how to increse refresh rates in games????

[Cruze8]

Hi all I am wondering how I may go about changing the refresh rate for my opengl and direct3d games.... I have a geforce 2 gts runnin on the det 23.12 drivers... with a 19 inch viewsonic e790 monitor... any input would be appreciated

 

[Rand]

For DirectX applications you can use DXDIAG, which comes with Windows.
For OpenGL apps you will have to use the nVidia refresh rate fix, not sure where you'd find that though so all I can suggest is trying a quick search using any search engine.

 

[Cruze8]

but the refresh rate fix is only for win 2000 I have win ME so if I'm correct the windows refresh rate is the one used in opengl games?

 

[Cocytus]

I set the rate in 98SE by right clicking on the desktop, properties, advanced, adapter, and change the rate at the bottom there. It seems to use that rate for MechWarrior 4, which is a D3D game I think.

So maybe the Windows rate is the same for D3D games too?

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

FYI - You can also manually set a refresh rate for any game based on the Quake3 engine (Q3, RTCW, MOHAA, etc) by adding this line to your .cfg file:

seta r_displayrefresh "XX"

Where XX is the refresh rate you want.