games running at 60Hz

[Computacenter]

Half my games display at 60Hz even though my XP Pro is set
to 85Hz i have also tried diffrent refresh setting and
colour settings and screen rez.
The games that run at 60Hz are new e.g. Homeworld 2 &
Grand theft auto vice city & enemy territory as well as
many others. I cant use any refresh force programs because
my monitor just says out of range and believe me I have
tried all of them .
I have made sure that the correct drivers are installed
for my monitor which is a Hansol 17" and I also have the
correct drivers for my graphics card which is a
gforce4Ti4600 using the 45.23 drivers. I have no problems
with refresh rate when I play these games using windows
98se, so why am I getting a poor refresh under XP.I
consider myself as an advanced user but i am at a loss as
how i can solve my problem. and dont bother telling me to
get a TFT

 

[Stephen Keen [MS]]

Hi Computacenter,
This is default refresh for XP because of LCD's. If you set it up,
then the game may or may not run at that refresh. Notice that the game
takes over graphics control when you enter it. This is why you get
different resolutions in and out of different applications. More modern
games will have a resolution setting but seldom to they have a refresh
setting. How are you determining the refresh of the game?
If you are trying to force settings that are beyond the specifications
of a given device it should tell you out of range.

Thanks for your post!

 

[Dave Murton]

GTA Vice city runs a 60hz frame limiter by default

switching it off (in GTAVC display menu) brings back the smoothness but this
is spoiled by the fact that in this mode textures do not load properly and
you drive into invisible walls etc.

Hi Computacenter,
This is default refresh for XP because of LCD's. If you set it up,
then the game may or may not run at that refresh. Notice that the game
takes over graphics control when you enter it. This is why you get
different resolutions in and out of different applications. More modern
games will have a resolution setting but seldom to they have a refresh
setting. How are you determining the refresh of the game?
If you are trying to force settings that are beyond the specifications
of a given device it should tell you out of range.

Thanks for your post!
--
Stephen Keen [MS] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warrenties, and
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Half my games display at 60Hz even though my XP Pro is set
to 85Hz i have also tried diffrent refresh setting and
colour settings and screen rez.
The games that run at 60Hz are new e.g. Homeworld 2 &
Grand theft auto vice city & enemy territory as well as
many others. I cant use any refresh force programs because
my monitor just says out of range and believe me I have
tried all of them .
I have made sure that the correct drivers are installed
for my monitor which is a Hansol 17" and I also have the
correct drivers for my graphics card which is a
gforce4Ti4600 using the 45.23 drivers. I have no problems
with refresh rate when I play these games using windows
98se, so why am I getting a poor refresh under XP.I
consider myself as an advanced user but i am at a loss as
how i can solve my problem. and dont bother telling me to
get a TFT