Nvidia refresh rate problem?

nieves · Apr 9, 2003, 07:13 AM

A friend of mine just bought a Philips 107P40 Brilliance monitor. He should be able to use it in 1024x768 with 115Hz refresh rate. Detonator 43.xx and a Leadtek Geforce2 MX 200 offers him only 85Hz as the max in this res... The same goes for higher res, too... always lower refresh rates than the monitor can support. The card is able to support much higher refresh rates than that, the monitor too.... So, what's the problem? Must be the Detonator driver, right? Does it support higher refresh rates? What could be the fix for this? He's got the latest XP drivers for the monitor, too.

merry · Apr 9, 2003, 07:16 AM

Tried to disable DDC?

nieves · Apr 9, 2003, 07:17 AM

What's that?

merry · Apr 9, 2003, 07:19 AM

Monitor caps stored in the monitor. My card is ATI, this enabling/disabling is done under "options", don't know about nvidia drivers. For some reason I only get max resolution/refresh with DDC disabled.

nieves · Apr 9, 2003, 07:25 AM

I don't think nvidia has anything like that. At least I haven't seen it. I could have a look with RivaTuner and see if there are any hidden settings in the registry.

Maybe the refresh rate is limited through the inf file. I need to find a way to tweak the inf file (if possible). I haven't looked "inside" one, so far. I wonder if it's safe to play with it...

merry · Apr 9, 2003, 07:27 AM

You can also try to play with PowerStrip, you can even save a tweakd monitor file

nieves · Apr 9, 2003, 07:29 AM

Thanks! I'll do that.... It will allow me to set the refresh rates manually. Coolness!

Hope I don't burn the monitor

merry · Apr 9, 2003, 07:30 AM

Cheers to your friend

Adagio · Apr 19, 2003, 03:52 AM

You should try out RefreshLock - it works on all OS'es, with all graphic cards, all drivers and - you have to run it just one time and never again

It really rocks.

http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/

Quote:

- Completely fixes the Windows 2000/XP refresh rate problem
- Functions regardless of graphics card, and driver versions
- One-time execute, no reboot required, and no background program
- Ability to push Plug & Play monitor drivers over 85Hz
- Support for systems with multiple display adapters
- Automatic backup facility
- Sophisticated and unique display optimization technology
- Ability to actually lower refresh rates as well as increase them, if software causes display corruption

NaumoJR · Apr 25, 2003, 02:43 PM

If you want to try another one, look the the Nvidia Refresh Rate Tool 2.1.

It's the one I use, and lets you select any refresh rate on any resolution.