How can I get my monitor to display at 75hz?

[Lapton]

I have an Asus VH236H 1920x1080 monitor. Based on the instruction manual, it is capable of displaying at 1280x720 (720p) @ 75Hz. However, Windows and the AMD CCC only give me the options of 60 and 59 Hertz at this resolution. Do you know how I can display at 75Hz?

 

[MauveCloud]

Why do you want to? LCD monitors don't have the headache-inducing flicker at 60Hz that CRT monitors had.

Edit: looking at the online manual, I notice it has a separate list of timings for HDMI, so it might only support 75 Hz when using DVI or VGA.

 

[ubercake]

Believe it or not, you'll get the better framerates with the VGA (D-sub) analog video cable.

Also, @MauveCloud the higher your refresh rate, the smoother the image. If your video cards are capable of outputting higher fps than 60Hz (as most monitors top out at this refresh rate with single link DVI and HDMI in 1080p; both digital), you can take advantage of increasingly smoother video running a monitor at these higher refresh rates.

 

[MauveCloud]

@ubercake if the monitor isn't really optimized for 75 Hz, it can actually have worse ghosting than at 60 Hz - see this article from TFT Central: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/overdrive_at_75hz.htm

 

[ubercake]

@ubercake if the monitor isn't really optimized for 75 Hz, it can actually have worse ghosting than at 60 Hz - see this article from TFT Central: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/overdrive_at_75hz.htm

OP is asking how he can run at "capable of displaying at 1280x720 (720p) @ 75Hz". May not be native resolution, but I've provided the solution. Answers OP's question, right?

Whether there's a ghosting issue or not @75Hz for a supported resolution will vary by monitor. The review you refer to compares the same monitor at its native resolution while introducing the overdrive technology to boost refresh rates from 60Hz to 75Hz at that same native resolution.

OP is trying to run at lower than native res with a higher supported refresh rate at that resolution. Definitely not the same comparison. OP is not overdriving refresh rates or using some overdrive feature on the monitor, but rather running at a supported refresh rate (75Hz) when running at 1280x720.

 

[Lapton]

Ok, thanks for the help! I currently don't have access to a VGA cable, but I should within a few days. I'll test it and see if it works.

And, the reason why I need to get it at 75Hz is because a certain game I have (TES IV) supposedly stutters less at a higher refresh rate. I'm just testing to see if this is true or not.

 

[MauveCloud]

How strange. I hadn't noticed Oblivion stuttering on my monitor at 60 Hz.