NEW frequency= NEW headaches?

Zatrix

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• May 27, 2005

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I have had one of my monitors at 100 hertz and the other at 75 hertz for a long time now. I decided to be a bad *** and up one of my monitors to 100 hertz.

Now when i look at the screen my eyes hurt after constant use and i have a headache

is this normal for a new frequency?

Its a 19inch btw

 

Trombe

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• May 27, 2005

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Try setting it back to the original and see if it helps. If it does, then it probably is your eyes...

 

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Too high of a refresh rate can cause blurring. This is probably your case. Set it back to 75 or 85 if you want it higher.

 

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• May 28, 2005

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i leave my LCD at 60 but on my crt its at 72 cuz its too flashy on 60 with the crt

 

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• May 29, 2005

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I thought higher frequency made less blurring and better display?

 

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Higher frequency=more FPS. The human eye is limited to around 72 FPS, so anything above 75 is pointless IMO.

 

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Feydd said:

Higher frequency=more FPS. The human eye is limited to around 72 FPS, so anything above 75 is pointless IMO.

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Anything above 24 constant frames per second should seem like complete motion to the naked human eye, but apparently that isn't the case with computer moniters. Your eyes will adjust to the refresh rates, and if you do turn them lower you may notice the difference. I run mine at 85Hz, if I were to turn it to 75, I would notice the difference, but not as much as turning it down to 60Hz, which I feel only lcds should run at.

 

SolidxSnake

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Feydd said:

Higher frequency=more FPS. The human eye is limited to around 72 FPS, so anything above 75 is pointless IMO.

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This is a common misconception. I need to find the link that goes in-depth on this.

Human eyes are well-capable of going 200+ FPS.

Found it:
http://amo.net/NT/02-21-01FPS.html