optimal monitor refresh rate

[John A Grandy]

I have Dell 1626ht on NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200.

What is the optimal refresh rate? Is faster better?

I successfully reset the monitor's refresh rate from 60Hz to 85Hz , but then
next machine startup, it's strangely been set back to 60Hz.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Does the monitor show as "default" or is it listed by name?
Be sure to update the monitor inf file (video driver) and
then the 85 Hz rate should stick.


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"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo-dot-com> wrote in
message |I have Dell 1626ht on NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200.
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| What is the optimal refresh rate? Is faster better?
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| I successfully reset the monitor's refresh rate from 60Hz
to 85Hz , but then
| next machine startup, it's strangely been set back to
60Hz.
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|

 

[Fitz]

As the previous posted suggested, make sure your monitor doesn't say "Plug
and Play", but list your monitor specifically. If not, load the drivers for
your monitor.

Windows default resolution is 60Hz. Regardless of the desktop screen
resolution, when you open games the screen resolution will reset to the
default value. To override this there is a registry modification that will
add a "Refresh Rate Override" tab to your NVidia Settings. You can lock the
refresh rates you select for individual screen resolutions regardless of the
application that is running. It can be downloaded here:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php

Type "refreshrate.reg" into the text search box and it will open a page of
relevent topics- the one with ID 252, Title: Refresh rate Overide will take
you to a download link. I'd link the download, but it's long and would
probably wrap around.

Good Luck,
Fitz