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I have a mate who's interested in setting custom refresh rates so that it's possible to 'pick' the frame rate to run at depending on different titles.
It's a Samsung syncmaster 930bf but I was wondering if anyone has tried forcing a custom refresh rate on a LCD using Powerstrip.
I do it with my CRT np, can pick any refresh rate from 50hz upwards. I'm not sure what protection measures are in place for LCD, on my CRT it gives 'Out of sync range' then reverts back to what it was or if it happens using powerstrip there's a hotkey to reset it.
Ideally I would like to start from 50hz, if I can set 50hz for a certain resolution that would be great. Then it's possible to be very specific about what frame cap I want.. that's the reason.
So please say if you've attempted to force a different refresh rate to the ones already available, and if you think it could potentially damage the LCD in any way.
At a guess I would think it's fine cause there's no actual bulb that's 'flickering' it's a sort of artificial refresh rate which had to be incorporated because GFX cards vsync with a monitor by matching the refresh rates. Funny thing is though, why aren't LCD's made with lots of different refresh rates to choose from i.e anything from 40 - 160 for example?
It's a Samsung syncmaster 930bf but I was wondering if anyone has tried forcing a custom refresh rate on a LCD using Powerstrip.
I do it with my CRT np, can pick any refresh rate from 50hz upwards. I'm not sure what protection measures are in place for LCD, on my CRT it gives 'Out of sync range' then reverts back to what it was or if it happens using powerstrip there's a hotkey to reset it.
Ideally I would like to start from 50hz, if I can set 50hz for a certain resolution that would be great. Then it's possible to be very specific about what frame cap I want.. that's the reason.
So please say if you've attempted to force a different refresh rate to the ones already available, and if you think it could potentially damage the LCD in any way.
At a guess I would think it's fine cause there's no actual bulb that's 'flickering' it's a sort of artificial refresh rate which had to be incorporated because GFX cards vsync with a monitor by matching the refresh rates. Funny thing is though, why aren't LCD's made with lots of different refresh rates to choose from i.e anything from 40 - 160 for example?
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