How to force refresh rates in win2k

[yhlee]

Here is my setup:

Athlon Thunderbird 750 slot a
gigabyte 7ix
CL Geforce 2 gts
philips 109b 19" monitor
256ram
30 gb hd :win2k pro, directx8.0,latest detonator drivers
13 gb hd :rh6.2

Basically here is my problem. This monitor can display 256/16/32bit on 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024,1600x1200 at 85hz and ONLY 85 hz (well other than 60).. What happens is that for some reason when I launch an app that automatically switches the monitor to 640x480, for example, the refresh rate gets set to 75Hz. I want it to be 85Hz but even if I launch this app (Starcraft) while in 640x480 mode on the desktop, it for some god-forsaken reason sets itself to 75Hz. I just got rid of win98, but in that OS it would "remember" each refresh rate for each colordepth x resolution. I do not really need to play games on my comp, I just want starcraft . I looked around the knowledge base and found little. Is there a registry setting that I can change to force certain refresh rates to be used at certain resolutions??

thanks for any help

-young, frustrated but will NOT reinstall win98

 

[yhlee]

I'm sort of answering my own question..

You can put a dword key called "ForceRefreshRate" at:
hklm/software/microsoft/directdraw/

i set it to 85 and now i can play starcraft (though i dont feel like it anymore..

but.... it doesnt let me specify refresh rates for specific resolutions.. if anyone finds this, let me know.. thanks!

-young

 

[Durron]

You might want to try Powerstrip, I know that lets you set different default refresh rates to each resolution.

Also I had the same problem with Starcraft (or any game that is 640x480) with it setting an odd refresh and would therefore not display. I fixed it by changing my monitor driver to Standard 1600x1200 (this was in windows 98 though).

Might wanna check that out.