Windows 7 - Q; Screen Refresh Rate: 59 or 60Hz

The refresh rate for my monitor (Acer v223) is 60Hz.

In the display ... Monitor window, 59Hz was selected by Windows 7 when detecting the hardware. 60Hz is available as an option (with the modes that this monitor cannot display hidden).

-- is there any problem running at 59Hz (no gaming needed)?
-- should I change it to 60Hz?

[PS Should this be the Hardware & Devices forum?]

Hi DarkStar

Screen Refresh Rate - Custom for NVIDIA Brand

Microsoft answer:

Certain monitors report a TV-compatibility timing of 59.94Hz. Therefore, Windows 7 exposes two frequencies, 59Hz and 60Hz, for every resolution that is supported at that timing. The 59Hz setting makes sure that a TV-compatible timing is always available for an application such as Windows Media Center. The 60Hz setting maintains compatibility for applications that expect 60Hz.

In Windows 7, when a user selects 60Hz, the OS stores a value of 59.94Hz. However, 59Hz is shown in the Screen refresh rate in Control Panel, even though the user selected 60Hz.
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So which one should we choose...

well techinically what your telling us that either one (59 60) it is already predefined as 59.94.

Hi

Thread here - perhaps this may help

Regards

Thank you guys for replying.

So whichever I select, it is stored as 59.94 and shown as 59?

I should have said that the graphics card is nVidia-based. Also I notice that the monitor shows a refresh rate of 60Hz in Windows XP (dual-booted on the same hardware).

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Microsoft's view: Screen refresh rate in Windows 7 does not apply the user selected settings on monitors & TVs (that report specific TV compatible timings)
and a marathon thread: 59Hz

Ur most welcome Darkstar

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