rec.autos.simulators

by **GMpartsgu** » Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:31:03

My last time on the OT Express for a long time after this one :)
Got my new rig up and running. It's great to be able to twist up the eye
candy a pile in NR2003. But the eye-watering 60hz refresh rate in desktop is
killing me. I'm new to XP, and thought i remember a problem with this back
in the day. Thanks in advance again.
P.S. Any good sites for tuning up or leaning out XP Home for better graphic
performance ?

by **Dave Henri** » Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:28:53

which video card? there are a couple of utils out there that fix this
problem...look for refreshforce at 3drage.com if you have an ATI card, and
I'm sure there probably is a version of the same program for Nvidia users
as well.
dave henrie

by **Biz** » Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:19:44

All the newer nVidia drivers have a refresh rate override table for most
resolutions as long as you're using D3D. Find it in the advanced settings
dialog. Use something like reforce fresh or some other utility to force
higher resolutions for OpenGL

by **Uwe Schürkam** » Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:56:17

I have used "hztool" on 98SE with good success, I don't know if it
works on XP though. You could try it nonetheless as it's only a tiny
download (300k) and you don't need to install anything.

cheers,

uwe

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by **Biz** » Thu, 23 Oct 2003 04:23:52

The dxdiag override function does not give you refresh rate control over
each resolution lke the nVidia advanced display properties do

> >All the newer nVidia drivers have a refresh rate override table for most
> >resolutions as long as you're using D3D.

> That works on all vid cards if you run dxdiag and go to the overrides
> tab. Omega drivers for ATI cards has refreshforce built in, I always
> liked using the freebie called Multires from www.entechtaiwan.com
> myself and this works for all video cards. I don't have to worry about
> it myslef anymore because I use an LCD monitor..

by **GMpartsgu** » Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:12:49

> All the newer nVidia drivers have a refresh rate override table for most
> resolutions as long as you're using D3D. Find it in the advanced settings
> dialog. Use something like reforce fresh or some other utility to force
> higher resolutions for OpenGL

> > My last time on the OT Express for a long time after this one :)
> > Got my new rig up and running. It's great to be able to twist up the
eye
> > candy a pile in NR2003. But the eye-watering 60hz refresh rate in
desktop
> is
> > killing me. I'm new to XP, and thought i remember a problem with this
back
> > in the day. Thanks in advance again.
> > P.S. Any good sites for tuning up or leaning out XP Home for better
> graphic
> > performance ?

Oops, forgot to mention the 9800 Pro :). I did set it to 85hz when i set up
the system Sat nite, and it held those settings until i fired up the
computer Monday. Then it was flickering away at 60hz in desktop no matter
what i did. Now today i fire up the computer and its fine. Rotten computers.
I will squelch this annoyance !

by **Biz** » Sun, 26 Oct 2003 15:57:38

> >The dxdiag override function does not give you refresh rate control over
> >each resolution lke the nVidia advanced display properties do

> Um, you set it to 85hz and it plays all D3D games at 85hz at all
> resolutions. But no, it doesn't allow you to set custom refresh rates
> for each res if that is what you mean. But why would you want to
> anyway? Just set them all to 85hz and be done with it.

Well, if I happen to switch resolutions, becuase the nVidia drivers allow
you to create a custom refresh rate table under D3D for all your
resolutions I can run say 144Hz at 800x600, but still keep 1024x768 at say
100, and 1280x960 set at 85 to fall more in line with what my monitor is
capable of.

SO your are correct that is what I meant. Its just a little bit more
advanced than all resolutions being forced to the same refresh rate. Of
course none of that helps since I use OpenGL for all games that support it.

by **Larr** » Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:48:10

Later nVidia drivers have this ability built-in (finally).

-Larry

> > My last time on the OT Express for a long time after this one :)
> > Got my new rig up and running. It's great to be able to twist up the
> > eye
> > candy a pile in NR2003. But the eye-watering 60hz refresh rate in
> > desktop is killing me. I'm new to XP, and thought i remember a problem
> > with this back in the day. Thanks in advance again.
> > P.S. Any good sites for tuning up or leaning out XP Home for better
> > graphic
> > performance ?

> which video card? there are a couple of utils out there that fix this
> problem...look for refreshforce at 3drage.com if you have an ATI card, and
> I'm sure there probably is a version of the same program for Nvidia users
> as well.
> dave henrie

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