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| Thread ID: 100121 | 2009-05-27 02:19:00 | Refresh rate decreasing over time | victorcharlie (442) | Press F1 |
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| 777187 | 2009-05-27 02:19:00 | About 5 years ago I could play games at 100 Hz (at 640x480) , then a couple a years ago I could only set the max at 85 Hz . Now just this week the max refresh has dropped to 75 Hz . Does anyone know what's going on ? (I've always set Win XP desktop at 75 Hz (at 1024x768)) . Monitor: AOC 17" CRT. |
victorcharlie (442) | ||
| 777188 | 2009-05-27 02:23:00 | It probably cant handle it, so I wouldnt put it too high. It may kill it / something. Up the resolution, it should go higher than that. Mines on 1440x900 (its also an AOC monitor) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 777189 | 2009-05-27 04:07:00 | Just change it back....you may have played a game that possibly would have changed the settings | Blam (54) | ||
| 777190 | 2009-05-27 04:18:00 | Just change it back....you may have played a game that possibly would have changed the settings eh?, you cant just do that with CRT monitors blam....1st you have to check if the monitor driver matches your monitor and set only rates which the monitor shows as capable of.....Most time windows installs a generic driver. I wonder if updates have found the correct driver and reduced according to resolution\colour depth. 640x480 @ 100 hz, lol.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 777191 | 2009-05-27 05:17:00 | Higher resolutions mean a lower refresh rate... So 640x480 can be displayed at a higher refresh rate than 1024x768. | utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 777192 | 2009-05-27 06:20:00 | and lower resolutions look like **** | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 777193 | 2009-05-27 06:31:00 | eh?, you cant just do that with CRT monitors blam....1st you have to check if the monitor driver matches your monitor and set only rates which the monitor shows as capable of.....Most time windows installs a generic driver. I wonder if updates have found the correct driver and reduced according to resolution\colour depth. 640x480 @ 100 hz, lol.... Shows how lond since I've touched those CRTS!:p I thought he said that at the same resolution the refresh rate had changed itself? Wouldn't changin it back fix it?.. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 777194 | 2009-05-27 11:55:00 | Can't really set the resolution higher because of frame rates (fps) decreasing , plus I only play the id - quake series which is decent at 640x480. I guess having a high or low refresh rate doesn't matter as I get low fps in games anyway , just wondering why the refresh rate has been dropping over the years , maybe the monitor is about to die? |
victorcharlie (442) | ||
| 777195 | 2009-05-28 04:16:00 | Can't really set the resolution higher because of frame rates (fps) decreasing , plus I only play the id - quake series which is decent at 640x480. I guess having a high or low refresh rate doesn't matter as I get low fps in games anyway , just wondering why the refresh rate has been dropping over the years , maybe the monitor is about to die? As I said, probably a windows update has change the generic driver for the monitor. That said, on a CRT, the naked eye wont notice the difference between 75 or 85!, I only change them if a magnetic interference causes screen wobble etc. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 777196 | 2009-05-29 01:43:00 | Don't think windows updated it as I've turned off "automatic windows update" and do it manually (which i've done for many years) so I know -what/how much- is going to be downloaded . What's the usually life span of CRT monitors? |
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