Problems getting a higher framebuffer refresh rate

Question

Hello everyone just changed from Gentoo to Arch   
Anyway here is my problem, I usually use a framebuffer resolution of 1280x1024-32@75. I used to use a Nvidia BFG Geforce Ti4200SE 128MB and it had no problem of booting into the above resolution. I recently upgraded to a Nvidia Chaintech Geforce 6600 GT 128MB AGP and since then the refresh rate stays at 60 regardless of the resolution (tried 1024x768). In Xorg the refresh rate does change to 75.
Solutions I have tried are:
Patching my kernel with the vesafb-tng patch and setting my resolution and refresh rate in the kernel, but that didn't work.
Using fbset, found this on gentoo forums.:
xvidtune -show | ./modeline2fb.pl >> /etc/fb.modes
modeline2fb.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Written by Michal Januszewski <[email protected]>
# Based on octave script from http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html.
# Usage:
# xvidtune -show | ./modeline2fb.pl >> /etc/fb.modes
$modeline = <STDIN>;
$modeline =~ /".*"s+([d.]+)s+(d+)s+(d+)s+(d+)s+(d+)s+(d+)s+(d+)s+(d+)s+(d+)/;
$dcf = $1;
$hr = $2;
$sh1 = $3;
$sh2 = $4;
$hfl = $5;
$vr = $6;
$sv1 = $7;
$sv2 = $8;
$vfl = $9;
$pixclock = 1000000 / $dcf;
$left_margin = $hfl - $sh2;
$right_margin = $sh1 - $hr;
$hsync_len = $sh2 - $sh1;
# 3) vertical timings:
$upper_margin = $vfl - $sv2;
$lower_margin = $sv1 - $vr;
$vsync_len = $sv2 - $sv1;
$rr = $dcf / ($hfl * $vfl) *1e6;
$hsf = $dcf / $hfl * 1e3;
printf("mode "%dx%d"n",$hr,$vr);
printf(" # D: %3.2f MHz, H: %3.2f kHz, V: %2.2f Hzn", $dcf, $hsf, $rr);
printf(" geometry %d %d %d %d %dn", $hr, $vr, $hr, $vr, 32);
printf(" timings %d %d %d %d %d %d %dn",
$pixclock, $left_margin, $right_margin,
$upper_margin, $lower_margin,
$hsync_len, $vsync_len);
printf("endmoden");
fb.modes
mode "1280x1024"
# D: 135.00 MHz, H: 79.98 kHz, V: 75.02 Hz
geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32
timings 7407 248 16 38 1 144 3
endmode
However fbset 1280x1024 keeps the framebuffer refresh rate at 60.
Is there anything else I can try?
Kernel= 2.6.12 patched with vesafb-tng, inotify, fbsplash
System=
Athlon-xp 2600
768MB pc3200
Chaintech 6600 GT AGP
450W Rosewill PSU
Boot=
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/kernel-2.6.12-arch-r3 quiet devfs=nomount root=/dev/hda4 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1280x1024-32@75 splash=silent,fadein,kdgraphics,theme:darch CONSOLE=/dev/tty1

Answer 1

Some thoughts...
how much is calibration?  how much is that TV?
some say TV's should be calibrated again after 6 months of usage where the TV has had some break-in.  How much is that second calibration???
some say they just run on theatre or cinema mode to save costs
some say they don't like the calibration and flip back to the normal, bright or vivid mode.  Personally I hate to see the highlights punched out and looseing detail for the brightness
some purchase Spyder or XRite calibration tools
some will use Apps to do their own calibration (note you need a cable or a wireless box), however you don't want someone who is colorblind making those calibration decisions (like me)
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/thx-tune-up/id5926​24594?mt=8
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414804,00.as​p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoizmYBHlo&hd=1
When shopping for a TV I visited several retailers.  For the stores who calibrated their displays.... I had a tough time deciding which one to get because they were ALL good.  I could not tell which one was LCD, LED, or Plasma.  Yes calibration is worth it, but how much do you want to spend?