computer geeks help me

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

ok my computer just crashed after trying to overclock it. when i turned the computer back on, stable, the monitors settings were all messed up. i had to use the OSD on the monitor to set the settings back to how they were. i noticed that when i went to my OSD it displayed the frequency which my monitor was truly running at. i noticed that it was 59.9 hz and that it would not go over even though my refresh rate is at 100. this reminded me of counter-strike.. when i use to only get 60 frames maximum (when i knew i should be getting more) and turning off vertical sync in the videocard's drivers would get rid of this maximum. is there a way to make my monitor run higher than 60 hz or is it physically incapable of doing so? its an amptron 17 inch CRT... pretty old.

PS - ALSO, IF MY MONITOR IS ONLY REFRESHING AT A FREQUENCY OF 60, DOESN'T THIS MEAN THAT ALTHOUGH MY COUNTER-STRIKE READS 100+ FPS, I'M NOT TRULY SEEING THOSE 100 FRAMES IN A SECOND??

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[wgaede 10+ year member]

Update your monitor drivers? It's possible your monitor can't go above a certain Hz.

You were looking at the Viewmeter to see what your "Actually" seeing. For CS you need to look in your game properties: click steam icon > click games > my games > right click counter strike > properties > set launch options > add "-freq 100".

That will make it so when you're playing you'll actually "see" 100fps.

Don't ask how i know all this, muAhahAH

 

[wgaede 10+ year member]

Oh yea, also you play at a lower resolution you should be able to get a higher Hz.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

100 isn't unreasonable.

Boot in Safe Mode and up gradually;

remembe, you see in ~33fps anyway.

 

[wgaede 10+ year member]

http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_see.htm

Interesting read, i remember seeing some facts like that when i saw Blue man Group in vegas. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif