Screen refresh rate problem!

onelifecrisis · 10-19-09, 10:16 AM

For some reason Crysis (and only Crysis) sets my TV to 50Hz. Windows and all other games run at 60Hz (with the same resolution settings) but Crysis goes to 50Hz which gives me a headache.

I've tried RivaTuner's "force refresh rate" option but that did nothing. I've used RivaTuner to create a new monitor driver .inf file, and installed that driver as my monitor driver, but still nothing, so I switched back to the original "Generic PnP Monitor" driver.

PowerStrip tells me it is unable to access my TV's EDID, so I assume that Crysis can't either, in which case the TV's EDID is not causing the problem. PowerStrip can access my "stored EDID" (presumably that's the one in the registry under Local Machine > System > something > Enum > whatever) and that also reports a maximum refresh rate of 75Hz, but it mistakenly reports a maximum resolution of 1280x1024... however this is something that even Crysis seems to know to be nonsense since Crysis will happily switch to any resolution up to 1080p (at 50Hz

).

MonInfo confirms what I already know - my TV can run all of it's various resolutions at either 50Hz or 60Hz, and some at 75Hz. However, the 50Hz modes are listed under "EIA/CEA-861 Information" whereas the 60Hz modes are not (they are listed under "CE video data (timings supported)" whatever that means).

My (nVidia) graphics card DVI-out is connected to my TV's HDMI-input via a DVI-HDMI converter. I'm running Vista in case that matters.

I just want to get the Crysis refresh rate to be 60Hz like it is in all my other games (at the same 1080p resolution)!! Help!?

10-19-09, 10:16 AM	#1
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	Screen refresh rate problem! For some reason Crysis (and only Crysis) sets my TV to 50Hz. Windows and all other games run at 60Hz (with the same resolution settings) but Crysis goes to 50Hz which gives me a headache. I've tried RivaTuner's "force refresh rate" option but that did nothing. I've used RivaTuner to create a new monitor driver .inf file, and installed that driver as my monitor driver, but still nothing, so I switched back to the original "Generic PnP Monitor" driver. PowerStrip tells me it is unable to access my TV's EDID, so I assume that Crysis can't either, in which case the TV's EDID is not causing the problem. PowerStrip can access my "stored EDID" (presumably that's the one in the registry under Local Machine > System > something > Enum > whatever) and that also reports a maximum refresh rate of 75Hz, but it mistakenly reports a maximum resolution of 1280x1024... however this is something that even Crysis seems to know to be nonsense since Crysis will happily switch to any resolution up to 1080p (at 50Hz ). MonInfo confirms what I already know - my TV can run all of it's various resolutions at either 50Hz or 60Hz, and some at 75Hz. However, the 50Hz modes are listed under "EIA/CEA-861 Information" whereas the 60Hz modes are not (they are listed under "CE video data (timings supported)" whatever that means). My (nVidia) graphics card DVI-out is connected to my TV's HDMI-input via a DVI-HDMI converter. I'm running Vista in case that matters. I just want to get the Crysis refresh rate to be 60Hz like it is in all my other games (at the same 1080p resolution)!! Help!? __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard. Last edited by onelifecrisis; 10-19-09 at 10:39 AM.