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Alter Hz refresh rate for a win 98 game?

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First post, by retro games 100

Posted on 2010-08-29, 16:08

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My LCD monitor displays its image at 75Hz when testing Windows games using a Voodoo5 card in Win98SE. The "General Adapter information" inside Control Panel->Display is specifically set to 60Hz, but when I run some games (eg Deus Ex or Mysteries of the Sith), the Hz value is automatically increased to 75. This is annoying, because my LG 19" LCD monitor displays a poorer and less sharp looking image at 75Hz. Can I force a Windows game to display its image at 60Hz? Thanks for any advice.

Reply 1 of 4, by Simon

Posted on 2010-08-29, 17:14

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Refresh lock:http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rl/

Reply 2 of 4, by bestemor

Posted on 2010-08-29, 17:47

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Ok, but....

... where does one download the program itself ? 😕

edit:

Nevermind, found some other pages:

http://www.google.com/search?q=RefreshLock&ie … -8&oe=utf-8&aq=

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Reply 3 of 4, by Davros

Posted on 2010-08-29, 17:48

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or
dxdiag.exe
more help -- overide

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Reply 4 of 4, by retro games 100

Posted on 2010-08-29, 18:11

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Excellent, thanks very much. I have just tested RefreshLock (not tried dxdiag yet), and I can successfully get games to be displayed at 60Hz. This improves the general image quality.

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