Solution for those with 3D acceleration issues in NT/2K/XP

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Sun Dec 29, 2002 4:41 pm

Some of you have had problems enabling 3D acceleration under NT/2K/XP. When you turned it on and then ran the test, you found you had a grey box off centre. I've had the same thing, but now I think I have a solution for you.

In the Baldur.ini file there is a setting called Display Frequency. Simply set this to the refresh rate you monitor wishes to use at the resolution you wish to play at. I use a tool called NVRefreshTool to set my refresh rates under XP since the OS seems to do a crap job of this itself.

The default value for Display Frequency is 60, but at 1024x768 (the setting I use in-game) my monitor is configured for a refresh rate of 85Hz. I changed the Display Frequency value to 85 and now the test worked for me. I changed it back to 60, and the test failed as it used to.

Give this a whirl, but be sure you know what your refresh rate it.

Incidently, NVRefreshTool (one of the many programs that came out to sort out the refresh rates under NT issues) can be found at http://www.nvrt.org

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 4:26 pm

As has been pointed out to me, if you don't use a refresh rate tweak tool then you will not have this problem. However, if you're not using one but play games under 2K/XP then you are damaging your eyes.

2K/XP set the refresh rate to 60Hz when you play a game through DirectX, 70Hz under XP SP1. Neither of these are flicker free; both are well below what you monitor will be able to handle.

If you're not already using one, get a refresh rate tool for your OS, then apply this fix. Your eyes will be all the better for it.