Does your monitor get damaged if you used the maximum refresh rate for it?

[mimiko857]

Hello I'm just really curious I just recently bought a 244Hz 21.5" Monitor 1080p , it's my first time having a monitor that is higher than 60hz.
Does using all of my refresh hertz reduce the monitor's life span or not?

Also Here's my basic pc specs.
intel i5 -11400
GTX 1660 Super 6gb
1TB Samsung ssd
16GB Hyperx ram 2666

[Supafly]

No. It's the native refresh rate that it should be running at. This is like asking if your TV will get damaged if you have it running in HDR or streaming Netflix, Disney, or anything else it. It has the features to do. It's designed to do those things.

[selina]

Your COMPUTER configuration is already very good

[pauldiazberrio]

Originally posted by Pookie:

Hello I'm just really curious I just recently bought a 244Hz 21.5" Monitor 1080p , it's my first time having a monitor that is higher than 60hz.
Does using all of my refresh hertz reduce the monitor's life span or not?

Also Here's my basic pc specs.
intel i5 -11400
GTX 1660 Super 6gb
1TB Samsung ssd
16GB Hyperx ram 2666

244Hz? I just googled monitors in that range and I couldn't find any. What is your monitor's model?

[Supafly]

Originally posted by pauldiazberrio:

244Hz? I just googled monitors in that range and I couldn't find any. What is your monitor's model?

I'm assuming it's a typo, maybe 144hz but caught the 2 instead of 1. Not that it matters. If a monitor is rated for 1,000hz then running it at 1,000hz wouldn't damage it.

[Edifier]

My brother has a higher Hz monitor than me and he has had burn in on it happen than I've had on mine that was 75Hz.

So burn in might be more common on high refresh rate monitors. But that's about it.

[Scooby Snacks]

NO

[DC-GS]

Originally posted by Edifier:

My brother has a higher Hz monitor than me and he has had burn in on it happen than I've had on mine that was 75Hz.

So burn in might be more common on high refresh rate monitors. But that's about it.

Was it a OLED Display? My 10+ year old LC Display dont have any burn in and newer ones should survive more abuse.

[mimiko857]

Originally posted by pauldiazberrio:

Originally posted by Pookie:

Hello I'm just really curious I just recently bought a 244Hz 21.5" Monitor 1080p , it's my first time having a monitor that is higher than 60hz.
Does using all of my refresh hertz reduce the monitor's life span or not?

Also Here's my basic pc specs.
intel i5 -11400
GTX 1660 Super 6gb
1TB Samsung ssd
16GB Hyperx ram 2666

244Hz? I just googled monitors in that range and I couldn't find any. What is your monitor's model?

oops i didn't noticed i typed 244 btw it is just 144hz i have an acer monitor the box said eg220q

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Edifier:

My brother has a higher Hz monitor than me and he has had burn in on it happen than I've had on mine that was 75Hz.

So burn in might be more common on high refresh rate monitors. But that's about it.

Hz doesn't = burn in. Burn in could happen at 30hz or 999999 hz. Why he got burn in is down to the type of screen

[Cathulhu]

Burn-in has nothing to do with refresh rate.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Important is that a monitor has a real brightness feature, and does not reduce brightness by flickering the led.

If you bought a refreshrate, use it.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by Edifier:

My brother has a higher Hz monitor than me and he has had burn in on it happen than I've had on mine that was 75Hz.

So burn in might be more common on high refresh rate monitors. But that's about it.

Refresh rate doesn't affect burn in.

Burn-In, known as image sticking, image retention, image persistence, or ghost images, is the phenomenon where fixed images displayed on the monitor screen for extended periods cause the polarisation of the liquid crystal material contained within the LCD panel, making the image to be “burnt” on screen.

[ReBoot]

Rule of thumb: a device is rated to run @ what it can run. If a monitor dies because you run it at a refresh rate it was rated for, that's a clear RMA case.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Originally posted by Edifier:

My brother has a higher Hz monitor than me and he has had burn in on it happen than I've had on mine that was 75Hz.

So burn in might be more common on high refresh rate monitors. But that's about it.

Refresh rate doesn't related to burn-in issue. Burn-in issue depends on the panel type.
OLED panels are more prone to burn-in than LCD or TN panels.

[Edifier]

Originally posted by 🦆Cloud Boy🦆:

Originally posted by Edifier:

My brother has a higher Hz monitor than me and he has had burn in on it happen than I've had on mine that was 75Hz.

So burn in might be more common on high refresh rate monitors. But that's about it.

Refresh rate doesn't related to burn-in issue. Burn-in issue depends on the panel type.
OLED panels are more prone to burn-in than LCD or TN panels.

My previous monitor was a BenQ LCD at 60Hz. I used it since 2009 too 2020. No burn in at all.
My main hobby is gaming and I've probably put over a thousand hours into it each year. The monitor itself was on majority of the day too.

You'd think this would cause some damage but it didn't. Only reason I switched was because I wanted some higher refresh rate. 75 FPS makes a noticeable difference compared to 60 FPS.

My brother had an LED monitor with higher refresh rate at 144 Hz and the burn in was pretty clear on various parts.
I never really had burn in on other monitors before that as they all where on 60Hz. Not sure about the old CRT ones as it was a long time ago.

My current monitor is a IPS type and I've had it since 2020. So far no burn in with 75 Hz.


So I'm quite sure the higher Hz on monitors can affect burn in more because running something at 75 Hz vs 244 Hz is bound to have some effect.