Refresh Rate in Windows Vista- HL2? CS:S? HELP.

[Guest]

I can't override refresh rates in Vista for playing games (I.E.
Counter-Strike, Rainbow Six, etc). They need to be ran at a 100hertz refresh
rate inside the game, but vista is making them stick to 60hertz.

Is there a fix for this?


Also, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and CS:Source both wont launch when i click
them through steam, the error is.. NOTE: Half-Life 2 single player works..

"hl2.exe has stopped working"

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: hl2.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4445c334
Fault Module Name: shaderapidx9.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 46427727
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0002e59a
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: f708
Additional Information 2: 2d645f9807c58f9e6bcea951e3ac2c9c
Additional Information 3: 17f5
Additional Information 4: 20b2f30032978b4dfa858317ad3ba934

 

[Charlie Tame]

I can't override refresh rates in Vista for playing games (I.E.
Counter-Strike, Rainbow Six, etc). They need to be ran at a 100hertz refresh
rate inside the game, but vista is making them stick to 60hertz.

Is there a fix for this?


Also, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and CS:Source both wont launch when i click
them through steam, the error is.. NOTE: Half-Life 2 single player works..

"hl2.exe has stopped working"

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: hl2.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4445c334
Fault Module Name: shaderapidx9.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 46427727
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0002e59a
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: f708
Additional Information 2: 2d645f9807c58f9e6bcea951e3ac2c9c
Additional Information 3: 17f5
Additional Information 4: 20b2f30032978b4dfa858317ad3ba934

Hmm, all work in both V32 and V64 for me but all have appalling frame
rates despite the machines getting high scores in that silly rating
system Vista has. That's why for Steam games I use XP

Have you looked in the Steam forums for any comment because this sounds
like it might be an app related problem combined with drivers. Also try
the Vista Games newsgroup on this server, your problem requires more
specific knowledge than the usual stuff that appears here.

If you ask elsewhere you might mention the driver / video card in use.

 

[Guest]

Yes, but the refresh rate doesnt hold when i enter a different window (I.E. a
game or something)



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