Newbie flat screen monitor question

[Dot Net Developer]

My old computer monitor was tube based, and on my graphics card I set
the refresh rate as high as possible because that produced a less
flickery image.

My new monitor is flat screen LCD, and my graphics card reports that
it only supports 60hz refresh rate. This seems unusually low, but is
this perfectly normal for this type of monitor?

Thanks, regards, dnw.

 

[Charles Schuler]

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My old computer monitor was tube based, and on my graphics card I set
the refresh rate as high as possible because that produced a less
flickery image.

My new monitor is flat screen LCD, and my graphics card reports that
it only supports 60hz refresh rate. This seems unusually low, but is
this perfectly normal for this type of monitor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refresh_rate

 

[Dot Net Developer]

On 17 Apr, 22:00, "Charles Schuler" <charleschu...@comcast.net> wrote:

"Dot Net Developer" <dotnetdevelo...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:1176841774.695511.305060@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...

My old computer monitor was tube based, and on my graphics card I set
the refresh rate as high as possible because that produced a less
flickery image.

My new monitor is flat screen LCD, and my graphics card reports that
it only supports 60hz refresh rate. This seems unusually low, but is
this perfectly normal for this type of monitor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refresh_rate

Thanks.

 

[Peter A Forbes]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:00:07 -0400, "Charles Schuler"
<charleschuler@comcast.net> wrote:

"Dot Net Developer" <dotnetdeveloper@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1176841774.695511.305060@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
My old computer monitor was tube based, and on my graphics card I set
the refresh rate as high as possible because that produced a less
flickery image.

My new monitor is flat screen LCD, and my graphics card reports that
it only supports 60hz refresh rate. This seems unusually low, but is
this perfectly normal for this type of monitor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refresh_rate

Just as an aside to the original question, it is possible to get into a
situation where you cannot see the display as the monitor refuses to display
faster refresh rate signals (Xerox 22" in my own case) and you need to use a CRT
screen to be able to set the rates before returning to the TFT/LCD unit.

Some DOS setups are similarly problematical.

Peter
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