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Forcing refresh rate of monitor

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tapir

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Aiight - years ago, when I was young and naive, I thought that a generic monitor would have all the same features as another more expensive monitor. So I let my dad buy me a generic monitor (a ProView, blech) and now...

I can't seem to make it go to decent refresh rates. I can use standard discrete timing in Powerstrip to force it all the way up to 160Hz (at 1280x1024) but I don't see how to make it stay that way. I'm under the impression that 100+ FPS in games won't help me much if I'm using a low refresh rate, and right now I believe it'll be 60Hz at the resolutions I want to game in.

SOooooooooooo.. is there a program or way to force it up ALL the time, so that software will look at my monitor and say "120Hz at 1280x1024"? I'd rather "overclock" my monitor and have it burn out in a few years than play all my games at 60Hz.

Or am I just making a big deal outta nothing. Help!

edit: I'm using a Radeon 8500, but in 98SE so the XP refresh problem isnt the issue.
 
If you use one of the windows drivers for a branded monitor that reports refresh rates matching what yours can do, would this work? or does that info come from an EPROM on the monitor itself? I don't know the answer (obviously), but that is what I would try..... [you might have to force the hardware device install] Carefull though, too high a refresh rate can crap out some monitors (many blank in this condition and are fine, but some older ones can fry)
 
You can use PowerStrip to force a refresh rate for a given resolution, just check "Brute force refresh rate" under Display profiles and make a profile with the resolution and refresh rate you want.

And yes, that your monitor only displays 100hz and the game run 160fps doesn't matter so much as it'll run smoother even though it isn't all the frames that are displayed, be satisfied with 100hz (for 1024x768) or 85hz (for 1280x1024) and have your monitor survive a little longer. The brute force thing is still nice though as Windows defaults to 60hz if you use another resolution than the desktop and you've noticed.
 
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