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    Refresh Rate with 17'' vostro

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jay337, Oct 28, 2007.

  1. jay337

    jay337 Notebook Guru

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    did anyone here got a 17'' vostro with a 59 Hz refresh rate screen ??? :confused:

    it can be all right but I got Battlefield 2142 and it only work on a 60 Hz refresh rate and I spoke to a reps from dell and he checked with a techniciens... He said to me that they never seen that, they gonna give me a brand new laptop but I'm sure that I'm gonna get back with a 59 Hz screen...


    all 17'' vostro owners..can you check your refresh rate for me ? thank you !

    I got the Hard Drive clicking sound too ! :(
     
    jay337, Oct 28, 2007
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    Both normal.
     
    ACHlLLES, Oct 28, 2007
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  3. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ..........aren't most notebook screens 60 Hz...........

    and by the way.....human eye can't detect over 60hz anyway :p
     
    Johnny T, Oct 28, 2007
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  4. jay337

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    yess i know but Battlefield does not work cuz og the 59hz ! My gf bought a vostro 1500 with all the same specs , and she has 60 hz
     
    jay337, Oct 28, 2007
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    oh.....very odd indeed
     
    Johnny T, Oct 28, 2007
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    jay337 Notebook Guru

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    and I dont know if I'm gonna have the same problem with other new games..anyways does the refresh rate came with the video card or the screen ?

    I think it's screen but im not sure !!
     
    jay337, Oct 28, 2007
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    If you go into your device settings and delete the monitor driver, and restart, it'll prob. fix itself.
     
    Cam_86, Oct 28, 2007
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    great idea ! I'm gonna try it right now. last night I goes to future shop and I checked a toshiba at 799$ and the stupid 17'' has 60 hz...it's desapointing when I think that i have a 1900$ laptop in my hand and I can't play with a 40$ game....
     
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    ok so I tried but it reinstalled it with a 59hz...I really think it's a hardware problem ! :( I wanna know if someone here has a 17'' with 60 hz My friend with the XPS 17 '' has 60 hz and i got the better screen in the vostro .. the WUXGA I Think...
     
    jay337, Oct 28, 2007
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    it's not a hardware problem. LCDs do not refresh. the refresh functionality built into XP/Vista/whatever has absolutely no bearing on the LCD at all. it's there for CRTs.

    if you're really having problems with gaming, it is somewhere else because, again, refresh rates having nothing to do with LCDs, only CRTs
     
    NotebookYoozer, Oct 28, 2007
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  11. jay337

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    no I plug a screen on my laptop and the game work...when I unplug the screen during the intro...the game stop and the laptop screen start flickin ... I read alot of threat and the problem is ...refresh rate ... :(
     
    jay337, Oct 28, 2007
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    so uncheck the option to hide unsupported refresh rates and there you'll get your 60Hz.
     
    postmortem, Oct 29, 2007
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    sorry postmortem I already try... :( it's like gray so I cannot do that ! :( :( dell is supposed to send me a new laptop so I will see .. But my question is...Is there someone here that have a 17'' vostro with the 60Hz ??
     
    jay337, Oct 29, 2007
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    I sent the following support request to EA



    This was their reply:

     
    ccb056, Nov 5, 2007
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    Same issue on a brand new Dell 1720.... cant get above 59Hertz refresh rate.. makes BF2 impossible... anyone got any ideas?
     
    Garandhero, Dec 19, 2007
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    Did the new laptop work?
     
    Matth3w, Jul 19, 2008
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