How do you set an ATI Graphics card to use more than 60Hz?

[Flipped Gazelle]

WOW I just got the official response from AMD after opening a support ticket with them.

"We understand you're not able to force a higher refresh rate other than 60hz with your CRT monitor and the HD5000 series card.
This is a known issue and our engineers are investigating it. There is no ETA on when an update should be available.
As a workaround, you may consider using 3rd party tools such as PowerStrip, ATI Tray Tools, RivaTuner, etc. to create custom resolutions and refresh rates. Please note that the use of 3rd party tools is not supported by AMD.
Also, we would suggest reporting the issue directly to the Catalyst driver team."

I imagine you're not satisfied with that answer. I know I wouldn't be.

 

[Martimus]

I found my old thread. See if what I did works for you:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2063868&highlight=

 

[yhelothar]

Hey Martimus, thanks for the link, but if I understood it correctly, it's the first thing I tried as I remembered having that issue with older ATI cards in the past, and I mentioned about setting the max resolution in my OP.
Unfortunately, in my case, I'm not even getting the option to choose anything higher than 60Hz.

 

[Martimus]

Hey Martimus, thanks for the link, but if I understood it correctly, it's the first thing I tried as I remembered having that issue with older ATI cards in the past, and I mentioned about setting the max resolution in my OP.
Unfortunately, in my case, I'm not even getting the option to choose anything higher than 60Hz.

Another option is to set the display manually as a generic display, which should enable you to manually set the refresh rate. I am pretty sure that I did that for mine.