Can A Monitor Cause Lag?

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  1. `sparks

    `sparks Jcoca

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    Well after a few days of my 19" Widescreen looking grainy...and as if it were in safemode....I decided to switch monitors....hoping the problem was my video card so I could return it...and get a new one. As it turns out...my monitor is bad...so...now Im using a 17" widescreen...adjusted my settings correctly...but now...whenever I load a game, I get awful lag. Any ideas what or how changing monitors can cause lag...and its system lag...as in...even typing in an IM while a game is up...is awful. Any ideas?

    Processor: P4 2.8 GHz
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    Vid Card: Geforce BFG 7300 GT 512MB (8x AGP)
     
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    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    assuming the resolution is the same there should be no difference in internal frame rate.

    that said a lot of older LCDs are very unresponsive. There's a reason why there's still die hard CRT fanatics out there and that's because they're more responsive cheaper and offer better image quality
     
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    Well I dropped the resolution from 1440x900 (the 19") to 1280x720 (the new 17"), just because the 17" wouldn't support 1440x900, other than that, nothing has changed yet i get a 1fps lag every 30 seconds or so. And keeping my system resource monitor thing up...the processor nor RAM was ever near 100% usage at the time of the lag spike...

    Hmmm its really frustrating...and seems retarded
     

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