Can I enable 75 refresh rate in 1080p?

[PATENT]

So my monitor supports 75Hz but only in low resolution (under 720p). Can I somehow use it in 1080p?
Windows 10
GTX 1060
Monitor is a 90$ Philips (I forgot the model)
It would be helpful because I play esport titles so this additional 15hz would be nice.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For 1080p then of course not, the Monitor is limited to 60Hz

[vadim]

Originally posted by a Hippobottomus:

From Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector

Do you mean this from your link:

The same VGA cable can be used with a variety of supported VGA resolutions, ranging from 640×350px @70 Hz (24 MHz of signal bandwidth) to 1280×1024px (SXGA) @85 Hz (160 MHz) and up to 2048×1536px (QXGA) @85 Hz (388 MHz).

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[a Hippobottomus]

Originally posted by vadim:

Originally posted by a Hippobottomus:

From Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector

Do you mean this from your link:

The same VGA cable can be used with a variety of supported VGA resolutions, ranging from 640×350px @70 Hz (24 MHz of signal bandwidth) to 1280×1024px (SXGA) @85 Hz (160 MHz) and up to 2048×1536px (QXGA) @85 Hz (388 MHz).

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Yes, if im incorrect please tell me, keep in mind we don’t know what VGA cable OP would be using.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

OP, just use it how it is now. Nothing special will come from it since you are using monitor that doesn't offer good options.

Save up for a good one that has DisplayPort + 144+ Hz

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Originally posted by Patent:

So my monitor supports 75Hz but only in low resolution (under 720p). Can I somehow use it in 1080p?
Windows 10
GTX 1060
Monitor is a 90$ Philips (I forgot the model)
It would be helpful because I play esport titles so this additional 15hz would be nice.

You need to tell us what model your monitor is. I have seen few cheap monitors which does not actually support 1080p, but has some kind of "upscale" technology. And advertised their monitor as 1080p. Many famous brands too.

If your monitor is below 22 inch (21.5"), It might not a true 1080p.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes there are plenty of old 900p Monitors where the OS is unsure of it, and thus allows 1920x1080 when it shouldn't be.

[Hatman]

Originally posted by vadim:

Originally posted by a Hippobottomus:

Normal VGA doesn’t do 1080p 75hz.

What is "normal VGA" in your understanding? When we all used CRT-monitors (all of them had VGA connector and, in several cases BNC - nothing else) they supported FullHD on higher freqs than 60.

HD wasn't even a thing when CRTs started fading out. We where still all on 4x3 screens, as where the first LCDs. And while good CRT screens could support resolutions with similar pixel count to 1080 (ie 1600×1200) they still had to drop refresh rate to do so on VGA.

[vadim]

My last CRT was Sony GDM (don't remember exact model), I ran it @2048x1536@85Hz

[Hatman]

Originally posted by vadim:

My last CRT was Sony GDM (don't remember exact model), I ran it @2048x1536@85Hz

You gotta take color depth into account. Today it's assumed we're talking about 32bit depth at all time. Back then it wasn't. You where probably using 16 or 24Bit.

Also it's not like there's a physical limitation that says VGA can't do more than X at Y. It's an analog medium after all. But signal interference becomes so bad that you loose picture quality and it's therefore been deemed unpractical. Sony may have shipped those screen with VGA cables that had better shielding than the norm.

[vadim]

Originally posted by Hatman:

Today it's assumed we're talking about 32bit depth at all time. Back then it wasn't. You where probably using 16 or 24Bit.

Analog interface + CRT cannot support alpha-channel even in theory. So its, ofc, was 24-bit color depth.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by vadim:

Originally posted by Hatman:

Today it's assumed we're talking about 32bit depth at all time. Back then it wasn't. You where probably using 16 or 24Bit.

Analog interface + CRT cannot support alpha-channel even in theory. So its, ofc, was 24-bit color depth.

Yes many get confused with that because of how older WinOS like 95/98 had options for 16/24/32 bit desktop color; but that was software side, not hardware side.

[PATENT]

Originally posted by Cloud Boy:

Originally posted by Patent:

So my monitor supports 75Hz but only in low resolution (under 720p). Can I somehow use it in 1080p?
Windows 10
GTX 1060
Monitor is a 90$ Philips (I forgot the model)
It would be helpful because I play esport titles so this additional 15hz would be nice.

You need to tell us what model your monitor is. I have seen few cheap monitors which does not actually support 1080p, but has some kind of "upscale" technology. And advertised their monitor as 1080p. Many famous brands too.

If your monitor is below 22 inch (21.5"), It might not a true 1080p.

It's 21.5 inch Philips PHL 223V5

[Bad 💀 Motha]

http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/2/223v5lsb_00/223v5lsb_00_pss_enggb.pdf

So it does offer digital then, I suggest using DVI to DVI then.
VGA is analog and generally requires user related changes to have it scale or align correctly.

[MarioTwins]

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