Dell monitor overclocking

[nooneisback]

So I have a Dell 60 Hz monitor and every time I raise the clock, the monitor tells me that it doesn't support over 60 Hz. Is there a way to bypass this, and if yes, how? Also I don't care about the safety, I have 3 of these and they costed me under 200$.

 

[i7Baby]

Why? Just leave them as they are.

I don't why people want to stuff up perfectly good equipment.

 

[ST_X]

what is your resolution?

 

[nooneisback]

The thing is that it's a 60Hz FullHD display. And I want to overclock in order to get at least a bit of those 115 fps that I get in BF 4 with my r9 280x + HD 7970.

 

[aylafan]

The thing is that it's a 60Hz FullHD display. And I want to overclock in order to get at least a bit of those 115 fps that I get in BF 4 with my r9 280x + HD 7970.

The best you'll get is probably like 65-75Hz on an overclock; not worth it in my opinion. 115Hz on a standard 60Hz monitor will not happen because it's a hardware limitation. Save money and buy a 120-144Hz monitor.

 

[nooneisback]

75 Hz is already good enough for me. Also 120 and 144 Hz monitors are horribly expensive in Croatia, and buying them on the internet even worse because of the import taxes.
For example a Titan X costs 1049.99$ on newegg, while here it costs 1485.16$.

 

[aylafan]

There is no guarantee the monitor will hit 75Hz. Some monitors are stuck at 60Hz while others can be overclocked to 65-75Hz. If you overclock the monitor and it flickers by displaying a bunch of black vertical lines (this can be found by taking a photo from your smartphone or camera) then you know the monitor should not be overclocked because it can damage your monitor, cause major eye strain, have skipped frames, etc.

I'll tell you what program I use, but it's your own choice/risk if you want to use it. Google "Custom Resolution Utility" by ToastyX. In the program, add a new custom resolution and make sure to choose "LCD standard". When you apply the resolution in Windows and the monitor says "Out of Range" or goes completely black... don't panic and wait 15 seconds for Windows to revert back to the original resolution/Hz. This means you set the Hz or resolution too high and you should lower it. I would have a backup plan (VGA cable, another DVI port to plug into, HDMI cable, etc.) or extra monitor just in case Windows doesn't want to revert back then you can restore back to defaults.

 

[nooneisback]

Well, thanks ayalafan. But also, why do Chinese models get to an a lot higher frequency really easy (60Hz models can get up to around 100 or even 120 Hz), is there a hardware clock check that keeps it always on 60?

 

[aylafan]

Well, thanks ayalafan. But also, why do Chinese models get to an a lot higher frequency really easy (60Hz models can get up to around 100 or even 120 Hz), is there a hardware clock check that keeps it always on 60?

What Chinese models are you talking about? Are you talking about the Korean monitors? They were already designed in the hardware to go up that high in Hz. If the hardware can only do 60Hz then that's the max; no software will fix that.

 

[nooneisback]

No I mean that I know a few people that ordered some monitors from a Chinese supplier, They ended up going from 90 to 100 Hz. While when we tried doing it with Samsung monitors, we barely managed to get to 76Hz.