[lug] xvidtune

[RADKE JOSHUA PAUL]

For some excellent information on playing with video timings, check out
the following link:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO.html

> Ok, don't quote me, and you are doing this at your own risk, but my
> understanding is that modern monitors don't have problems if you over
> clock them.  They just don't work and when you stop over driving them,
> they come out fine.

This has also been my experience, but it _is_ possible to make some pretty
outrageous timings that mess up color and other things --- I always just
quickly switched out of those 'scary looking' modes.

> > On my new RH6.1 install it seems the monitor is flickering ever sooo
> > slightly. SO I look at xvidtune. WOW!! That warning is scary. OK I
> > know not to overclock the monitor. But there isn't a direct way to
> > alter the refresh rates. You just change the sync start/end. So how do
> > I begin approaching this fix without running the risk of frying the
> > monitor?