Latest NVIDIA drivers - no more Override Refresh Rate?

[Phalanx-Imawano 0]

I wonder if anybody noticed this, but it seems NVIDIA's display drivers starting 7x.xx have lost something really important to gamers - the Override Refresh Rate section. Especially frustrating for me - I have this LCD Monitor that for some reason causes the Display Properties to hide any setting above 60Hz if the "Hide Modes that this monitor cannot display" checkbox is ticked, even though the monitor supports refresh rates up to 75Hz are supported all the way to its maximum native resolution (1280x1024) if I force it. I found that out a few weeks ago after up[censored] the drivers of my recently bought ASUS V9570 TD GeForce FX5700 vidcard, and at first hoped those drivers back then were the only ones to lose that valuable setting. Unfortunately the next release, which just came out yesterday, also came without the Override Refresh Rate component. Hence for now I'm sticking with the 66.93 drivers, which still has them.

 

I hope someone comes out with a hack or fix that brings those settings out again for the new drivers.

[Jerry Atrik 0]

lol i was kinda looking around wondering if anyone was going to say anything. it really screwed things up.

 

i found a little program a couple weeks ago that unlocks some hidden cp's in the nvidia drivers that works well for the refresh rates as well as other things. it worked great and wasnt a tsr proggy. maybe someone could post it here or i will when i get home

[American Zombie 0]

Never used the NVIDIA control panel as it had flaws and was not always accurate.

 

Try RefreshForce as it sets rates and they stay set until you install new drivers.

[theefool 0]

Woah! I haven't heard the term TSR (no not that DnD company) in so long......

 

Brings back some pleasant frustrating memories...

[jmmijo 1]

Thanks for the link there american zombie

 

It's been awhile since I used the term:

 

Terminate and Stay Resident myself...

 

And isn't TSR, the Advanced D & D company part of Wizards of the Coast now ?!?

[theefool 0]

TSR = The Strategic Review (I beiieve)....anyway WOTC (Wizards of the Coast bought them out awhile ago....

 

Hmmm, I guess I am a die hard pen/paper/dice RPGr.

 

In fact here I am 31 and I still play those games, practically every weekend, and a few days in the week......

 

Or atleast I try....

[Therendil 0]

This is way off-topic, but TSR stood for "Tactical Studies Rules." The company started with tabletop miniatures wargame rules. Dungeons & Dragons came later. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons came still later.

 

On-topic, more or less: The NVidia drivers starting about that time also began reporting a bad variable of some kind to DirectX. I had to download a patched version of System Shock 2 to get around that bug.

 

-= Gryphon =-

[Wilhelmus 1]

You can enable it at on your own risk

 

Registry editor.

Browse to path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak".

Create new DWORD "NvCplDisableRefreshRatePage", value 0 (in hexadecimal).