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After 2 weeks of trying I finally gave up like everyone else and bought a newer high end gaming monitor with DVI.

I will miss my CRT dearly

But at least now I don't have to worry about the...

Thanks for taking so much time to help me.

So when I go into nvidia settings and select any resolution above 800x600 my only refresh rate option is 60. However when I select 800x600 (or lower) I...

Your post has me headed in the right direction because I had to research how to get nvidia to save my settings to xorg (it was parse erroring before)

However,

I added the line you suggested...

Hello, and thanks for looking at my thread - this is a great community.

I have used the search function and haven't found a solution to put my refresh woes to rest.

I am using proprietary...

Hi doobydave.
I have tried both nouveau & the recommended drivers. (although I have now removed nouveau from my machine). I am not worried about the removal because since its a fresh install I can...

Please don't give up on this topic, I have the exact same problem and have tried all of the above. Spent 7 hours on this thus far.

In this situation should I make a new thread or keep this one...

I have the same set up here. Right down to the monitor type and using a converter connector. Only difference is I have an 8600GT. Runing fresh install 12.04 LTS.

I downloaded my driver from...