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    Finding Screen Refresh Rate (C90S)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by GTanaka, Sep 30, 2007.

  1. GTanaka

    GTanaka Newbie

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    Basically, the topic. Anyone know how to find the max refresh rate of the screen without dangerous testing? Or more specifically, I'm looking for the correct Horiz/Vert refresh rates so I can get 1680 x 1050 @ >= 60Hz in Linux, cuz it's stuck at 50 Hz right now which is unbearable. Thanks!
     
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  2. TuxDude

    TuxDude Notebook Deity

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    You can see the refresh rate currently used by Vista from :

    Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalization > Display Settings > Advanced Settings > Monitor

    It will also list all the other refresh rates it can safely support...
     
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  3. GTanaka

    GTanaka Newbie

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    Alright, 59/60 Hz, this I already guessed. However, it doesn't tell me what my Horizontal and Vertical refresh rates are (if you know Xorg, this is what it requires).
     
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    Xorg setup will try to autodetect these values... What values are detected by it ?
     
    TuxDude, Sep 30, 2007
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  5. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I used dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xorg-xserver and the settings it gave me worked fine. Until i tried isntalling the gfx driver. Then it all went to hell
     
    Patrick, Sep 30, 2007
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