Q: Greetings.
Im just wondering if anyone is aware of a way to monitor refresh rate in effect at a certain resolution in Vista with an ATI card. Im fine with my desktop set driver settings, etc., but there is no option (or at least I can not find it) to a worldwide force refresh rate. Im just tired of my games run at either 60 or 75hz.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
My desktop refresh rate is 100 and the resolution is 1600×1200. Games generally default to 60hz. I do not want them to do that. I want them to run at whatever refresh rate I want them to. Once again, this has nothing to do with frame rate. I do not want my games to run at 60hz because 60hz hurts my eyes.
There were a ton of programs that could do this in XP, and even the ATi Catalyst Control center had a basic way of doing it. However, no such option exists in Vista and I have yet to find a program that can do it.
http://rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1334829801&postcount=76
According to this post (IIRC the guy is a beta tester for ATI), you can't force Vsync globally in Vista anymore. It hasn't been an issue for me since I can force it in all the games I play, but it is strange…:confused:
And I game on a CRT as well, so I feel your pain associated with 60Hz 
Setting vsync and forcing a refresh rate are 2 different things.
Apparently I'm totally out of it and can't read, sorry for the confusion
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
My desktop refresh rate is 100 and the resolution is 1600×1200. Games generally default to 60hz. I do not want them to do that. I want them to run at whatever refresh rate I want them to. Once again, this has nothing to do with frame rate. I do not want my games to run at 60hz because 60hz hurts my eyes.
There were a ton of programs that could do this in XP, and even the ATi Catalyst Control center had a basic way of doing it. However, no such option exists in Vista and I have yet to find a program that can do it.
http://rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1334829801&postcount=76
According to this post (IIRC the guy is a beta tester for ATI), you can't force Vsync globally in Vista anymore. It hasn't been an issue for me since I can force it in all the games I play, but it is strange…:confused:
And I game on a CRT as well, so I feel your pain associated with 60Hz
Setting vsync and forcing a refresh rate are 2 different things.
QFT.
I do not need a program that has anything to do with vsync. I want a program that can force a certain refresh rate for a certain resolution globally.
iv been looking for something but no luck so far.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
My desktop refresh rate is 100 and the resolution is 1600×1200. Games generally default to 60hz. I do not want them to do that. I want them to run at whatever refresh rate I want them to. Once again, this has nothing to do with frame rate. I do not want my games to run at 60hz because 60hz hurts my eyes.
There were a ton of programs that could do this in XP, and even the ATi Catalyst Control center had a basic way of doing it. However, no such option exists in Vista and I have yet to find a program that can do it.
http://rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1334829801&postcount=76
According to this post (IIRC the guy is a beta tester for ATI), you can't force Vsync globally in Vista anymore. It hasn't been an issue for me since I can force it in all the games I play, but it is strange…:confused:
And I game on a CRT as well, so I feel your pain associated with 60Hz
Setting vsync and forcing a refresh rate are 2 different things.
QFT.
I do not need a program that has anything to do with vsync. I want a program that can force a certain refresh rate for a certain resolution globally.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
My desktop refresh rate is 100 and the resolution is 1600×1200. Games generally default to 60hz. I do not want them to do that. I want them to run at whatever refresh rate I want them to. Once again, this has nothing to do with frame rate. I do not want my games to run at 60hz because 60hz hurts my eyes.
There were a ton of programs that could do this in XP, and even the ATi Catalyst Control center had a basic way of doing it. However, no such option exists in Vista and I have yet to find a program that can do it.
http://rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1334829801&postcount=76
According to this post (IIRC the guy is a beta tester for ATI), you can't force Vsync globally in Vista anymore. It hasn't been an issue for me since I can force it in all the games I play, but it is strange…:confused:
And I game on a CRT as well, so I feel your pain associated with 60Hz
Setting vsync and forcing a refresh rate are 2 different things.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
My desktop refresh rate is 100 and the resolution is 1600×1200. Games generally default to 60hz. I do not want them to do that. I want them to run at whatever refresh rate I want them to. Once again, this has nothing to do with frame rate. I do not want my games to run at 60hz because 60hz hurts my eyes.
There were a ton of programs that could do this in XP, and even the ATi Catalyst Control center had a basic way of doing it. However, no such option exists in Vista and I have yet to find a program that can do it.
http://rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1334829801&postcount=76
According to this post (IIRC the guy is a beta tester for ATI), you can't force Vsync globally in Vista anymore. It hasn't been an issue for me since I can force it in all the games I play, but it is strange…:confused:
And I game on a CRT as well, so I feel your pain associated with 60Hz
Re:My desktop refresh rate is 100 and the resolution is 1600×1200. Games generally default to 60hz. I do not want them to do that. I want them to run at whatever refresh rate I want them to. Once again, this has nothing to do with frame rate. I do not want my games to run at 60hz because 60hz hurts my eyes.
There were a ton of programs that could do this in XP, and even the ATi Catalyst Control center had a basic way of doing it. However, no such option exists in Vista and I have yet to find a program that can do it.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I am sorry for the misinterpretation. My post has absolutely nothing to do with FPS or LCDs. I need a program that can lock the refresh rate of my monitor in Vista.
I think you're still phrasing this wrong. If the desktop refresh rate is set to 60hz, then the refresh rate is always 60hz. What you're actually looking is for a v-sync in games, correct? Some way to set the number of frames at whatever you want? That's "framerate," and is very different from "refresh rate."
Re:I am sorry for the misinterpretation. My post has absolutely nothing to do with FPS or LCDs. I need a program that can lock the refresh rate of my monitor in Vista.
Re:60hz is MAXIMUM for LCDs except for a new extremely expensive TVs in Japan/ Korea with 120hz.
CRTs can usually do 75-85.
having an FPS of 60 is the best possible nowadays, and you cannot virtually tell the difference above 70 or so anyway.
And, sorry, but you will be hard pressed to find a new game that can run at 60FPS with your video card.
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