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feldon34 · 04-30-2002, 05:23 PM

If you have DirectX limited to 60 Hz (which it does by default).

Go to the Start menu, Run...

Type DXDIAG

Click the "More Help" tab at the top.

Click the "Click this button to override DirectDraw's refresh rate" button. Type in the same refresh rate you are presently using for Windows, such as 75 or 85. Make sure you put a value that your monitor is capable of handling!!

I've just accepted the # of clicks. You should have seen the first beta of 1.0. It clicked a dozen times and took 20 seconds before I saw anything.

I can report that on my GeForce 2 MX 400, with the monitor refresh synched to 75 Hz in Windows and in DirectDraw (as described above), and with my desktop bit depth set to 16-bit, there are no "clicks". The Aquarium pops up in less than 2 seconds.

However, I cannot run in 16-bit color since the photos I deal with are 24-bit. But for 95% of people, 16-bit is quite acceptable.

04-30-2002, 05:23 PM	#7
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	If you have DirectX limited to 60 Hz (which it does by default). Go to the Start menu, Run... Type DXDIAG Click the "More Help" tab at the top. Click the "Click this button to override DirectDraw's refresh rate" button. Type in the same refresh rate you are presently using for Windows, such as 75 or 85. Make sure you put a value that your monitor is capable of handling!! I've just accepted the # of clicks. You should have seen the first beta of 1.0. It clicked a dozen times and took 20 seconds before I saw anything. I can report that on my GeForce 2 MX 400, with the monitor refresh synched to 75 Hz in Windows and in DirectDraw (as described above), and with my desktop bit depth set to 16-bit, there are no "clicks". The Aquarium pops up in less than 2 seconds. However, I cannot run in 16-bit color since the photos I deal with are 24-bit. But for 95% of people, 16-bit is quite acceptable. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman Last edited by feldon34; 04-30-2002 at 05:26 PM.