Modifying monitor drivers HELP! :(

Hey, im a gamer and i must have my 120 hz on my crt but im bottle necked by this annoying 85 hz... I have a DELL M992 monitor and my drivers are outdated for 32bit and im on a 64bit windows 7, i read a guide where you can modify your .inf file so it reads it. The inf was 32 bit but i think im doing it wrong can anyone help me out... This is the link to my drivers (multiple files) Drivers and Downloads

Heres the .inf file:


;================================
;M992.INF 03/27/02 Ver. 1.0 PCC
;Copyright 1996-2002 Dell Computer Corporation
;
;This is a setupfile for M992
;
;================================
;
;------------------------------------------------
[Version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"
Class=Monitor
ClassGuid={4D36E96E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%Dell%
CatalogFile=M992.cat
DriverVer=03/27/2002, 1.0

;-------------------------------------------------
[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect.nt=Monitor\DEL300E

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=11
M992.CopyFiles=23

[SourceDisksNames]
1=%DISK%,,,

[SourceDisksFiles]
M992.icm=1


; Manufacturers
;-------------------------------------------------
[Manufacturer]
%DELL%=DELL,NTx86,NTAMD64

; Manufacturer sections
;-------------------------------------------------
[DELL.NTamd64]
%M992%=M992.Install.NTamd64, Monitor\DEL300E

; Install Sections
;-------------------------------------------------

[M992.Install]
DelReg=DEL_CURRENT_REG
AddReg=M992.AddReg, 1600, DPMS
CopyFiles=M992.CopyFiles


; AddReg & DelReg sections
;-------------------------------------------------

[DEL_CURRENT_REG]
HKR,MODES
HKR,,MaxResolution
HKR,,DPMS
HKR,,ICMProfile



[1600]
HKR,,MaxResolution,,"1600,1200"

[DPMS]
HKR,,DPMS,,1

; AddReg sections
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[M992.AddReg]
HKR,"MODES\1600,1200",Mode1,,"30.0-96.0,50.0-160.0,+,+"
HKR,"MODES\800,600",Mode1,,"30-96,100-160,+,+"
HKR,,ICMProfile,0,"M992.icm"


;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


[M992.CopyFiles]
M992.icm


;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Strings]
DISK="Dell Computer Corp. Monitor Installation Disk"
Dell="Dell Computer Corp."
M992="Dell M992"


What i changed

[Manufacturer]
%DELL%=DELL,NTx86,NTAMD64

; Manufacturer sections
;-------------------------------------------------
[DELL.NTamd64]
%M992%=M992.Install.NTamd64, Monitor\DEL300E

And i also added

HKR,"MODES\800,600",Mode1,,"30-96,100-160,+,+"


Is there something i am missing out on that needs to be there?? and also since im having the hardest time installing these drivers, does anyone know of a way i can get past the bottle neck 85 hz for my monitor i want to be able to run at 120hz ingames.

In my personal opinion, gamer to gamer.
Unless you ant to destroy 1 or more of three things, The os, video card or the monitor itself.
I wouldn't play with drivers. Leave it to the pros. You may be able to find a third party driver that would work though

But I will point this one thing out
Source: Documentation

Resolution

Horizontal scan range 30 kHz to 96 kHz (automatic)
Vertical scan range 50 Hz to 160 Hz (automatic)
Optimal preset resolution 1280 x 1024 at 75 Hz
Highest preset resolution 1600 x 1200 at 75 Hz
Highest addressable resolution
Dell does not guarantee image performance on non-preset video modes. 1600 x 1200 at 75 Hz

Dell guarantees image size and centering for all preset modes listed in the following table.

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See the thing is i play cs 1.6 at 800 x 600 with 120 hz, and this worked fine and dandy for 4 years on windows xp and now on windows 7 in bottle necked at 85hz for all my resolutions which is very annoying especially for gaming at 800 x 600. Hence the line i incorporated

HKR,"MODES\800,600",Mode1,,"30-96,100-160,+,+"

which is for 800 x 600

Please help...

This may seem a little text book but have you contacted dell, or ran win updates?

On the other hand what kind of video card do you have?

No i have not, but i believe its windows 7 because i googled this up and literally everyone who uses a CRT and it doesn't matter what brand has been having the annoying bottle neck. I have a gtx 275.

Some people said to mod the wire while others said mod the drivers. So before i have to modify a wire im asking for help on the topic of those who managed to fix this problem on how to fix the drivers...

and lastly you didnt answer my first question, how do i modify my 32 bit drivers to be read in 64 bit because right now my monitor is read as a p2p driver....

Modifying the driver inf file will not work since the driver itself is an x86 driver. Or at least thats what im pulling from my research on the topic. I remember trying to modify the zune software to run on xp x64 in a similar fashion. It didnt end very pretty ... But there is a program called riva tuner It allows you to force resolutions and refresh rates and do some low level over clockings

wouldnt work wont let me go past 85 hz with that program and might i add i've tried reforce, powerstrip and nvidia control panel to add a custom resolution and no luck

I honestly have to ask, IF you pull 60 fps in Cs. And your monitor refreshes at 85Mhz which is 85 times a second. Is there really a difference? I havent used a crt in years, but is it really that noticeable? Im sorry I couldnt be more help.

