ATI Radeon 9700 Pro refresh rate issues

glowboy25 · March 2nd, 2007

Hi

For some reason whenever I boot up into Win XP SP2 the refresh rate of the graphics card always seems to be 60Hz, even though when I check it states it is 85Hz (as it should be). It's a Radeon 9700 Pro 128Mb running on a 21 CRT. I have checked the monitor on a different card and it works fine. When you reboot the computer it works fine. It's jsut annoying having to reboot the computer after it is started up for the first time. I have the latest drivers and patches etc. It has always done it regardless. It does the same thing on Vista as well.

Any advice would be appreciated. There are no hardware conflicts in device manager BTW and it does it even on a clean install. Perhaps it's a faulty card.

Panda Man · March 2nd, 2007

What model is the monitor and what resolution are you trying to run it at?

glowboy25 · March 3rd, 2007

Its a 'Digital' one, pretty old. It works fine with other graphics cards I have used it on in the same resolution. Do not know the exact model number. I am running it in 1280x1024 @85Hz (does the same if run in lower res/refresh). I know this monitor can handle 1600x1200 @ 75Hz so I dont think it is an issue with the monitor.

Panda Man · March 3rd, 2007

This one has me stumped. Are you sure your not just looking at the vertical refresh rate? One thing you could try if you are absolutely sure its still at 60Hz is use the refresh rate over ride tool in ATi tray tools

ATI Tray Tools

Install this, right click the icon, Direct3D, refresh rate override, custom, and set it where you want.

glowboy25 · March 4th, 2007

nope i'm deffinatley doing it right! do you think the card could be dying?

**gvblake22** · March 4th, 2007

That is a strange issue, but I don't think the card is dying. You could try the Omega Drivers and see if that makes a difference. I think there is an advanced option in there to lock the refresh rate. Just make sure you uninstall and clear out all the Catalyst driver stuff before you install the Omega Drivers.

March 2nd, 2007	#1
glowboy25 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10	ATI Radeon 9700 Pro refresh rate issues Hi For some reason whenever I boot up into Win XP SP2 the refresh rate of the graphics card always seems to be 60Hz, even though when I check it states it is 85Hz (as it should be). It's a Radeon 9700 Pro 128Mb running on a 21 CRT. I have checked the monitor on a different card and it works fine. When you reboot the computer it works fine. It's jsut annoying having to reboot the computer after it is started up for the first time. I have the latest drivers and patches etc. It has always done it regardless. It does the same thing on Vista as well. Any advice would be appreciated. There are no hardware conflicts in device manager BTW and it does it even on a clean install. Perhaps it's a faulty card.

March 2nd, 2007	#2
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,907	Re: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro refresh rate issues What model is the monitor and what resolution are you trying to run it at? Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

March 3rd, 2007	#3
glowboy25 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10	Re: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro refresh rate issues Its a 'Digital' one, pretty old. It works fine with other graphics cards I have used it on in the same resolution. Do not know the exact model number. I am running it in 1280x1024 @85Hz (does the same if run in lower res/refresh). I know this monitor can handle 1600x1200 @ 75Hz so I dont think it is an issue with the monitor.

March 3rd, 2007	#4
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,907	Re: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro refresh rate issues This one has me stumped. Are you sure your not just looking at the vertical refresh rate? One thing you could try if you are absolutely sure its still at 60Hz is use the refresh rate over ride tool in ATi tray tools ATI Tray Tools Install this, right click the icon, Direct3D, refresh rate override, custom, and set it where you want. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

March 4th, 2007	#5
glowboy25 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10	Re: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro refresh rate issues nope i'm deffinatley doing it right! do you think the card could be dying?

March 4th, 2007	#6
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,356 Blog Entries: 1	Re: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro refresh rate issues That is a strange issue, but I don't think the card is dying. You could try the Omega Drivers and see if that makes a difference. I think there is an advanced option in there to lock the refresh rate. Just make sure you uninstall and clear out all the Catalyst driver stuff before you install the Omega Drivers.

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