nVIDIA Refresh Rate Fix can't give me 640x480@160Hz

[Tseng]

Like title said, nVIDIA Refresh Rate Fix only gives me up to 120Hz for 640x480 resoultion. My monitor (ViewSonic G790) is capable of 160Hz. How do I adjust by myself?

TIA

 

[NicColt]

yea that's a known problem with nVidia cards, we're all hoping that it will be fixed in the upcoming Geforce 4 cards. I'm sure it will be able to hit 160Hz at 800x600.

 

[Sunner]

Really, what difference does it make?

I could understand if it was between 60 and 85, or 85 and 100, but 120 and 160?

 

[BFG10K]

If you use Riva Tuner instead to fix the 60 Hz issue it should make your monitor go as high as possible in each resolution.

Really, what difference does it make?

It's always good to have as high a refresh rate as possible, just like it's always good to have as high framerates as possible.

 

[Sunner]

I see the point of having the highest possible framerates in games, but the refresh rate is constant, there's no minimum to think of, 120 is 120, and will allways be 120.

Anyways, have you tried raising it through the display control planel?
Does the higher refresh rates become available if you uncheck the "Hide modes that this monitor cant display" checkbox?

 

[Lorne]

I think your confused on refresh rate for the graphics card and the monitor refresh rates are, Thay have nothing to do with eachother.
For the monitor its so you dont get flicker, If it doesnt flicker at a low refresh say perhaps 60 there is no reason to go higher, Going high when you have no problems only increases your electric bill.
For The graphic cards them selves overclocking the gpu, ram or just getting the info to the card faster will increase fps.

 

[Sunner]

I know fully well what the difference is between the monitor's refresh rate, and FPS in games.

Anyways, 60 Hz is definately not recomended, it can cause migraine in worst case scenarios, happened to a friend of mine in fact.

 

[Insidious]

RivaTuner will fix what the NVidia patch didn't

(I put up a link to the latest version in another thread, but because you have a nice face here it is again the release candidate 9 is the most recent one)

 

[BFG10K]

I see the point of having the highest possible framerates in games, but the refresh rate is constant, there's no minimum to think of, 120 is 120, and will allways be 120.

Well put it this way, if you have the ability to display all those extra frames why should you not use it? After all, there will often be times when your framerate increases above 120 FPS. While it doesn't mean that you won't notice a difference at 120 Hz, you'll notice more of a difference with 160 Hz.

 

[Ronin]

While the monitor may 'support' the refresh rate, that's on the high end of things and can be a long term damage problem. It's somewhat like OCing your Vid card. Yeah, it's cool now and you can brag to your friends, but what happens when it fries? New vid card. Keep it at 120. Plus, the visual quality at 160Hz on most if not all monitors is actually not very good at all.

 

[vedin]

Dude, the crap are you running at 640x480 on that fancy monitor anyway? I don't even go at or below 800x600 on my piece of a monitor. (Unless I'm typing for long hours anyway. The difference in 72hz and 85 is striking when you have to sit there for two hours looking at a blank screen.)

 

[Lasker]

I modified the nvidia inf file and added in custom refresh rates such as 160hz for 640x480, 800x600, and others.. 130hz for 1024x768, and it worked great... but when I tried it with the detonator 4 drivers it didn't work right at all, it freaked out about it... That was like the 21.81 drivers or 83 maybe... I haven't tried that with the 23.xx drivers, maybe i should. oh yeah, I also add in 70hz refresh rate for 2048x1536 (my monitor works at that ).

Oh, and that's pre-installation.. So if I were using the nvidia installer for example, I'd run it, then alt tab to explorer and go to C:\documents and settings\"account name"\local settings\temp\"some sub directory"\ . And I'd find the inf in there, edit the refresh rate entries/display modes for your card (there's a table at the bottom of the file if you're not exactly sure which area to edit as it can be ambiguous). I'm betting that you can also add custom resolutions if you follow the syntax in the file... I haven't tried that yet, either.

 

[BFG10K]

While the monitor may 'support' the refresh rate, that's on the high end of things and can be a long term damage problem

How? If you're running the monitor at rated specs there will be no damage at all. Most 19" monitors and above can do 160 Hz in the lower resolutions. The monitor I'm getting can do it at 640 x 480 and 800 x 600. If you're playing games at those resolutions (I won't but someone else might have a good reason) 160 Hz will give you a really high refresh rate which is just what the doctor ordered for 3D games.