crt says it can display 85hz, but windows will only go 75?

[Mr Havoc]

Hello, thanks for viewing my post.
I am using a gateway EV700 monitor, Though I don't know the exact model, and I am running windows 10 professional with an AMD r7 370.
In the menu for the monitor, there is a tab called "Information", and there are two sub-tabs, one called "User Mode" and the other called "preset mode". I want one of the options in the "User Mode" tab. ( note I can't just choose the setting I want. The Hz is determined by the screen resolution, of which I went through all of the resolutions possible, and they would all only go up to 60Hz or 75Hz.)

The menu looks like this, in this layout:
----------------------------------------------------
User Mode
1 68.7KHz/ 69Hz
2 68.7KHz/ 85Hz <---- This is the one I want
3 67.5KHz/ 75Hz
4 67.4KHz/ 60Hz
5 44.9KHz/ 60Hz
----------------------------------------------------

Anyone know what I should do?

 

[BFG-9000]

Could be the monitor isn't reporting that capability to Windows in the EDID.

When I used a CRT, sometimes I would have to go into the AMD driver and override the EDID settings to specify a maximum resolution and refresh rate, particularly if the CRT was connected over BNC. Until this I could actually apply the higher refresh rates and they would appear to stick but in reality would still stay stuck at 60Hz.

Or what happens when you go into display adapter properties under monitor then untick Hide modes that this monitor cannot display, or in the adapter tab list all modes?

Don't forget that when using analog, higher refresh rates are blurrier so you should generally use the lowest one where you can just no longer see any flickering. The notable exception is of course, for games.

 

[newbie12]

Don't forget that when using analog, higher refresh rates are blurrier so you should generally use the lowest one where you can just no longer see any flickering. The notable exception is of course, for games.

Not sure what you were on, but the last time I was running with a CRT monitor was that the higher the refresh rate, the smoother and clearer image it is....at least for me....