video card monitor compatibility

[Resplendent]

Hi, I used to have a GeForce 2 card, and it worked fine with my monitor (that is, when I go to monitor properties, it would show Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200ES)

However, I recently put in a Geforce4 card, and now it just registes the monitor as 'default monitor.' When I adjust the brightness/contrast buttons on my monitor, it only toggles between 0 and 100, nothing from 1-99, which is a pain. My monitor is either extremely dark or extremely bright.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any help?

Thanks in advance.

[krazefinn]

See if your monitor manufacturer has any updated drivers for your particular model, and also look for newer video driver. I'm willing to bet it is running a generic faisafe microsoft driver.

[Resplendent]

I checked DriverGuide.com, and it looks like a hell of a lot of trouble. The monitor drives are all extremely generic, and the drive for my graphics card is just the geforce 4 mx drive.

would something like this happen if your card was messed up?

[krazefinn]

It doesn't sound like its "messed up", probably just needs correct drivers. or it may not be compatible.

[Resplendent]

all right, thanks. I'll look into it another day.

for now I'm just using my old gfx card.