NVRefreshTool

Certain types of video cards require more attention and maintenance than others and sometimes the performance can be affected by software issues like missing drivers or faulty settings applied by default. Fortunately, the solutions to most of those problems can be found online, so users can speedily get the necessary fixes and enforce them to get rid of those bugs or misconfigurations.
Those with NVIDIA graphics cards installed on their system might have come across a glitch that sets the display refresh rate at the lowest possible value. This issue is related to the installation of Detonator XP drivers, but there is a utility that can help alleviate this problem and it goes by the name of NVRefreshTool.
Easy to setup and operate, this application provides users with a means of applying the needed corrections automatically. The only requirement is that the system is restarted once the settings are set in place, so that the modifications can come into effect.
The information displayed inside the main window of the program is useful for those who are interested in the resolutions and refresh rates supported by their hardware device. Thus, one can view the display driver which was detected by NVRefreshTool, a list of installed Detonators, as well as all the resolutions for which the solution can be applied.
There is an advanced mode that brings even more control over the detected values, but it is best left to experienced users because the manual adjustments that can be made from that area may affect the device.
The values that one can change by hand can increase or decrease in increments of one unit at a time, so the users have at their disposal a quite precise system to customize the refresh rate for their graphics card through NVRefreshTool.System requirementsAny Nvidia display card (TNT and above)
Nvidia Detonator XP Drivers w/ compressed mode support.