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Gigabet
10-08-2005, 07:49 AM
Anyone know why increasing the refresh rate of your monitor decreases eyestrain? What exactly is the refresh rate anway?
pergesu
10-08-2005, 07:52 AM
Basically the refresh rate is how many times the image is drawn on screen per second. So like a 70 khz refresh rate means that the image is drawn 70 times every second. If it goes slower you see flickering, which is why you get eyestrain. I don't know the physiological reasons behind flickering leading to eyestrain.
MegaBet
10-08-2005, 08:03 AM
http://pchere.blogspot.com/2005/03/change-refresh-rate-of-your-monitor.html
johnnybeef
10-08-2005, 08:18 AM
ok, so i have a ? why the hell cant a 2001fp do more than 60???? i thought this monitor was the end all diesel.
Huckle
10-08-2005, 08:21 AM
LCD's don't update in the same way that a crt monitor would. A lcd stays the same until it changes color, but a crt needs a high refresh rate since it has to draw everything over again even if it's all the same color.
stupidsucker
10-08-2005, 10:47 AM
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ok, so i have a ? why the hell cant a 2001fp do more than 60???? i thought this monitor was the end all diesel.

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Just by having an LCD you are far above any refresh rate on a CRT.
microbet
10-08-2005, 11:50 AM
I don't know about the eye strain issue, but be careful when you change the rate, if it's not an ok rate for your monitor (CRT anyway) you can break it.
yid3655
10-08-2005, 11:51 AM
thanks for posting this link Megabet
yid3655
10-08-2005, 11:52 AM
Surely the computer would not allow you to set such a setting that it would break it?
chisness
10-08-2005, 12:02 PM
if you get "reforce" (google it), it will show you what each resolution of your monitor is capable of.

it will also let you reduce or increase (up to the max or you could have problems) the rate at each res.
Jbrochu
10-08-2005, 12:03 PM
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Just by having an LCD you are far above any refresh rate on a CRT.

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I have a CRT set at the highest allowable refresh rate but still experience eyestrain and headaches after 3 hours or so. Do you believe switching to an LCD would help...?
microbet
10-08-2005, 12:04 PM
Possibly XP figures this out, but you could on older OSes and if you are tricky enough you probably can on XP too.
microbet
10-08-2005, 12:08 PM
I'm looking stuff up. Wikipedia says old monitors can be damaged by setting a refresh rate too high, but most new monitors won't try and will tell you it's too high. So I guess it's on the monitor, not the computer.
10-08-2005, 12:50 PM
I have a 2001fp, and when i first checked i could not change the rate above 60hz. However, after seeing this post my curiosity was sparked again and i went and checked a second time, and i am able to switch it to 75hz max -- when the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" IS Checked.

I have no idea why this is. The only thing I did different was change it from the standard VGA cable to the DVI cable, which may be the reason, but i am ignorant of such things.
pearljam
10-08-2005, 12:58 PM
wrong forum n00b
stupidsucker
10-08-2005, 01:26 PM
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wrong forum n00b

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The OP started the subject line with the appropiate " Re: OT: Refresh Rate new"

It is you sir who is n00besant
MegaBet
10-08-2005, 01:28 PM
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thanks for posting this link Megabet

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np
microbet
10-08-2005, 01:29 PM
I think he was kidding n00b!

Maybe you're kidding too /images/graemlins/blush.gif
stupidsucker
10-08-2005, 01:36 PM
ambiguity
TheNoodleMan
10-08-2005, 03:06 PM
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wrong forum n00b

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for your sake, I hope you this is a joke.
Slim Pickens
10-08-2005, 03:38 PM
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Surely the computer would not allow you to set such a setting that it would break it?

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I blew up a perfectly good CRT monitor running Win 3.1 with a bogus graphics setting. The image on the screen spilt in half, duplicated on each side. Then there was a bright flash. Finally, a single bright line down the middle. I seriously doubt XP, or even Win 95 would let you do something like that though.
pearljam
10-08-2005, 04:24 PM
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wrong forum n00b

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for your sake, I hope you this is a joke.

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it is, n00b
TheNoodleMan
10-08-2005, 06:01 PM
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wrong forum n00b

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for your sake, I hope you this is a joke.

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it is, n00b

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for my sake, I hope that was a joke.
Macint0sh
10-08-2005, 06:05 PM
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ok, so i have a ? why the hell cant a 2001fp do more than 60???? i thought this monitor was the end all diesel.

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the 2001fp isn't really all that special. It's a good deal in the US, but that's pretty much it. If you want quality there are tons of better displays out there.
microbet
10-08-2005, 06:14 PM
Hmm, whose products could you be talking about Mac?

http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/863/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/prodshot_30_inch_3display.jpg
TheNoodleMan
10-08-2005, 06:39 PM
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Hmm, whose products could you be talking about Mac?

http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/863/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/prodshot_30_inch_3display.jpg

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my boss has the baddest ass mac cinema display, when he first got it i said "damn, I could play 12 tables of poker on that!" He just looked at me funny.