Re: Lowering Refresh rate for Experiement

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From: David Yee (dlyee_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/03/04


Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:36:50 -0800


"Stuart Norris" <stuie_norris@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:51262235.0401282010.5ec6aa13@posting.google.com...
> Dear Group,
>
> For an (Psych) experiment I would like to lower the refresh on my
> screen monitor to 20 Hz. I know this would look horrible.
>

Stuart,

One of the best known programs for controlling refresh rate is Powerstrip
found on http://www.entechtaiwan.net/ps.htm

It is shareware. They may have a free trial version, I don't recall.

Disclaimer: this is not an endorsement of the above program. Use it at your
own risk.

Be careful and read the docs carefully (especially the key combination to
get back your "safe" screen mode. Because you have complete control over
your display settings, you can easily end up with an unviewable screen
image, so you'll need the safe mode hotkeys to get back your valid mode.

Note it may be tough to find a display adapter that outputs a 20 hz refresh
rate signal.

David Yee [MSFT]

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