http://www.xp-refresh.net/
You guys aware of this?
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http://www.xp-refresh.net/
You guys aware of this?
Yeh I knew about this problem, cos I had to play GTA3 through with 60Hz refresh rate and it really hurt!
Yep. I'm one of the very few who can't tolerate 60Hz on the desktop for the life of me, but in 3D I wouldn't notice.
There are utilities for both ATi and nVidia cards to fix this.
There's PowerStrip as well, for every video card.
I normally try and keep it up past 85Hz if possible. I run most games at 800x600 at 120Hz, rock solid :D
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Originally posted by parksie
There's PowerStrip as well, for every video card.
I normally try and keep it up past 85Hz if possible. I run most games at 800x600 at 120Hz, rock solid :D
Whoa..800x600, on a Radeon 8500? That's like a crime! :eek:
I'm very sensitive to frame rates as well, and if I lose *any* response I get ratty and I like to have all the geometry detail on full, which entails putting the res down.
I do play Half-Life at 1600x1200 though :D
Hmm; maybe with the exception of UT2003 you should be able to handle 10x7 at least in most games with a Radeon 8500. ;)
I used to play *everything* at 1024x768 because that's all my monitor could do :D
It depends on whether I get good speed out of it. Plus I don't really notice the difference at the lower resolutions, it all blurs into an image anyway.
For anyone interested, I'm currently developing a VB app (purely for my own enjoyment) to solve the 60HZ problem. I'm currently implementing fixes for the following chipsets:
- ATI RAGE PRO
- ATI RAGE 128/RAGE 128 PRO
- RADEON (including LE, VE, 7500, 8500).
- GeForce 3, both Ti200 and Ti500.
with more to hopefully follow. I'll probably be looking for owners of those chipsets to help me test the app, coz I only have a Rage128 Pro. If anyone's interested then reply to this thread, and I'll let you know :)
But like Parksie already said, aren't there already untilities to fix this? Or do they not work properly?
They do, but like I said, it's for my own programming pleasure :p