Changed refresh rate to 85hz. What's difference b/w 60hz.

[CrewXp]

I read a post that a higher refresh rate was supposed to help the eyes. So I changed my refresh rate from 60 to 85. I think I notice a SLIGHT change. My eyes have less strain. But I don't know that for sure. It could be all in my head. Anyways, some things I notice, I THINK (again, it could be in my head), are it's a little blurrier, the screen got smaller, I had to enlarge it with my monitor, and that's it. Anyone know why it got smaller, blurrier, and the difference? I'm also having a problem with my video in the other thread. THANKS!

 

[BFG10K]

60 Hz shows horrendous flicker on a CRT. Are you by chance running an LCD?

 

[kylebisme]

More flickers per-second give you less chance of being distracted by the flicker, but as you have seen higher refresh can also strain your monitor to the point that things get blurier so you might want to try backing it down to 75hz or so. As for the picture getting smaller, that is just becuase the monitor has to sync differently with the new refresh rate.

 

[fierydemise]

The lower the Hz rating the sharper the picture but the higher the Hz rating the less eyestrain

 

[VIAN]

Note that refresh rate has no effect on an LCD. You should always use optimla settings.

If you push your CRT to the max. Being Max refresh rate for whichever resolution, it's touching the limit of the bandwidth that the CRT can take and it can lose details and make the picture blurry.

If you have your monitor drivers installed. Just go to where you change your refresh rate:

right click on desktop
properties
settings
advanced
click on the monitor tab

Change desired screen refresh rate to the second highest available. That should ensure optimal image quality.

If you don't have drivers installed, go and find them. Google is your friend. How can you tell if you have drivers installed:

right click on desktop
properties
settings

Under the big gray box with the 1 and the 2, it says 'Display:'. If under where it says display, says Plug and Play device on (current graphics card). Then it isn't installed. What should be there is the name of you monitor.

I recommend 85Hz at least. So find the highest resolution you can, with the correct aspect ratio, where the second highest refresh rate is 85Hz. That is your optimal setting. Unless you require higher refresh rates.

 

[CraigRT]

60hz is the devil.

if I had to watch 60hz I'd never use a computer again. absolutely awful.

my monitor only runs 85Hz at the res I like, but it's fine for my liking... higher is better, but 85 is good enough.

 

[tfcmasta97]

ive never noticed any flickers or the such... I was on 60hz for a long time, went to 85, dint notice much diff

 

[ssvegeta1010]

I cant stand 60hz. I get headaches in about 2 minutes.
With 75hz, I can stand it for a few hours, but at too high resolutions I get some mild headaches in ~20 minutes.
With 85hz, Im completely fine.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

Originally posted by: ssvegeta1010
I cant stand 60hz. I get headaches in about 2 minutes.
With 75hz, I can stand it for a few hours, but at too high resolutions I get some mild headaches in ~20 minutes.
With 85hz, Im completely fine.

me too. i used a trinitron 20 inch crt and it went to 120! that was really smooth.