59Hz

smarteyeball said:

I'm sorry to say, but the consensus may be wrong. As of cat 9.8, ATI cards aren't affected which tends to suggest that it's a driver issue, not an OS one.

Well I find it odd that when I tried it in XP it was working, then in W7 it isn't even though I tried the same driver release. I suppose it is possible that the driver is presenting certain compatibility issues within the W7 environment but not in XP. I hope you are right, because I think nVidia would fix it sooner than Microsoft, especially if ATI has already taken care of it. :)

Can everyone with an nVidia graphics card who is experiencing this problem please post a bug report here: https://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp...70e8d4356ba631

The more reports they get the more likely they are to fix this asap. Even if it's something Microsoft has to fix, if nVidia know about it they'll probably push Microsoft to fix it.

Cheers.

MysterLee said:

Can everyone with an nVidia graphics card who is experiencing this problem please post a bug report here: https://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp...70e8d4356ba631

Done ... and hoping for a solution.

DHAmoKK said:

Done ... and hoping for a solution.

Also done, but not holding my breath...

Thanks - done . . . this is what i wrote:

1. Turn on the computer;
2. Open nVidia Control Panel and navigate to Change Resolution link;
3. Default Refresh rate appears as 59hz, change it to 60hz and click Apply. Screen will flicker indicating refresh rate change.
4. "Apply Changes" dialogue box requests confirmation to keep these settings, click on "Yes";
5. Within a second or two, refresh rate reverts back to 59hz (inside the drop-down selection box) but screen does not flicker to indicate the screen reverting back to 59hz.

I've seen this occur with all sorts of monitors on various Windows versions, not just Win 7 and not just Nvidia.
I tried to set it to 60hz a couple of times then gave up with the view it was not worth worrying about.
It has never caused me any problems.

I cannot see it being an OS problem seeing has I do not have the problem. However, I'm using older Vista drivers from Dell, ATI doesn't not support mobile editions. Might be a combination OS and graphic drivers.

Code:

Driver Packaging Version            8.36-070314a3-045540C-Dell
2D Driver Version                   7.01.01.622
Direct3D Version                    7.14.10.0489
OpenGL Version                      6.14.10.6465
Catalyst® Control Center Version    2007.0322.2238.38535

I've contacted microsoft about this and also gave them a link to this thread. They say they're going to look into it :)