCD monitors like their own native screen resolution best and
if you set something different the pixels overlap and you lose clarity.
If it's Vista related then something changing the screen resolution
might be the cause, otherwise my bet would be the video card.