Monitor screen refresh rate question

barfly · Post by **barfly** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:51 pm

I have a 22" SGI c220 diamondtron CRT monitor and i have a question about refresh rates. It says in the monitor specs that it is capable of high refresh rates up 110 Hz i think, but i can't seem to get it past 85 Hz, thats as high as windows XP would let me set it, any ideas on how to get it past 85?

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:58 pm

If you lower the resolution you can increase the refresh rate. 85Hz is fine though!

barfly · Post by **barfly** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:56 pm

Yea i already got the resolution lowered to 1024x768, thats the one i use to surf the web and to read text, but i still cant get past 85 Hz. The monitor specs promise 85 Hz for 1600x1200, i usually game at that resolution but for 1024x768 i want a higher refresh rate cause i was told that higher refresh rate is better for ones eyes, they do start to hurt after i spend a long time looking at the screen, thats why i'm asking about this.