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  1. Oct 22nd, 2002, 10:47 AM #1
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    XP Refresh

    http://www.xp-refresh.net/

    You guys aware of this?
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  2. Oct 22nd, 2002, 03:58 PM #2
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    Yeh I knew about this problem, cos I had to play GTA3 through with 60Hz refresh rate and it really hurt!
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  3. Oct 22nd, 2002, 06:11 PM #3
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    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.
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  4. Oct 22nd, 2002, 06:33 PM #4
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    There are utilities for both ATi and nVidia cards to fix this.
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  6. Oct 23rd, 2002, 06:35 AM #5
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    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
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  7. Oct 25th, 2002, 08:43 PM #6
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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
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    Whoa..800x600, on a Radeon 8500? That's like a crime!
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  8. Oct 26th, 2002, 06:44 AM #7
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    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
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  9. Oct 26th, 2002, 07:28 AM #8
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    Hmm; maybe with the exception of UT2003 you should be able to handle 10x7 at least in most games with a Radeon 8500.
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  11. Oct 26th, 2002, 07:31 AM #9
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    I used to play *everything* at 1024x768 because that's all my monitor could do

    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.
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  12. Oct 27th, 2002, 09:07 AM #10
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    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
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  13. Oct 27th, 2002, 10:36 AM #11
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    But like Parksie already said, aren't there already untilities to fix this? Or do they not work properly?
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  14. Oct 28th, 2002, 03:37 AM #12
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    They do, but like I said, it's for my own programming pleasure
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