Why oh god why T_T

[paladin181]

Sorry for bumping an old topic, but I finally got a new monitor, and its refresh rate was already 60 Hertz. But I'm still afraid that the monitor may burn out some other way.

What kind of screen do you have? CRT? LCD? Plasma?

Second: Do you have a video card driver installed, and what kind of video card do you have?

If you do have a video card, check the settings through the video card's utility menu/control panel. nVidia and ATI both have a program that allows for simple adjustment of your video settings. make sure your refresh rate is set to 60Hz or 70Hz. (1Hz = 1 cycle per second. Standard power in the US is 60Hz. Your computer probably runs somewhere around 2GHz. That's over 2 million cycles per second. a 60Hz refresh rate means your monitor paints a new screen 60 times a second. It's not as important with LCD and Plasma screens, but is very important on CRT monitors.)

85 something isn't very helpful at all in determining what your problem was. you need to make sure you get all the pertinent info you can.

On your new monitor, if it is a LCD or Plasma, turn the back light down as soon as you get it through the monitor's option menu. This setting is usually set way too high and will cause a shortened life span on your screen.

[@schoLary@]

You know the buttons that right on your moniter and not your computer? It might be what he's refering to use to change your settings.

[Fuerte]

LCD
I don't know what you mean, video what now?
My refresh rate is at 60 hertz, for my monitor.
He meant, change the settings for my game to 65 megahertz, thats what he told me to do, but I don't know where to go to change the settings, I clicked the setup icon, and nothing came up about megahertz. He said thats the only problem.
I turned down the brightness setting for my LCD monitor down to 50.



@lary, I know =3

[paladin181]

LCD
I don't know what you mean, video what now?
My refresh rate is at 60 hertz, for my monitor.
He meant, change the settings for my game to 65 megahertz, thats what he told me to do, but I don't know where to go to change the settings, I clicked the setup icon, and nothing came up about megahertz. He said thats the only problem.
I turned down the brightness setting for my LCD monitor down to 50.



@lary, I know =3

Nothing should ever be megahertz. the highest I've ever seen a monitor go is 100Hz. That's all it is. Just set it to 60, 65, or 70 Hz, and everything will be fine. On your video card settings, make sure it says the same thing for your refresh rate.

[AceJay]

Fuerte, you don't need to change anything other than the monitor's or the video card's rates.

[Fuerte]

LCD
I don't know what you mean, video what now?
My refresh rate is at 60 hertz, for my monitor.
He meant, change the settings for my game to 65 megahertz, thats what he told me to do, but I don't know where to go to change the settings, I clicked the setup icon, and nothing came up about megahertz. He said thats the only problem.
I turned down the brightness setting for my LCD monitor down to 50.



@lary, I know =3

Nothing should ever be megahertz. the highest I've ever seen a monitor go is 100Hz. That's all it is. Just set it to 60, 65, or 70 Hz, and everything will be fine. On your video card settings, make sure it says the same thing for your refresh rate.

How do I access the video card's settings? I don't even know what a video card is >_>;;;
Also, I'd like to be 100%(or 99.999%) sure, this monitor I just bought used cost 110$ o.o;;, and I don't wanna buy a 3rd one -__-

[AceJay]

How do I access the video card's settings? I don't even know what a video card is >_>;;;
Also, I'd like to be 100%(or 99.999%) sure, this monitor I just bought used cost 110$ o.o;;, and I don't wanna buy a 3rd one -__-

Rightclick your Desktop, Properties/Graphic Properties, look for something that says nVidia OR ATI, then look around in there for a "master" Refresh rate setting.

[Flash Phoenix]

my refresh is running at 75 for 2  17" Lcd monitors.. Is that good or bad lol?

[Fallen God]

@ Flash - 60 is enough since the FPS of anything running well be locked at 60 FPS - 75 isnt too bad if you have any problmes just bring it down to 60

[Fuerte]

How do I access the video card's settings? I don't even know what a video card is >_>;;;
Also, I'd like to be 100%(or 99.999%) sure, this monitor I just bought used cost 110$ o.o;;, and I don't wanna buy a 3rd one -__-

Rightclick your Desktop, Properties/Graphic Properties, look for something that says nVidia OR ATI, then look around in there for a "master" Refresh rate setting.

I found it, and it has the screen refresh rate of 60 hertz. But, what I also found was weird, was that there was this option under performance and quality settings, called global driver settings, and under that there were tons of game names (call of duty, halo, medal of honor, etc.). It didn't have RO T~T

[AceJay]

Just look for a checkbox that says "Global overwrite" or something like that.

[paladin181]

I found it, and it has the screen refresh rate of 60 hertz. But, what I also found was weird, was that there was this option under performance and quality settings, called global driver settings, and under that there were tons of game names (call of duty, halo, medal of honor, etc.). It didn't have RO T~T

Right. These are your gamer profiles, which can load different settings for different games. If you wanted to, you could add RO, but AceJay has the right of it. you'll want to run global overwrite, or global settings.