Monitor Testing Utility

[wrack]

I have written an app so I can use it whenever I go to purchase a new monitor and see for myself that how do I see it in different modes. Can someone test it for me.

I am interested to find some info on how long does it take to finish the box test on different resolution and how much is the monitor frequency at the time you are running the test. Since my monitor doesn't go higher than 1024 X 768 I can't test further. I want to do this so I can put some time constraints to inform user whatz good.

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Cheers

P.S : Many of you will raise a question that this is an EXE and I don't trust it and for those, I am not asking you to. I have posted many EXE and DLLs here before and none of them so far contained anything nasty in it. So if you don't want to test it then I am fine with it.

[dglienna]

it runs cleanly. i thought that you would have put a timer into it, but didn't see anything. i ran all of the tests, and they all worked on my lcd screen of the laptop. they are fast, but more like 2 seconds for the box test.
you should modify it so that it times each event somehow.

[wrack]

Thanks dglienna,

Well that is the reason I wanted someone else to test so I can make a valid assumption on how long should it take. BTW there is no timer involved. It draws as fast as monitor can refresh it. ( I think it depends on CPU speed but not that much, but I need solid evidence )

I have 5 year old LG monitor which supports this.

800 X 600 @ 85 Hz - 1.5 Second
1024 X 768 @ 60 Hz - 2.25 second

but my office CRT monitor only takes 1.25 second for 1024 X 768 @ 75 Hz and so all the rest LCDs we have.

Would be nice to know the idea timings for
800 X 600
1024 X 768
1240 X 960
1240 X 1024
1600 X 1200
2048 X 1536

@ DIFFERENT Frequencies.

Thanks.

[dglienna]

HP Pavillon ze5400 stats:

SiSoftware Sandra

Video Adapter
Model : RADEON IGP 345M
Chipset : RS200M AGP (0x4337)
RAMDAC : Internal DAC(400MHz)
Video BIOS : BK5.0.0 VR001.000.007.004.014.000.001.001 m
VGA Compatible : No
Total Memory : 64MB (64MB Video) (24MB AGP)
Texture Memory : 88MB
Supports DIME Texturing : Yes

AGP Capabilities
Version : 2.00
Command Queue Length : 48
Fast-Writes Enabled : No
Side Band Enabled : Yes
Data Transfer Modes Support : 1x 2x 4x
Current Data Transfer Rate : 4x

Video BIOS
Date : 03/03/18

Current Video Mode
Mode : 1024x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit)
Current Refresh Rate : 60Hz
Virtual Desktop Size : 1024x768

Video Driver
Model : ati2mtag.sys
Version : 6.14.10.6436
Expected Windows Version : 4.00
Video Acceleration : Yes
Screen Saver Active : No
Low Power Saving Active : 10 minutes(s)
Power Off Saving Active : 10 minutes(s)

Supported Video Modes
Mode 0 : 320x200 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 1 : 320x200 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 2 : 320x200 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 3 : 320x240 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 4 : 320x240 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 5 : 320x240 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 6 : 400x300 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 7 : 400x300 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 8 : 400x300 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 9 : 512x384 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 10 : 512x384 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 11 : 512x384 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 12 : 640x400 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 13 : 640x400 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 14 : 640x400 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 15 : 640x480 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 16 : 640x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 17 : 640x480 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 18 : 800x600 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 19 : 800x600 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 20 : 800x600 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 21 : 1024x768 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 22 : 1024x768 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 23 : 1024x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 24 : 640x480 16 colours (4-bit)
Mode 25 : 800x600 16 colours (4-bit)

Enhanced Video Settings
Animation Effects Enabled : Yes
Full Windows Drag Enabled : Yes
Font Smoothing Enabled : Yes
HighContrast Feature On : No

Device Mode Characteristics
Physical Medium Width : 320 mm, 13 in
Physical Medium Height : 240 mm, 9 in
Recommended CRT/Panel Size : 20 in
Horizontal/Vertical Resolution : 96x96 dpi
Colour Bits/Planes : 32 / 1 bit(s) pp
Brushes : 4294967295
Pens : 4294967295
Colours/Shades : 4294967295
Pixel Width/Height/Diagonal : 36 / 36 / 51

Driver Clipping Capabilities
Can Clip Output to Rectangle : Yes
Can Clip Output to Region : No

Driver Raster Capabilities
Supports Banding : No
Supports Fonts Larger than 64Kb : Yes
Can Transfer Bitmaps : Yes
Supports Bitmaps Larger than 64Kb : Yes
Supports Device Bitmaps : No
Supports DIBs : Yes
DIBs on Device Surface : Yes
Flood Fills : Yes
Supports Windows 2.x : Yes
Stretch/Compress Bitmaps : Yes
Stretch/Compress DIBs : Yes
Supports Scaling : No
Palette-Based Device : No
Saves Bitmap Locally : No

Driver Curve Capabilities
Can Draw Circles : Yes
Can Draw Ellipses : Yes
Can Draw Pie Wedges : Yes
Can Draw Chord Arcs : Yes
Can Draw Wide Borders : Yes
Can Draw Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Rounded Rectangles : Yes
Can Draw Interiors : Yes

Driver Line Capabilities
Can Draw Polylines : Yes
Can Draw Styled Lines : Yes
Can Draw Wide Lines : Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Lines : Yes
Can Draw Markers : Yes
Can Draw Polymarkers : Yes
Can Draw Interiors : Yes

Driver Polygonal Capabilities
Can Draw Alternate-fill Polygons : Yes
Can Draw Winding-fill Polygons : Yes
Can Draw Rectangles : Yes
Can Draw Scan Lines : Yes
Can Draw Wide Borders : Yes
Can Draw Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Interiors : Yes

Driver Text Capabilities
Supports Stroke Clip Precision : Yes
Supports Stroke Output Precision : Yes
Supports Character Output Precision : Yes
Supports 90° Character Rotation : No
Supports Any Angle Character Rotation : No
Supports Independent X-Y Scaling : No
Supports Doubled Character for Scaling : No
Supports Integer Multiples for Scaling : No
Any Multiples for Exact Scaling : No
Can Draw Double-Weighted Characters : No
Can Italicise : No
Can Underline : Yes
Can Draw Strikeouts : Yes
Can Draw Raster Fonts : Yes
Can Draw Vector Fonts : Yes
Cannot Scroll Using BitBlt : No

Performance Tips
Tip 319 : A refresh rate of at least 75Hz is recommended. Increase it if possible.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

[wrack]

Thanks

All I needed was

it took 2 seconds on 1600 X 1200 @ 85 HZ

[dglienna]

Current Video Mode
Mode : 1024x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit)
Current Refresh Rate : 60Hz
Virtual Desktop Size : 1024x768

about 2 seconds

[wrack]

Thanks

[wrack]

I have updated the EXE to remove a bug in colour rendering in gradient test. It was not showing the colours to the extreme end but 2 grades less than the end of spactrum.