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Does increasing "Screen refresh rate" damage monitors?
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Mar 15, 202622310 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I work on different types of monitors (CRT, LCD) and all PCs have the same screen refresh rate as 60 Hertz. Recently I've read an article which claims that low refresh rates cause headaches. The writer states that 60 Hertz is a low refresh rate and should be increased to the maximum value that the …
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Low refresh rates are only problematic on CRTs (where they cause flickering), not on LCDs. Because of this, most LCDs only support a single fixed refresh rates, usually 60 or 75Hz. I don't think you could break one by trying to set it higher; it wou…
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