Cant change refresh rate

hi
2 days ago i put in a connect3d 9600xt and it works great.
BUT my screen flicker when using 60hz refresh rate and i had it on my onboard gf4 to when using 60hz.
but its till there now when raising it and i tried all rates between 60-200 no difference at all.
dxdiag.exe reports the rate i have chosen.
i uninstalled old drivers and at the same time i uninstalled realtek drivers because i put in a sb audigy which works perfectly.
got the latest driver from connect3d webpage.
directx 9
anyone
good night

its not a stupid question when it comes to me
rebooted several times.
right now im running 1024*768 32bit and windows reports im running a refresh rate of 150.
the gfx card only supports 120hz in this resolution.
i can chose up to 200hz
my monitor supports up to 150hz
ive tried every available rate between 60-200hz no change whatsoever between them.
i hate when it flicker.it gives me headache
dont have any monitor drivers.
its running as a standard monitor.
never had this trouble with the onboard gfx before because i just change it from 60hz to 75hz or higher.
it disappears when using 70hz or higher.
its barely visible.

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rebooted several times.
right now im running 1024*768 32bit and windows reports im running a refresh rate of 150.
the gfx card only supports 120hz in this resolution.
i can chose up to 200hz
my monitor supports up to 150hz
ive tried every available rate between 60-200hz no change whatsoever between them.
i hate when it flicker.it gives me headache
dont have any monitor drivers.
its running as a standard monitor.
never had this trouble with the onboard gfx before because i just change it from 60hz to 75hz or higher.
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# right of screen 1.
    Screen "Screen 1"
# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# Section "DRI"
#    Mode 0666
# EndSectionIf I use the Xsun server, everything works great. I get 1024x768 at 85Hz. With Xorg, I get 1024x768 at 60Hz. Why won't Xorg drive the display at a decent refresh rate?
Thanks.

I upped the log verbosity on Xorg and checked the Xorg.0.log file. I found some interesting things.
First, I found this line:
(II) I810(0): Will use BIOS call 0x5f05 to set refresh rates for CRTs.
Later on, I found these:
(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f05 not supported.
(II) I810(0): BIOS call 0x5f05 not supported, setting refresh with VBE 3 method.
(WW) I810(0): Set VBE Mode rejected this modeline.
Trying standard mode instead!
Presumably, "standard mode" is an eye-watering 60Hz.
This is on a Dell Optiplex GX260 with BIOS revision A09. The video chipset is an onboard Intel 82845 and the driver is Xorg's i810.
Everything works fine with Sun's X server. I get a nice 87Hz refresh at 1024x768. I'm surprised that Xorg can't set the refresh on this machine. It's listed as Test Suite Level 2 certified in the HCL. Unless somebody can tell me what I'm doing wrong here, I'm going to post this incompatibility as a comment on the HCL.

Cant change refresh rate

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