I just posted a reply, it didnt show in the message, so here it is again just in case. Sorry if it repeats.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
Took your advice Dragon-Lord, played with powerstrip and voilá.
The gamma setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off just now, but im sure ill get that fixed somehow.
All i can say is that 85Hz makes for wooooooohhhooooooo.
Now ill never need to leave win 2000 again
Thanks once again for nudging me in the right direction. never knew powerstrip could do that on an application specific basis. hmmm.