Screen refresh rate problem!

Arclight · 10-23-09, 03:04 AM

Yeah, seems that way, huh? I still don't understand how those flatscreens took of like they did, guess not too many people are aware of their shortcomings, particularly the early ones.

The current trend is actually to make more and more cheap panels; as long as it's cheap, people buy it. Even the HDTVs are being fitted with TN-panels nowadays. Very few actually look for quality.

TeaRex · 10-29-09, 06:41 PM

Here's how you actually do it without any third party software. I just figured this out after neither refreshlock nor refreshforce nor multires nor powerstrip nor registry editing nor Monitor .INF file patching helped and I was just about to give up.

In contrast, this one works flawlessly on my shiny new GTX 260 (Ain't I sneaky? OK, probably I'm not the first one to figure this out, but no answers on this or other forums suggested this yet.)

Create a custom resolution in your driver control panel. Just make it one line smaller than your desktop resolution - for example 1600x1599, or 1280x1023, or 1280x959, or 1024x767. You get the picture. The point is that you create only one version of this resolution - with your desired refresh rate. And with the timings changed so that to the monitor it looks identical to your desktop refresh rate - just turn the vertical display size down by one and the vertical front porch size up by one. To the monitor this will just look like a black line that happens to be at the botttom of the normal picture.

Then start Crysis and set it to use this resolution. As there is only one version of it, with your desired refresh rate, Windows (and Crysis) has no other choice but to use that one. Boom, 85Hz (or 100Hz or whatever your heart desires).

Onkel Neal · 10-30-09, 10:08 AM

Very cool, TeaRex. Welcome to Subsim

Arclight · 10-30-09, 02:37 PM

Aye, creative solution.

Never had much luck with custom resolutions though, fiddled with it on Win7 beta and beta graph. drivers, 'cause my CRT wouldn't get to 75Hz (ended up buying new monitor

). Probably driver issue.

Anyway, welcome aboard.

Task Force · 10-30-09, 02:46 PM

you useing any custom config? what resoulution?

10-23-09, 03:04 AM	#1
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Yeah, seems that way, huh? I still don't understand how those flatscreens took of like they did, guess not too many people are aware of their shortcomings, particularly the early ones. The current trend is actually to make more and more cheap panels; as long as it's cheap, people buy it. Even the HDTVs are being fitted with TN-panels nowadays. Very few actually look for quality. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

10-29-09, 06:41 PM	#2
TeaRex Bilge Rat Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Here's the solution - Custom resolution. Here's how you actually do it without any third party software. I just figured this out after neither refreshlock nor refreshforce nor multires nor powerstrip nor registry editing nor Monitor .INF file patching helped and I was just about to give up. In contrast, this one works flawlessly on my shiny new GTX 260 (Ain't I sneaky? OK, probably I'm not the first one to figure this out, but no answers on this or other forums suggested this yet.) Create a custom resolution in your driver control panel. Just make it one line smaller than your desktop resolution - for example 1600x1599, or 1280x1023, or 1280x959, or 1024x767. You get the picture. The point is that you create only one version of this resolution - with your desired refresh rate. And with the timings changed so that to the monitor it looks identical to your desktop refresh rate - just turn the vertical display size down by one and the vertical front porch size up by one. To the monitor this will just look like a black line that happens to be at the botttom of the normal picture. Then start Crysis and set it to use this resolution. As there is only one version of it, with your desired refresh rate, Windows (and Crysis) has no other choice but to use that one. Boom, 85Hz (or 100Hz or whatever your heart desires).

10-30-09, 10:08 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Very cool, TeaRex. Welcome to Subsim __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-30-09, 02:37 PM	#4
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Aye, creative solution. Never had much luck with custom resolutions though, fiddled with it on Win7 beta and beta graph. drivers, 'cause my CRT wouldn't get to 75Hz (ended up buying new monitor ). Probably driver issue. Anyway, welcome aboard. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

10-30-09, 02:46 PM	#5
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	you useing any custom config? what resoulution? __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"