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Decadence Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:05am

Overclocking monitor ?

Hello ,I want to overclock my 60 hz monitor to 75-80 hz. I have a gaming computer but my monitor is 60 hz, so the question is would it damage my computer like motherboard,graphic card ram etc. or would it only damage my monitor ? also if it damage my monitor will it damage physically like going on fire or will it just stop working?

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videogames Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:15am

It won't damage any of your other components. What monitor do you have? A regular multi-input IPS display won't overclock past 60Hz without skipping frames.

Last edited by videogames; Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:15am

Decadence Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:18am

HP s2031a thank you so much for attention )))

I do have another monitor if this one doesnt work...

Last edited by rotNdude; Apr 27, 2015 @ 12:06pm

Gen X Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:44am

No it wont damage and is easy to oc, immediatly u will see instability by distortion on screen.

Use a program called cru.exe (custom resolution utility) and raise refresh rate 1 mhz at a time till you see distortions then lower it back to where it was clear. very simple. Got mine to 67 hz

Decadence Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:51am

Hi,mine went up to 75 hz with nvidia control panel if i do higher than that i get an alert missing input signal from monitor.I observed that when i change tabs the screen comes much slower like in 2-3 seconds is it normal ?

videogames Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:55am

Just because you got it up to 75 Hz it doesn't mean the monitor is actually displaying all these frames. This is what I mean by frame skipping. You need to actually test it out and dial back the OC to whatever the maximum amount of frames it's actually capable of displaying.
Check this: http://www.testufo.com/#test=frameskipping

Decadence Apr 27, 2015 @ 12:04pm

@videogames hi i went to the link you gave to me,it says valid at 75hz that means it supports 75 hz right ?

Last edited by Decadence; Apr 27, 2015 @ 12:05pm

Wholesome Wych Apr 27, 2015 @ 5:33pm

"The message "VALID" does not confirm frame skipping."

Reading instructions is a fantastic skill

76561198212355691 Jan 16 @ 3:16am

i managed to overclock it stably to 75 hz using the nvidia app

Vox Jan 16 @ 4:09am

I used CRU to overclock my old AOC from 60 to 75, I just ended up getting another monitor which does 180 and has freesync.

_I_ Jan 16 @ 4:13am

most 60hz monitors can go to 75-90hz
but the panels may not be fast enough to change colors and may get blurry with higher refresh

better off just getting a 120+hz display and using freesync/gsync instead

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