Is it worth to overclocking your monitor?

Benny89 · Oct 12, 2015

While waiting for new PG and XB to hit my country I wanted to see if I can OC my 1080p IPS 60Hz monitor.

I have found this guide on YT:

Simple, because you just use NVIDIA tools to do it.

However, is it worth to OC from 60 to 75Hz? Can it short lifespan of monitor? And also do I risk INSTANT damage? Like I try to OC, hit Test and my monitor will break?

Never done monitor OC before. It is Eizo monitor btw.

rizlca · Oct 12, 2015

Subbed, would also love to hear about this

mouacyk · Oct 12, 2015

Overclocked my Samsung 1080p@60Hz to 75Hz for 2 years over HDMI. Still working. Make sure you test for frame skipping, otherwise you're not getting a true overclock.

http://www.testufo.com/#test=frameskipping

white owl · Oct 12, 2015

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Originally Posted by mouacyk

Overclocked my Samsung 1080p@60Hz to 75Hz for 2 years over HDMI. Still working. Make sure you test for frame skipping, otherwise you're not getting a true overclock.

http://www.testufo.com/#test=frameskipping

What they said.

You aren't likely to damage anything. It will do it or it won't..

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JTHMfreak · Oct 12, 2015

Your monitor won't break from an oc, at least not instantly. I believe it does shorten the lifespan, as with any oc, but I don't think it will shorten it by a noticeable amount (as in it breaking before you decide to upgrade it).
I oc'ed my qnix when I had it, and it was nice. If you have the power to push the extra frames, why not?
Not all monitors are overclockable however, if yours can't be overclocked it won't break it though. I'm not sure about the eizo, I'm sure someone else will be though.

Benny89 · Oct 12, 2015

Well, run test on my old LG 1080p TN which has about 6 years

. It OCed only to 65 from 60

. But basicely when you hit TEST if it failed hard (like you really can't OC that) it will show black screen with DVI-I OUT OF RANGE and after about 5 secs it will go back to default settings. If it fail lightly you will see that your whole desktop is blurred and everything is shatterd but you can see windows, wallpaper etc but it is very blurred. If your OC is nice, you won't notice differenct in your screen picture and only then you can feel secure enough to hit Save.

5Hz more! PC MASTER RACE

Will see later what it can do with Eizo. Anyone has some experiance with OC Eizo or Dell monitors?

Aaron_Henderson · Oct 12, 2015

I've been overclocking all my LCD displays for some time now, every one has been able to 75+ MHz, some even more. The most I have gotten from a 60Hz monitor is 85Hz, on my one TV. Never had any issues, and it is definitely a noticeable improvement over gaming at 60Hz. Even desktop mouse movement is much improved from 60Hz to 75Hz.

RedM00N · Oct 12, 2015

Is your monitor running over DVI?

And yes it's worth it if you can get a decent OC. I went from 60 to 92hz. It will effect the lifespan like any oc, but I've been solid for 1.5 years at this oc with no frame-skipping or other issues.

Benny89 · Oct 12, 2015

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Originally Posted by RedM00N

Is your monitor running over DVI?

And yes it's worth it if you can get a decent OC. I went from 60 to 92hz. It will effect the lifespan like any oc, but I've been solid for 1.5 years at this oc with no frame-skipping or other issues.

If you mean this old one TN that I just OCed by 5 Hz ^^ it is with DVI-D cable. But this is very old TN panel. I will probably OC Ezio on DisplayPort.

RedM00N · Oct 12, 2015

Ah ok. Cause there's a tool for DVI/HDMI which removes the pixel clock limit on DVI/HDMI that I was going to suggest trying. Without it I could muster 72hz, with it, 92hz ^^

rizlca · Oct 12, 2015

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Originally Posted by RedM00N

Ah ok. Cause there's a tool for DVI/HDMI which removes the pixel clock limit on DVI/HDMI that I was going to suggest trying. Without it I could muster 72hz, with it, 92hz ^^

Can we get the name of the program please?

superj1977 · Oct 12, 2015

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Originally Posted by rizlca

Can we get the name of the program please?

What GPU do you use? NVM

Both AMD and Nvidia are there in the left column

http://www.monitortests.com/

RedM00N · Oct 12, 2015

http://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-NVIDIA-Pixel-Clock-Patcher

For Nvidia only. Dont know of an Amd solution if your on Amd. Download the zip, run the "nvlddmkm-patcher-full" version, patch all the values, then restart you pc and go hertz by hertz in the Nvida CP till you go out of range or you get artifacting.

