Can't select Refresh Rate in XP

[Matt]

From http://www.necdisplay.com/support/css/monitortechguide/index04.htm :

"Since LCD monitors do not employ phosphors, refresh rate is not a concern.
Basically, the transistors in the LCD remain open or closed as needed until
the image changes. This can be a point of confusion for some consumers,
however, since most graphics cards still "ask for" a refresh rate setting.
This is due to the analog nature of existing graphic cards (see "Inputs"
section) and their support for CRT displays. While refresh rates do not
apply to LCD monitors, most LCDs are set up to accept any settings from 60Hz
and above."

Can you describe the "bad lag" effect in more detail? Is it slow to scroll?
Choppy? Are there motion artifacts or ghosts?

 

[james.miles]

I'm trying to set a video mode (60 Hertz refresh) that is compatible
with my new LCD monitor. It is currently set to 100 Hertz form the
factory.

The picture looks fine but there is a bad lag when I try to scroll.

The display properties doesn't give me a choice of refresh rates - all
it says is "default refresh" for every resolution mode. So it's
impossible to specify the refresh rate.

Help!

Jim

 

[Haggis]

From http://www.necdisplay.com/support/css/monitortechguide/index04.htm :

"Since LCD monitors do not employ phosphors, refresh rate is not a
concern. Basically, the transistors in the LCD remain open or closed as
needed until the image changes. This can be a point of confusion for some
consumers, however, since most graphics cards still "ask for" a refresh
rate setting. This is due to the analog nature of existing graphic cards
(see "Inputs" section) and their support for CRT displays. While refresh
rates do not apply to LCD monitors, most LCDs are set up to accept any
settings from 60Hz and above."

Can you describe the "bad lag" effect in more detail? Is it slow to
scroll? Choppy? Are there motion artifacts or ghosts?

you could try reducing color depth ..

 

[Alias]

Matt,

When I try and use the mouse the scroll down or use the down arrow
keys, the srcreen takes forever to slowly scoll down and then it will
just keep scrolling down because I may have clicked too many times. I
am not very computer smart, so I hope I am explaining this properly.
Also, If I try and drag a window, it looks like there are mulitiple
windows following behind the one I am dragging. On the troubleshooting
page of my LCD monitor, it said to change the refresh rate to 60hz, so
I thought this may be the problem.

Jim

Have you installed the drivers for your video card and for your monitor?

Alias

 

[james.miles]

Matt,

When I try and use the mouse the scroll down or use the down arrow
keys, the srcreen takes forever to slowly scoll down and then it will
just keep scrolling down because I may have clicked too many times. I
am not very computer smart, so I hope I am explaining this properly.
Also, If I try and drag a window, it looks like there are mulitiple
windows following behind the one I am dragging. On the troubleshooting
page of my LCD monitor, it said to change the refresh rate to 60hz, so
I thought this may be the problem.

Jim

 

[james.miles]

I will retry the drivers again.

Thanks

james.miles wrote:
Matt,

When I try and use the mouse the scroll down or use the down arrow
keys, the srcreen takes forever to slowly scoll down and then it will
just keep scrolling down because I may have clicked too many times. I
am not very computer smart, so I hope I am explaining this properly.
Also, If I try and drag a window, it looks like there are mulitiple
windows following behind the one I am dragging. On th
troubleshooting
page of my LCD monitor, it said to change the refresh rate to 60hz
so
I thought this may be the problem.

Jim

Have you installed the drivers for your video card and for you
monitor?

Alias

 

[Matt]

That doesn't sound like a refresh rate issue. Update the video card driver
as Alias recommended.

What video card do you have (make, model, memory)? And how much RAM
installed on the motherboard?