well this sure sounds funny. let me start from very beginning.
i was talking to a friend, who was sitting at his cubicle, using windows machine. while talking, i noticed that his monitor was flickering. i took controls and changed the refresh rate from 60 hertz to 85 hertz. when my friend could understand what i just did, he was amazed.
his logic was, a normal human eye can detect movements in one-tenth of a second, and i was able to notice flicker at 60 hertz, which means at 60th fraction of a second. i smiled, wanted to tell him that its not a god thing, but left it, and enjoyed my moment of glory.
to detect low refresh rate, all you have to do is not to look directly at the monitor. look slightly away, so that your eyes do not get blinded by that glowing bulb, and then your peripheral vision would tell you the truth.
simple answer to why i could notice flicker could be that i do not use my computer as a toaster, big thanks to gnu/linux operating system. moreover, after using my home computer for over 5 years, i know i cant stand 60 hertz refresh rate ( at the same time i want higher resolution ), which is the sole reason i tried suse linux 9. call it miracle or some nice hack, suse was able to give 67 hertz @ 1024x768 resolution on my samtron 15" monitor. whereas in windows xp, i was offered only two choices, 1024x768@60Hz or 800x600@85Hz using original hardware drivers on 'recommended' operating system.
i know that friend hates linux, would never use it, but i am pretty sure he doesn't think that linux users are crack heads. they prefer foss because they want more out of their computer.
i was talking to a friend, who was sitting at his cubicle, using windows machine. while talking, i noticed that his monitor was flickering. i took controls and changed the refresh rate from 60 hertz to 85 hertz. when my friend could understand what i just did, he was amazed.
his logic was, a normal human eye can detect movements in one-tenth of a second, and i was able to notice flicker at 60 hertz, which means at 60th fraction of a second. i smiled, wanted to tell him that its not a god thing, but left it, and enjoyed my moment of glory.
to detect low refresh rate, all you have to do is not to look directly at the monitor. look slightly away, so that your eyes do not get blinded by that glowing bulb, and then your peripheral vision would tell you the truth.
simple answer to why i could notice flicker could be that i do not use my computer as a toaster, big thanks to gnu/linux operating system. moreover, after using my home computer for over 5 years, i know i cant stand 60 hertz refresh rate ( at the same time i want higher resolution ), which is the sole reason i tried suse linux 9. call it miracle or some nice hack, suse was able to give 67 hertz @ 1024x768 resolution on my samtron 15" monitor. whereas in windows xp, i was offered only two choices, 1024x768@60Hz or 800x600@85Hz using original hardware drivers on 'recommended' operating system.
i know that friend hates linux, would never use it, but i am pretty sure he doesn't think that linux users are crack heads. they prefer foss because they want more out of their computer.
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