What made you assume im running cs at 60 fps??

im on a q6600 3.0 ghz, 1000mhz 4 gb ram, and a gtx 275.
i have 2 monitors, my 1080p for movies, and this crt for gaming. I assure you i can run cs 1.6 at well over 250 fps. And i can clearly see a terrible game performance when im at 85hz as apposed to 120hz...

Curiousity and Google came up with this...

Got a CRT? Use Refreshlock! |

Download from here...RefreshLock Download - Softpedia

No guarantees it'll work or even work under Windows 7

Good luck

AH you ran the cmd to unrestrict the fps's Most people dont do that. the cap is 60 standard. But honestly why dont you just use the main monitor? I mean you have the drivers, CS supports the wide screen. But thats just my opinion

And btw I had no clue what your setup was since your system specs went filled out

The main monitor only handles 60 hz which is worst than 85 hz and absolutely terrible compared to 120 hz its 1/2 of it.

and refreshlock is the same as reforce, no luck there.

In a lcd the the refresh is handled differently....

@ mckillwashere,

You might want to take a look at this article. Some people actually like 800x600 on a CRT monitor.

Many people will make the argument that the human body can only see 30 frames per second. Do not listen to these people, they have no idea what they’re talking about. I can see and feel the difference from 100 to 120 frames per second, and anyone who has played Counter-Strike or any other first person shooter can feel the difference. It is simply not true, in fact this article mentions that the human eye may need as many as 4000 fps for true perfect vision, as flickering images is not natural for the human eye to see.

What the masses don’t know

Believe it or not a whopping 64.92% of all gamers on Valve’s Steam network have their monitor’s set to 60hz. This means that the vast majority of gamers are only getting 60 frames per second in their games! In fact, CRT users that fall under this category may even be damaging their eyes due to visible screen flickering. If you’re a CRT user, make sure your monitor is set to at least 75hz to reduce eye strain and improve your fps in games. The stats below were taken directly from Valve’s statistics page.

If you’re still a CRT user (and for competitive gaming you should be), it is important to have your refresh rates locked to a high value. I personally play with 120hz in 800×600 resolution. Higher resolutions will only cause your refresh rates to go lower.. in fact, many CRT monitor’s cannot go above 100hz in 1024×768. If you’re serious about being in in the minority of gamers who play with high refresh rates, you’ll need to sacrifice some visuals and play in 800×600.

Click to expand...

Got a CRT? Use Refreshlock! |

Interesting to say the least.

DooM49 said:

and refreshlock is the same as reforce, no luck there.

Click to expand...

Well I tried

Good luck

thank you sygnus21 for understanding my situation

Hope someone can help...

Yea it really is,
I read it when you posted it a few minutes ago,
+1 btw

DooM49 said:

thank you sygnus21 for understanding my situation

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mckillwashere said:

+1 btw

Click to expand...

Thanks

Heyy if it matters i figured it out, i had to recode the .INF file. I was reading up on windows support how to over ride your EDID for the monitor so it reads the .inf, within it it explained how to make your own .inf file. As such i took my 32bit inf file and recoded it to work like this. For those of you interested in recoding your 32bit inf file to a 64 bit, look over this inf file im going to post and my original post.

Here it is:


;================================
;M992.INF 03/27/02 Ver. 1.0 PCC
;Copyright 1996-2002 Dell Computer Corporation
;
;This is a setupfile for M992
;
;================================
;
;------------------------------------------------
[Version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"
Class=Monitor
ClassGuid={4D36E96E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider="Dell"
CatalogFile=M992.cat
DriverVer=03/27/2002, 1.0

;-------------------------------------------------
[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect.nt=Monitor\DEL300E

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=23
M992.CopyFiles=23

[SourceDisksNames]
1=%DISK%,,,

[SourceDisksFiles]
M992.icm=1


; Manufacturers
;-------------------------------------------------
[Manufacturer]
%DELL%=DELL,NTx86,NTamd64

; Manufacturer sections
;-------------------------------------------------
[DELL.NTamd64]
%M992%=M992.Install.NTamd64, Monitor\DEL300E

; Install Sections
;-------------------------------------------------

[M992.Install.NTamd64]
DelReg=DEL_CURRENT_REG
AddReg=M992.AddReg, 1600, 800, DPMS
CopyFiles=M992.CopyFiles


; AddReg & DelReg sections
;-------------------------------------------------

[DEL_CURRENT_REG]
HKR,MODES
HKR,,MaxResolution
HKR,,DPMS
HKR,,ICMProfile



[1600]
HKR,,MaxResolution,,"1600,1200"
[800]
HKR,,MaxResolution,,"800,600"

[DPMS]
HKR,,DPMS,,1

; AddReg sections
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[M992.AddReg]
HKR,"MODES\1600,1200",Mode1,,"30.0-96.0,50.0-160.0,+,+"
HKR,"MODES\800,600",Mode1,,"30-96,100-160,+,+"
HKR,,ICMProfile,0,"M992.icm"


;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


[M992.CopyFiles]
M992.icm


;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Strings]
DISK="Dell Computer Corp. Monitor Installation Disk"
Dell="Dell Computer Corp."
M992="Dell M992"


;////End///

Now what I need to do is clean my drivers fully and reinstall this .INF file, after that i can install my nvidia drivers and it should work. If not im going to plan B, which if i do have to go to plan B ill inform you guys on how that goes, i hope this helps someone who is in desperate need to keep their 100+ hz.