Does increasing your refresh rate put more "strain" on your monitor?

[ilmars]

I have a great monitor, Viewsonic PF775, but if I run it at a higher refresh rate (120Hz instead of say 85Hz) do I put more ware on the monitor & shorten its useful life or does it run fine, no worries. I know that a faster refresh rate lessens the flicker but isn't 85Hz good for flicker? Are there any other benifits to running a higher refresh rate. My display adapter lets it go to 120Hz in 800x600, the monitors manual says it will handle 149Hz at that screen size. Would a different (better) display adapter let me get to 149Hz or is there some other reason it only shows up to 120Hz. Thanks Ilmars

[SLK]

bout time that happens ull want a new monitor... THe answer to ur question is no, ur in good shape. (just dont go beyond what your monitor can handle.)

[ilmars]

Thanks Slickstuff. Anybody have any additional comments about the other things...... Thanks Ilmars

[MartialArtist12]

85 is the optimal refresh rate. Anything other than that, at the resolutions I use, there is some wrapping in the corners, even on my best monitors.

Using higher refresh rates than suggested causes permanent damage. It's like overclocking but worse.

[Mr White]

If your a gamer then increasing refresh rates will benifit you greatly. The closer your refresh rate is to your average fps in games the smoother the game will play. Example would be in Quake3 setting it to 120hz and maximum fps to 125 lets you take advantage of the best setting for the game. Basically it matters bigtime if you have v-sync disabled ,you must keep both within equal distance for some situations.

[HongKongPolice]

YES it WILL shorten the life to a certain extent

[ilmars]

Thanks guys........good info! Ilmars