Hey all,
I have a question with regards to the LCD monitor refresh rate.
I have a 19" Samsung LCD screen and I decided to put it to 70Hz refresh rate but when I do this, it looks a bit blurry and hard to read. Does it really do that with a higher refresh rate?
70Hz LCD monitor question
kazi_saki
moriz
LCD monitors have a fixed refresh rate of 60hz. you will damage your monitor if you set it any higher.
you don't need to worry about flickering, because LCDs don't flicker.
you don't need to worry about flickering, because LCDs don't flicker.
kazi_saki
cool. why does it damage it though?
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nevermind. thanx for the quick reply moriz.
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nevermind. thanx for the quick reply moriz.
Quaker
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Originally Posted by kazi_saki
I have a 19" Samsung LCD screen and I decided to put it to 70Hz refresh rate but when I do this, it looks a bit blurry and hard to read.
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At any rate, if the monitor is designed to work at 70Hz (which, regardless of what Moriz says, is possible.), it shouldn't appear blurry unless you are also not running at it's native resolution. The native resolution of the average 19" LCD is 1280x1024 (but yours could vary). If you set the rez to say 1024x768 (for example) it will look blurry because the monitor has to convert 1024x768 to 1280x1024.
kazi_saki
I used a 1400 x 990 resolution. I'm not so sure about the exact numbers but thats what I'm running. Cant check now since i'm using my laptop but does that mean if I run it at that 1280 x ??? resolution, it won't look blurry?
Is there any benefit from running it at 70Hz btw besides reducing flicker?
This popped up because when I got a driver from laptopvideo2go.com for my 7300GT, GW had a bit of weird flicking going on at the top center of the screen. disappears sometimes, but at the login screen its obvious.
Is there any benefit from running it at 70Hz btw besides reducing flicker?
This popped up because when I got a driver from laptopvideo2go.com for my 7300GT, GW had a bit of weird flicking going on at the top center of the screen. disappears sometimes, but at the login screen its obvious.
moriz
once again, LCDs do not flicker. changing the refresh rate won't do anything, except maybe damage the monitor. you should always try to run everything at your LCD's native resolution (the one it is designed for), which is always the maximum resolution your LCD can support.
if the flickering cropped up after a driver update, then it's most definately because of the driver, not your monitor.
if the flickering cropped up after a driver update, then it's most definately because of the driver, not your monitor.
Quaker
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I used a 1400 x 990 resolution.
Is there any benefit from running it at 70Hz btw besides reducing flicker? |
On an LCD, there is no advantage to running at 70Hz - LCD's don't "flicker".
kazi_saki
yep. Mine's a widescreen. I think the driver got the performance upped a bit but the random flickering at the edges of the screen sometimes bothers me. Should I just leave it be since its harmless or should I download another driver then?
btw, changing the refresh rate to 70Hz won't fix this screen-edge flickering then huh?
btw, changing the refresh rate to 70Hz won't fix this screen-edge flickering then huh?
Quaker
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Originally Posted by kazi_saki
btw, changing the refresh rate to 70Hz won't fix this screen-edge flickering then huh?
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