Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] gaming and refresh rate

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Joseph Ondrus wrote:

> Just reading that your son is playing a game that 'pushes' his system, I 
> would guess you are playing a FPS.  FPS's are just about all I play, and 
> I can tell you that you want to play on just about the largest 
> resolution you can and at the highest refresh rate (hz) you can.

He's playng some Star Wars games which are FPS games, at least some of the 
time (sometimes it's light sabers instead of guns!).  We were running the 
monitor at 1280 x 1024 and 85 Hz, which is a nice resolution, but that 
made the game a bit slow/sticky.  We found that playing at 800 x 600 gave 
us the best responsiveness and the picture still looked good.


> If you aren't comfortable (or computer can't do it) play with the 
> resolution that you like the most.  There are many tutorials on how to 
> tweak each individual game out there.

Thanks -- that's a great idea.  I hadn't tried to look for that kind of 
info on the web.

Mike

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