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Thread ID: 67749 2006-04-04 22:13:00 Your screen resolution is... Mary (6534) PC World Chat
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443931 2006-08-14 12:07:00 Interesting topic...

Just our of curiosity, what should the refresh rate be set to on a CRT monitor? Is higher better?

And does running the screen resolution larger use more cpu power?

Cheers.

M.
Mantis (3703)
443932 2006-08-14 22:25:00 Right.1440x900, now where to vote?

Hmm 1440 is bigger than 1280... but 900 is less than 1024... ah.. ..

qyiet's head explodes

Similar dilemma here: 1280x800 on my widescreen laptop. Don't know where to vote either
caffy (2665)
443933 2006-08-14 22:30:00 Don't know where to vote eitherThe poll and thread is 4 months old. Someone dragged it up again by voting on it before it was closed.

If you are all keen to be voting on an old poll, I will open it up again. Let me know.
Jen (38)
443934 2006-08-14 23:59:00 Interesting topic . . .

Just our of curiosity, what should the refresh rate be set to on a CRT monitor? Is higher better?

And does running the screen resolution larger use more cpu power?

Cheers .

M .

On a CRT monitor, you want the refresh rate as high as possible (provided the monitor can handle it!) I usually run them at 1 step down from their highest rated refresh rate . (check the box 'Hide modes that this monitor cannot display')

60hz gives real bad flicker and I'm sure isn't too good for the eyes

LCD however need only be run at 60hz as they don't flicker, most can't handle more than 60hz anyway, and running them higher is pointless (if only to increase maximum FPS while playing games if you have v-sync enabled)

And for resolution, the higher you have that, the more video card power (to be precise: video RAM) is needed . your CPU will not factor in too much .
Agent_24 (57)
443935 2006-08-16 11:30:00 its 1024 by 768 flat panel @ 72 hz GhostBuster (10141)
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