Have a 1710 on a 7300 on a twin turbo card and it works fine, must be reasonably unused because it is very sharp with heaps of contrast to go. And supports some fine resolutions. I was given it and was pleasantly surprised because all prior ones lacked sharpness (they were probably just much used).
I understand the 9600 has no inbuilt vram video and needs a PCI card. Perhaps your card needs software or is on the blink? Perhaps you could buy another card that will stand you in good stead (and if the old one is good, use it for a second monitor - a wonderful arrangement). If you could get a known good monitor on it to see what resolution switching you can do... I had the advantage of another screen to operate the machine, which you might not have?
My 9600 has a TwinTurbo PCI card. My 1710 had no software but worked very nicely... apart from reliability issues, I have to consider it to be a really nice monitor.
My 9600 does have a problekm, though... it takes a minute or more after hitting the power switch for the thing to begin booting. There's a startup chime when i push the button, but the monitor remains blank for than minute or so... then it lights up and the 9600's bootup begins. I have no idea why this is happening. It does it with my 19" SuperMac too.
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