Refresh rate and performance.

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I've always run my 19" CRT monitor at 60Hz, but now I've began noticing a flicker (that was probably always there) in parts of the monitor where my eye wasn't focused at. This flicker only goes away fully at 85Hz.

But I was wondering, how much more taxing is it for the graphics card to run at 85Hz instead of 60Hz.
 
Screen refresh rate will not affect performance of your video card.

If you unplugged the screen your video card would still perform de same and if you put a refresh rate of 1HZ it would still perform the same. It's totally not related.
 
To avoid headaches with a CRT, and to get the least flickers, you should max out the refresh rate. Make sure you only use the ones your monitor can support though.
 
So no matter what graphics card I have, my refresh rate options will always be the same?

Because I notice some features labled on a graphics card is it's max resolution w/ refresh rate.
 
CoW]8(0) said:
So no matter what graphics card I have, my refresh rate options will always be the same?

Because I notice some features labled on a graphics card is it's max resolution w/ refresh rate.
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That has something to do with the RAMDAC on the cards and dosn't influence your monitor as lng as you doon't go over those very HIGH values)
Find out what the max refresh rate is for you monitor at a given resolution and always run it as high as possible to avoid headache or that the image flickers.
(dry eyes comes from people forgetting to blink their eyes and are totally unrelated)
 
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