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hotshot8867
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November 8th, 2003 02:00
Refresh Rate/Temp?
Is a refresh rate of 85 damaging to my Inspiron 8200's LCD Screen (UXGA I think? whichever one was advertised as "Ultra sharp" 9 months ago)
Is a temperature of 67 degrees celsius on my video card bad when im playin a game?
Message Edited by hotshot8867 on 11-07-2003 10:58 PM
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Posted November 8th, 2003 10:00
If you uncheck like Hide displays that I can't use or somethin you can pick 85, which is what I did429
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Posted November 9th, 2003 03:00
In that case, you should not use 85Hz since it is a rate that your monitor isnt really designed to use. It could be damaging if you use it like that for long. Just choose the highest one you can get with the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" box checked. I don't think it's a good idea to uncheck that and choose a higher rate. Anyway, there isnt much of a difference from 60Hz to 85Hz for LCDs because LCDs don't constantly refresh the screen like conventional CRT monitors do. This is why there is no screen flickering for LCD screens at refresh rates that would cause flickering for CRTs. So, put a check mark into "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" and then choose the highest one.429
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Posted November 11th, 2003 15:00
All,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
LCDs operate at 60Hz. This is a hardware limitation, and increasing the refresh rate will not give you any better performance. I do not know that changing it will hurt your LCD, but it is not recommended, or supported by Dell.
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Posted November 11th, 2003 17:00
I have mine at 85Hz and it does do something, it makes my moue move faster. And that is very good for me.
Inspiron 5150:
Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06GHz w/ HT
Bios A26
1024MB DDR PC2700 @ 333MHz
Nvidia GeForce FZ Go5200 running Detonator 45.33 with a modifed INF File
60GB Hard Drive, Hitachi 7k60 (7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache)
15" Dell Ultrasharp
24x/10x/24x CD-RW/DVD Drive
1400 Dell TruMobile a/b/g Wireless
Windows XP Pro
GunWing911
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Posted November 8th, 2003 04:00
How do you get 85Hz on your LCD screen? If it is available to choose while "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" is checked, your LCD is able to run at that refresh rate. However, 60Hz is the recommended rate for all LCDs since LCDs do not flicker like CRT monitors at low refresh rates; LCDs are just made to run at 60Hz. I don't know how you are able to choose 85Hz though, my 8500 WSXGA+ screen only has 60Hz as an option and the highest I've seen was 75Hz on a desktop LCD digital flat panel. If you don't notice a difference from 85Hz to 60Hz, just set it to 60Hz.
A temperature of 67 degrees celcius is not bad when you play games, don't worry. I think most cards get to that temperature when playing graphics intensive games and video cards are made to handle the temperature caused by gameplay.