144 Hz setting is "broken"

[Threethumb]

I have a BenQ 144 Hz monitor, which has been working fine for me the last 2 months. However, today, fraps had an error when I tried to boot it up while a game was running, and then alt-tabbing to the game to see if I could use fraps right away or if I had to restart. Just then, my entire screen started flickering colors. There was no details left, just a lot of color bars flickers, repeatedly switching from purple, white and blue.

At first I thought I busted my GPU or something, but then I saw my secondary screen was still perfectly operating. So I tried restarting. No luck, main screen still broken. So I opened the NVidia control panel on my secondary screen, and tried changing a random setting on my main screen. I put the refresh rate to 120 Hz, and boom, now it works again. I tried putting it back to 144 Hz as well, and then it just started flickering once more. So apparently, the 144 Hz setting on my screen is fucked up now.

Does anyone know if I can fix this, or is it a hardware fault? In other words, will I have to get a new one on the warranty?

 

[13thmonkey]

reinstall the driver for the monitor?

 

[DiaSin]

Um.. Is fraps still running when it has problems? Fraps my not support 144hz.

 

[Threethumb]

reinstall the driver for the monitor?

The monitor did not require a driver to be installed. Do you mean the GPU driver, perhaps?

Um.. Is fraps still running when it has problems? Fraps my not support 144hz.

No, it was not running.

 

[13thmonkey]

no I meant the monitor driver, check their website, it'll be a simple .ini file that tells the PC what the monitor can do, not always needed, but for an 'oddball' monitor might be needed.

http://benq.co.uk/page/?pageid=4&plid=5&pid=2036&s=1 assuming it is that precise monitor

 

[swilczak]

If you can't fix it I would just use 120hz. I highly doubt you will ever be able to tell the difference. I know 240hz TV's don't look any better than 120hz because our eyes can't detect such fast movements.

 

[bystander]

I'd suggest using 100hz to 120hz with lightboost. The lightboost does more than the extra 24hz does.
http://www.blurbusters.com/zero-motion-blur/lightboost/

 

[Threethumb]

no I meant the monitor driver, check their website, it'll be a simple .ini file that tells the PC what the monitor can do, not always needed, but for an 'oddball' monitor might be needed.


http://benq.co.uk/page/?pageid=4&plid=5&pid=2036&s=1 assuming it is that precise monitor

Well, it has none. I never installed any driver, I just plugged it right in. And yeah, that's the monitor I have.

If you can't fix it I would just use 120hz. I highly doubt you will ever be able to tell the difference. I know 240hz TV's don't look any better than 120hz because our eyes can't detect such fast movements.

Yeah, I don't mind using the 120 Hz setting. I doubt I'll notice any difference. However, I can't help but be worried this is a warning signal that the monitor is failing. Still though, our eyes can definitely detect such fast movement. The rate at which we can discern movement in terms of light hitting our eyes, would be the equivalent of our eyes having a 300 Hz refresh rate!

I'd suggest using 100hz to 120hz with lightboost. The lightboost does more than the extra 24hz does.
http://www.blurbusters.com/zero-motion-blur/lightboost/

I'm more interested in finding out if my monitor is broken or not, the extra 24 Hz doesn't really matter that much to me. However, this looks interesting, so I'll check it out!

 

[ihog]

Uh, 13thmonkey just linked you to drivers. What is the exact make and model of the monitor?

 

[DiaSin]

Uh, 13thmonkey just linked you to drivers. What is the exact make and model of the monitor?

His point is he never installed the drivers and it used to work.

 

[ihog]

Uh, 13thmonkey just linked you to drivers. What is the exact make and model of the monitor?

His point is he never installed the drivers and it used to work.

And how do we know that installing the drivers won't fix it if he doesn't try?

 

[mdrejhon]

Try downloading the ToastyX Custom Resolution Utility and re-adding 144 Hz (use Timings "Reduced" instead of "Auto"). nVidia Custom Resolution may be able to do this. Sometimes the modes are screwed up. Make sure you used Reduced timings, rather than Auto.

And yes, definitely try the LightBoost method. It makes a big difference:


(From Photos: 60Hz vs 120Hz vs LightBoost)

 

[13thmonkey]

it does have drivers, they are in the link.

a windows update could have disabled windows from accepting 144 by default, odder thinks have happened.