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onelifecrisis
10-20-07, 12:22 PM
This might seem like a bizarre poll but there's a point to it - I need the info for my mod.
Thanks!
OLC
70 hz for me, 60 and under gives me a headache! :down:
bigboywooly
10-20-07, 01:54 PM
Mine is 70 also
The Munster
10-20-07, 02:17 PM
65 :huh:
iambecomelife
10-20-07, 03:23 PM
I have my LCD at 75 Hz. For some reason I have been getting a strange "tearing effect" whenever I pan the free camera. Also, waves will sometimes flicker where they meet a ship's hull. It's very annoying and my hardware had been working fine for a long time; this seems to have happened out of the blue. Adjusting the refresh rate doesn't help. I have an 8800GTS (640MB).
KrvKpt. Falke
10-20-07, 03:55 PM
85Hz
Huskalar
10-20-07, 05:49 PM
60 Hz :yep:
Wolfehunter
10-21-07, 01:39 AM
I have a LG Flatron Wide LCD 20.1 LG204W It runs on 60Hz at 1680x1050 or 75 1280x1024
i_b_spectre
10-21-07, 01:45 AM
I'm still running a CRT, so 72MHz is minimal. I've read vertical refresh rate is not a factor with LCD monitors, but I can't speak from personal experience.
I have a LG Flatron Wide LCD 20.1 LG204W It runs on 60Hz at 1680x1050 or 75 1280x1024
LG Flat here to, running on 60Hz
JScones
10-21-07, 06:50 AM
You guys with LCD monitors do realise that refresh rate in terms of hertz is irrelevant, right? :yep: (Although the current talk of 180Hz LCD TVs sounds interesting)
Refresh rate relates to CRT screens; CRTs must constantly redraw the screen, since the phosphor layer only glows for a short time. The hertz frequency determines how many times per second that the screen is redrawn.
LCDs don't have a refresh rate in this sense - the transistors on the screen maintain a color and brightness until the video card tells them to change. The total time it takes the monitor to make this change is referred to as the response time and is measured in milliseconds.
LCD monitors include hertz frequencies for supporting analogue connections/video cards (those that need to sync to a refresh rate). Most LCDs, if not all, support 60Hz and 75Hz for this reason. Choosing 60Hz is more than sufficient and actually is of no consequence: 60Hz ~ 16ms - I think all LCD response times are now less than this (mine is 2ms). ;)
I have my LCD at 75 Hz. For some reason I have been getting a strange "tearing effect" whenever I pan the free camera. Also, waves will sometimes flicker where they meet a ship's hull. It's very annoying and my hardware had been working fine for a long time; this seems to have happened out of the blue. Adjusting the refresh rate doesn't help. I have an 8800GTS (640MB).
Have you got VSync on or off? Try toggling it and see what happens (by rights turning it on should reduce your tearing).
Also, waves will sometimes flicker where they meet a ship's hull. It's very annoying and my hardware had been working fine for a long time; this seems to have happened out of the blue. Adjusting the refresh rate doesn't help. I have an 8800GTS (640MB).
I have the same flickering problem where waves meet a ships hull, and I have an old ATI Radeon 9800 Pro! It doesn't happen in all conditions though. Possibly only when anti-aliasing is on, but even then not always - maybe it's weather & time-of-day dependent. So maybe it's something inherent to the game rather than your particular hardware & driver setup.
I have a 19" CRT running at 85Hz. Part of the reason I don't want to change to an LCD is because they don't tend to come in 4:3 ratio (in larger sizes at least), so SH3 will end up being distorted. I don't want an oval periscope view. :D
iambecomelife
do you have vertical sync switched on in your graphics card driver?
MONOLITH
10-21-07, 09:49 AM
For some reason I have been getting a strange "tearing effect" whenever I pan the free camera.
Turn "Vertical Sync" to ON in your driver settings and that should go away.
Onelifecrisis, I'm at 60hz; because it's a widescreen LCD at 1680x1050. It won't do over 60hz at that particular res. But like someone else said, refresh rate may be a non issue with LCDs.
I could always notice the flickering of light colors with my old CRT at 60 hertz, no such issue with the LCD.
Sailor Steve
10-22-07, 11:22 AM
I voted "Huh?"
Wolfehunter
10-22-07, 12:02 PM
You guys with LCD monitors do realise that refresh rate in terms of hertz is irrelevant, right? :yep: (Although the current talk of 180Hz LCD TVs sounds interesting)
Refresh rate relates to CRT screens; CRTs must constantly redraw the screen, since the phosphor layer only glows for a short time. The hertz frequency determines how many times per second that the screen is redrawn.
LCDs don't have a refresh rate in this sense - the transistors on the screen maintain a color and brightness until the video card tells them to change. The total time it takes the monitor to make this change is referred to as the response time and is measured in milliseconds.
LCD monitors include hertz frequencies for supporting analogue connections/video cards (those that need to sync to a refresh rate). Most LCDs, if not all, support 60Hz and 75Hz for this reason. Choosing 60Hz is more than sufficient and actually is of no consequence: 60Hz ~ 16ms - I think all LCD response times are now less than this (mine is 2ms). ;)
Yes I'm aware.;) For the finer detail of my monitor is 2000:1 DFC and 5ms Response Time.
panzer 49th
10-22-07, 04:38 PM
Mine runs at 120 hz.
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