[plug] [OT] Changing refresh rate to something higher than 85Hz??

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Ari Finander
> Sent: Sunday, 14 November 2004 3:44 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Changing refresh rate to something higher than 85Hz??
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm not having any luck getting a refresh rate higher than 
> 85Hz. I have a Viewsonic E95 19" CRT monitor plugged into a 
> Riva TNT2 PCI card that, according to its specifications, 
> should be able to do 1280x1024 @ 88Hz and 1024x768 @ 116Hz. 
> WinXP Home puts it up to 100Hz without issue at 1024x768. I 
> confirm this with the monitor's own reporting using the OSD. 
> When I switch to Fedora Core 2 (using my KVM switch) the 
> refresh rate drops to 85Hz regardless of resolution.
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> 
> It pisses me off that something can be so easilly 
> accomplished using windows but despite a couple of tools 
> built into FC2 I can't get my refresh rate up where I'm 
> comfortable using my monitor!
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I'm not nitpicking, it's a question I've always wondered...

Is there that much of a difference above 85Hz, besides video work?
Sure there's a helluva difference lower than that, but I've never noticed
any difference above.
I've also heard that the reason new monitors die faster is, combined with
the cheaper components going into monitor, the overly high refresh rates
(which no-one but publishing and video editing bothered with) but are now
standard, are stressing the components too much.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ari

CraigF.