seeing my monitor refresh... does that mean its going bad?

[Nocturnal]

i have a sony 19" e400 monitor. had it about two years now. at 60hz i can see it refreshing. i turned it up to 90hz and its gone now. does that mean my monitor is burning out?

 

[amdskip]

not necessarily, 60 is too low, go at least 75

 

[nightowl]

I can tell when any monitor is set to 60Hz. I can see the flicker out of the corner of my eyes, but when I turn up the refresh rate I can no longer see the flickering. Your monitor is fine it is just that most people need to to have a refresh rate above 75Hz so that it does not hurt their eyes.

 

[kgraeme]

It just means your eyes are getting better. If your monitor has always been at 60hz, then nothing has changed with your monitor. 60hz is 60hz.

 

[GT1999]

60Hz = flicker
75Hz = minor flickering, still annoying in my book
85Hz = flickering pretty much gone
100Hz+ = I can't see any flickering at all..