EDIT: Use superj's link since it has both Amd and Nvidia.

rizlca · Oct 12, 2015

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Originally Posted by superj1977

What GPU do you use? NVM

Both AMD and Nvidia are there in the left column

http://www.monitortests.com/

Thanks

superj1977 · Oct 12, 2015

NP m9

misiak · Oct 26, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benny89

While waiting for new PG and XB to hit my country I wanted to see if I can OC my 1080p IPS 60Hz monitor.

I have found this guide on YT:

Simple, because you just use NVIDIA tools to do it.

However, is it worth to OC from 60 to 75Hz? Can it short lifespan of monitor? And also do I risk INSTANT damage? Like I try to OC, hit Test and my monitor will break?

Never done monitor OC before. It is Eizo monitor btw.

Definitely worth it! 75Hz if much better than 60Hz. Much less input lag and ghosting reduced pretty much as well. It's night and day difference. I have my LG@75Hz and I can't stand playing games with 60FPS lock now

But 144Hz, damn, that's fantastic. 120Hz ULMB is even better, but it's far to dark for me and pretty hard to maintain such high framerates. So G-Sync is much better for me.

mitavreb · Oct 28, 2015

Noticeable difference going from 60hz to 75hz. My LG IPS s236v I could only overclock it to 70hz for the desktop because at 75hz I could see little bright pixels. For CSGO on 1024x768 I could have it at 76hz. Much better game experience.

My laptop's monitor, which I just found out very recently could be overclocked to 100hz. People weren't kidding when they say about how good gaming is at 100hz and above. I fired up Tomb Raider 2013 and the stutter and choppiness were removed and it's a smoother experience. I tried also Alien Isolation on everything high and what a huge improvement at 100hz. So freaking better.

I wish I knew that I could play games at 100hz when I got this G75vx.

Nightwolf88 · Dec 28, 2015

Hi,

I'm currently using HDMI and can run my monitor at 75hz (coming from 60Hz stock), even up to 78hz with the CVT reduced setting.
Using my DVI-I Cable i got only to 64hz and 70hz @ CVT reduced.
So yes going from 60 to 75 is nice! Why did i just found out now about this

It is fun to have your monitor running that tad faster, but would be getting an DVI-D (dual link) cable be worth it?
I'm not sure because with the HDMI cable i'm already past the 165Mhz pixel clock., now on ~ 181Mhz, so would the DVI-D give me some sort of benefit for even higher clocks or not?

I would love to reach something around 90hz

which is probably a way far fetch, using an Prolite x2377HDS, IPS panel, iirc is from 2011.

misiak · Dec 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Nightwolf88

Hi,

I'm currently using HDMI and can run my monitor at 75hz (coming from 60Hz stock), even up to 78hz with the CVT reduced setting.
Using my DVI-I Cable i got only to 64hz and 70hz @ CVT reduced.
So yes going from 60 to 75 is nice! Why did i just found out now about this

It is fun to have your monitor running that tad faster, but would be getting an DVI-D (dual link) cable be worth it?
I'm not sure because with the HDMI cable i'm already past the 165Mhz pixel clock., now on ~ 181Mhz, so would the DVI-D give me some sort of benefit for even higher clocks or not?

I would love to reach something around 90hz

which is probably a way far fetch, using an Prolite x2377HDS, IPS panel, iirc is from 2011.

DVI cable will not help you, 78 is in my opinion the max you can get from it. Most monitors are locked to not cross certain frequency. For example my LG I could run at 76Hz and Benq VA panel even on 87Hz but these were limits for those panels. You could try to patch drivers but if there is a HW lock in firmware, you will not able to cross this border.

Nightwolf88 · Jan 2, 2016

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Originally Posted by misiak

DVI cable will not help you, 78 is in my opinion the max you can get from it. Most monitors are locked to not cross certain frequency. For example my LG I could run at 76Hz and Benq VA panel even on 87Hz but these were limits for those panels. You could try to patch drivers but if there is a HW lock in firmware, you will not able to cross this border.

Just what i tough and feared

to be more On-topic again: After running a few days and games with the overclocked monitor it sure is a nice 'painkiller' waiting for the monitor you want to buy to drop in price!

You do need to check for frame-skipping like other mentioned to be sure it is handling the oc-settings right.

I see a clear difference in games and my 970 is working harder. Will need to re tweak my settings for the Witcher 3 to make it run 75 fps constant.
Going from 60 to 75 Hz is a whopping 25% increase in frames you get!

Is it worth to overclocking your monitor?

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rizlca

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Benny89

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RedM00N

Benny89

RedM00N

rizlca

superj1977

RedM00N

rizlca

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misiak

mitavreb

Nightwolf88

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