Re: refresh rates in xfree too low

From: Free (nospam_at_aaaaa.invalid)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:49:31 +0200

On Friday 21 May 2004 16:41 P Gentry wrote:

> Note the factory defaults to 85 Hz at/above 1024x768 ... but 1152x864
> (semi-standard size) is not listed.
>
> You may want to try 1024x768 or 1200x800 since they are more
> "standard" resolutions.
>
> It may be (sounds like) your problem resides in the video card/driver
> that may not be able to synch at a higher refresh rate at _this_
> resolution -- I've seen some that will refresh at higher rates with
> 1200x800 than they will with 1152x864. Have you adjusted the monitor
> to "fill" the display area in Linux? in Windows?
>
> If you're using this res because of the screen display of fonts,
> layout, etc. you could use a res that allows higher refresh rates and
> adjust your dpi to the scale you want (eg., 1200x800 with dpi ~96 or
> some number slightly larger than your current dpi with 1152x864).
>
> In any case, you will notice the difference between lower and higher
> refresh rates -- I go for 85 Hz minimum.

I choosed this resolution because this resolution was the highest resolution
where 100hz is still possible (in windows).

i adjusted the settings of my monitor to fill the dispay area but in that
resolution the screen didn't go enough to the left, there were options in
the driver itself in windows to put it more to the left and in linux i used
xvidtune for this.

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