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To: steve harris who wrote (121869)	5/18/2004 8:32:11 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

I guess for gaming, faster refresh gives better response, but flicker shouldn't be a problem, should it? Petz

To: steve harris who wrote (121869)	5/18/2004 8:43:35 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Steve, I have a 15 and 17" LCD. Both can run 75, I run 70 on both. Is that in analog mode or digital (DVI)? DVI is generally at 60 Hz. Going from 60 Hz, the response time of the LCD should really be 16.67 ms response time on part of the display. I wish all these people involved in the world of graphics somehow agreed to some kind of synchronization spec, so that if you are in 60 Hz mode, that the monitor is really capable of responding to that. Or to put it another way, there should be some way to figure out what the slowest element is along the path graphics card -> signal over the cable -> screen itself. If most (like 99%) of the LCD monitors sold can't even do 16.67ms response time, so even 60 Hz is lost on them. 25ms corresponds to 40Hz vertical refresh rate. And then, buying a graphics card that can generate 250 fps is a total joke. Anyway, if there was some kind of synchronization, the PC would be able to ask the monitor about the response time and corresponding vertical refresh rate, and should inform the graphics card not to generate any more than that many frames per second, to save heat. Joe