What should I set my monitor refresh rate at?

[GTdrew]

The higher the better right? I dont want to fry my monitor in the process though. I have a Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 72 set @ 60 hertz now running windows xp. Thanks for the help.

Drew

 

[dullard]

Put it at whatever frequency you like. Some people can see flickering at or below 60 Hz. Thus they need a higher frequency to stop the flickering. As long as you can't see a flicker, you are fine.

Note: You will not burn out the monitor faster with different refresh rates.

Note2: If you can see flicker on ALL American flourescent lightbulbs then you need higher than 60 Hz. This is since these lights actually turn on and off at 60 Hz.

 

[S0me1X]

I don't feel comfortable with anything less than 85.... but now I use flat panels so refresh rates don't matter. Btw, imho flat panels are much easier on the eyes than CRTs at 85hz

 

[RazeOrc]

agreed, depends on the sensitivity of your eyes, to me personally anything below 75Hz I can "see" (even 72 for some weird reason on all monitors) 75 is what most people consider "clean" and at 85Hz ur eye prolly can't tell.

ED. this is for all trinitron based monitors as they are the only thing I use/prefer

 

[Fenix793]

Personally I can't stand 60hz. IT flickers and gives me a headache after a while. I kepe my monitor set to 85hz @ 1280*960*32. This has been working great for me. You also shouldn't set the refresh rate too high to something crazy. It won't fry your monitor but it's not exactly good for it either. Hope this helps.

 

[xWeston]

75hz seems to be a good spot for me. Anything less and i can see a "wavery" effect if that is even a word. 60hz just "hurts." Pun intended. 75 or up and you should be fine!

 

[rwalterk]

Drew, how new is your monitor? 60 hz is seriously low and usually gives people headaches; use the highest refresh rate possible seizure-free computing. If your monitor is decent, it should be capable of something like the following:

85 hz@800x600
85 hz@1024x768
75 hz@1280x1024

Windows should auto-set the best refresh rate for you, depending on your video card. What kind of card do you have? By the way, if you have an nVidia based card, you have to run a little utility called nVidia Refresh Rate Fix. For some reason, XP gets stuck at 60 hz monitor refresh rate at certain resolutions (this happened to me and drove me f'n crazy). Here's a link to a download page for that utility at planet quake.

 

[thornc]

At the recommend rate for the monitor!!

Check the manual, it should have recommended settings!! It will work better and longer
at those settings!!

Anyway my 17inch Nokia works perfectly at 1024x768@85 ... it can go up to 100 but the
its usefull life would decrese consideberaly!!

 

[thermite88]

All my monitor refresh are set at 85 Hz. Both the 20" Sony at work and the 19" KDS at home use Trinitron tube.

75 Hz or lower causes me eye strain over longer period of time and 60 Hz causes instant headache. But I know co-worker who can look at 60 Hz refresh screen day in and day out without complaining.

p.s. A higher refresh rate will not consume more energy or fry your monitor. The electronics are designed to work within a certain bandwidth. It will just refuse to syn when you set the refresh too high. Think of this, watching channel 82 will not harm your TV set any more than watching channel 2.

 

[TheKub]

1600x1200 @ 85hz Here!

 

[thraxes]

As already state use the recommended settings... also check out TomsHardware, they have a article adressing this very issue!

1280x1024 @ 85HZ, as recommended by the OSD here (Samsung 950P)