Rfresh rate

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Xpander

Sorry in advance for asking such a beginners question in what is prob
the wrong newsgroup, but if I increase the refresh rate of my monitor to
get rid of screen flicker, will it reduce the frame rate much in my games?

Thanks in advance for any help

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Xpander said:
Sorry in advance for asking such a beginners question in what is prob the
wrong newsgroup, but if I increase the refresh rate of my monitor to get
rid of screen flicker, will it reduce the frame rate much in my games?
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Short answer no. Long answer, if you've got the video card set to sync it's
frames with the monitor then it may slow down if it can't match the refresh
rate, so it will draw at half speed.

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Paul said:
Short answer no. Long answer, if you've got the video card set to sync it's
frames with the monitor then it may slow down if it can't match the refresh
rate, so it will draw at half speed.
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Which leads me to my next question. If for example I run games then exit
them, or if my monitor comes out of standby mode, I'm finding that the
size of the screen has changed and I have to re-adjust the horizontal
and vertical controls on the monitor. This doesn't happen at a refresh
rate of 60hz, but 70 and 75. Any ideas?

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Are you setting the refresh rate for certain screen
resolutions only i.e desktop is 1024x768 @ 60hz game is
800x600 @75hz
go into your properties for gfx card and set it to the
max the monitor will allow for your desktop resolution,
having a monitor set too 60hz is ok if u have a tft but
on a normal crt monitor its like staring at a naked light
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