Monitor Refresh

[Keikan]

for my monitor refresh rate should I pick 60 or 70 or 72 or 75 hertz?

[h1]

As high as your monitor supports (RTFM). 65 or lower might give you headaches or eye damage. :)

[the mask]

what does all this mean, because i get headaches from my screen, i have my screen really dim. what can i do to change this, how can i find out how many of whatever my screen supports

[h1]

:rtfm: J/K. Since you're saying it's "dim," I'd raise the brightness or set the color to 9300K. :)

[shn]

You should be careful with seting your monitors refresh rate. You can screw up your whole monitor with the incorrect settings. When I say screw up I mean physically damage it to the point where it may be inoperable.

And in windows you should have the check box selected that says "Hide modes that this monitor can not dislpay." I think its on by default. This only deals with the refresh rate. Anything else you can pretty much experiment with and change it to your liking depending on the size of your monitor. 60 or 70 should do it for a 14 or 15 inch monitor, vice versa as the size increases so should your refresh rate. :)

[ck-uk]

Yep the high the better,the lower it is the more the screen flickers.Why tv-outs have anti flicker functions to compensate for tvs only being able to handle 60hz. :)

[the mask]

the box which says 'hide modes which cannot be displayed' is not 'checkable' i mean i cant tick it, and there is no tick in the box to begin with. what can i do for it to allow me to check the box?

[shn]

Originally posted by the mask@17 February 2004 - 14:16
the box which says 'hide modes which cannot be displayed' is not 'checkable' i mean i cant tick it, and there is no tick in the box to begin with. what can i do for it to allow me to check the box?
I wouldnt worry about it. As long as you dont set it to some super high refresh rate that your monitor cant handle you should be ok. ;)

[ToyotaSupra]

If I put mine on 75 then I get little glitches and wierd stuff with different websites, I keep it on 60

[Keikan]

hmm I put it on 72 and it looks a bit clearer i think maybe more LCD like

[Triadcool]

I have a 21 inch screen , it was made in 97 tho, what should I set the refresh rate to? I am asking because I just bought a fx 5200 (256 mb) and every so often the screen like freezes then goes back to normal, and it doesnt do it with my geforce 4 mx 440 ? any ideas?

[peat moss]

funny Ive been playing with my refress rates to! I have a new Raideon 9700 pro. So I thjought I play around after tweaking My moniter is a viewsonic 17ps Ileft mine at 75mh
then bumped to 85 seems fine . Your video card has a lot to do with it . :)


http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000558.htm



In hind site if your moniter supports it check youir venders website see what they say

[bigdawgfoxx]

My old monitor (now my brothers) is a 3 year old Dell monitor...its can go to 85

My new viewsonic ultra bright can only go to 75...whats up with that?

both 17inches

[4play]

mine sucks it can only do 72 hz, the amount of times i have got a nasty message saying "video frequency is out of range" when i play with settings or install new operating systems is very annoying.

[peat moss]

Mine says it supports 120 mh no way Im setting that high heard some badddd things
about screwing up your monitor. I'd set my to at lest 75mh tho Better for the eyes.

[peat moss]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@17 February 2004 - 18:50
My old monitor (now my brothers) is a 3 year old Dell monitor...its can go to 85

My new viewsonic ultra bright can only go to 75...whats up with that?

both 17inches
New drivers ? I updated mine you? Yes monitor drivers!

[iMartin]

I'm on 85 Hz ;)

[Ariel_001]

Your comp is suppose to detect what you monitor properties are. I have mine set to 200 MHz

[Triadcool]

I have a 21 inch screen , it was made in 97 tho, what should I set the refresh rate to? I am asking because I just bought a fx 5200 (256 mb) and every so often the screen like freezes then goes back to normal, and it doesnt do it with my geforce 4 mx 440 ? any ideas?



It does this anytime, whatever im doing, except it doesnt do this when im playing a game? Does anybody know what I could try to fix it or anything?

[peat moss]

Originally posted by Ariel_001@17 February 2004 - 19:03
Your comp is suppose to detect what you monitor properties are. I have mine set to 200 MHz
I just uped mine to 100 I can't tell the differance but I did check to make sure that little box is ticked THO ! :lol:

[bigdawgfoxx]

what kind of monitor do you ahve that goes to 200??? I have the drivers..its wierd lol

[peat moss]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@17 February 2004 - 19:41
what kind of monitor do you ahve that goes to 200??? I have the drivers..its wierd lol
Bigdawg me? No mine is 120 mh tops, My monitor is 3 years old . Time to upgrade ? B)

[Samurai]

This thread just inspired me to check my settings... mine is on 60Hertz but according to websites, Sharp LL-T17A4-B is capable of achieving 85 Hertz. When I changed my settings to 75 (highest amount that I can move it to) it made the desktop icons really blurry.

Why is this?

[peat moss]

Originally posted by Samurai@17 February 2004 - 20:11
This thread just inspired me to check my settings... mine is on 60Hertz but according to websites, Sharp LL-T17A4-B is capable of achieving 85 Hertz. When I changed my settings to 75 (highest amount that I can move it to) it made the desktop icons really blurry.

Why is this?
Check you effects ? http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=204 For a gamer but turn off most effects I find clear font works for me. :)

[peat moss]

Originally posted by Samurai@17 February 2004 - 20:11
This thread just inspired me to check my settings... mine is on 60Hertz but according to websites, Sharp LL-T17A4-B is capable of achieving 85 Hertz. When I changed my settings to 75 (highest amount that I can move it to) it made the desktop icons really blurry.

Why is this?
Found this hope it helps :) http://css.engineering.uiowa.edu/sware/xp_problems.html

[Samurai]

Originally posted by peat moss+18 February 2004 - 04:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (peat moss @ 18 February 2004 - 04:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Samurai@17 February 2004 - 20:11
This thread just inspired me to check my settings... mine is on 60Hertz but according to websites, Sharp LL-T17A4-B is capable of achieving 85 Hertz. When I changed my settings to 75 (highest amount that I can move it to) it made the desktop icons really blurry.

Why is this?
Found this hope it helps :) http://css.engineering.uiowa.edu/sware/xp_problems.html [/b][/quote]
Some useful info on that page. Many thanks.

Unfortunately it didn&#39;t seem to help with my problem using the advice given. Although I am using my monitor with a refresh rate of 60 Hertz, it hasn&#39;t yet caused any concern for myself, and my games seem to run fine.

I&#39;ll obviously look into any further suggestions people may provide.

Samurai :ph34r: