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[Discontinued][17-09-22] RatRefresh - refresh rate switcher, stops LCD tearing
Metalhammer:
Thanks RatRefresh, I'll follow your hint and read the initial post once more ;)
One question which popped up recently in my mind: if I'm not mistaking, RatRefresh overwrites the 'main' refresh rate in the registry so it can set that one up, according to the game you want to play.
Doing so I imagine you're going to write again and again over the same disk sector :-\ ... if so, do you think this could be an issue, especially with SSD :-[ ?
Thanks !
Rataplan626:
Registry doesn't work that way, it's more of a database and (at least up to win 7) it's mostly append that it does. That's why the registry sometimes grows extremely big while the actual content isn't that big.
Your SSD is safe. SSD does TRIM which does exactly prevent what you say. It makes sure if you write a million times to sector / block 1 those writes are spread out over the disk. An SSD holds like a making table containing all logical blocks and the actual physical blocks where a logical block correctly resides. In theory every block on your SSD will get the same amount of writes. Google for SSD TRIM. Also look at this:
http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead Of course nothing will live forever, but a typical SSD will outlive your pc anyway.
Why so scared of everything?
Metalhammer:
--- Quote from: Rataplan626 on April 01, 2017, 03:39:54 am ---[...]
Why so scared of everything?
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You should know the old way of saying "better safe than sorry" :P
Thanks Rataplan for the insight into SSD writes and all the assistance ;)
I believe no one (or very few) got the real potential of what you're trying to do here or maybe simply people is too 'coarse' to appreciate that ;)
Keep up with the good job ! ... I plan to do more extensive testing and report back.
A question: do you think there could be differences between VGA and DVI connections ?
I'm asking this since I'm currently using VGA and I'd like to avoid finding different results when I'll switch to DVI :-\
Cheers :)
Rataplan626:
I've never tested on VGA, the only machine I have with still VGA on it is a very old Asus netbook, crappiest thing ever. But please report!
Metalhammer:
Unfortunately the monitor I was going to use passed away this morning :angry:
As such I had to 'kidnap' another one from my mom's house and ... surprise: that one despite being a quite "recent" LG LCD, doesn't have a DVI port :banghead:
I'll try to go ahead anyway and see what happens ... I'll keep you posted ;)
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