Has anyone damaged a monitor by overclocking?

[MeroDN]

I often hear about the danger of overclocking a monitor. As a (self-proclaimed) computer "expert" (lol), I understand the reason behind this. My question is, are there any stories of damage occurring to the monitor afterwards. Should an overclocked display last at least 10 years?

If you do not have your own story about damaging a monitor via overclock, you can put a link to a story you found.

 

[WyomingKnott]

Would someone please enlighten me: How is it possible to overclock a monitor? A graphics card, yes, but what can you do to change clock speeds in a monitor?

 

[MeroDN]

Would someone please enlighten me: How is it possible to overclock a monitor? A graphics card, yes, but what can you do to change clock speeds in a monitor?

I can tell you how to overclock a monitor using Nvidia Control Panel, but I cant say how it forces the screen to comply with the high Hz.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

So it would communicate via HDMI or displayport and tell the monitor what to do? Huh.

Anyway, it will decrease its lifespan.

 

[MeroDN]

That's all I ever hear. I am asking for evidence!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Evidence is fundamental truths. A faster current is required by the monitor, which means more energy is required, which means power must be greater. This creates more heat and wear on the components, both in the monitor and the external power supply.

 

[ChrisCarbomb]

Have an Asus monitor 1440p 60 hz over clocked to 75 hz and if it did get fried and is under warranty they would accept it as long as you said from a power surge and not bc you overclocked it

 

[MeroDN]

Evidence is fundamental truths. A faster current is required by the monitor, which means more energy is required, which means power must be greater. This creates more heat and wear on the components, both in the monitor and the external power supply.

I already know all that, and it makes perfect sense. I just want to hear of any cases where an overclocked display "died young"

 

[USAFRet]

1. Not all monitors can be 'overclocked'

2.
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?p=3299951
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1849081/overclocking-monitor-safe.html
https://rog.asus.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-34973.html

 

[WyomingKnott]

After reading USAFRet's links, I'm inclined to say that you cannot overclock a monitor. No change is made to the monitor. What you can do is "overdrive" it - drive it with input above its rated rate. It may result in faster running, unstable running and damage, or even the monitor ignoring some of the frames to stay at its rated speed.

Is this accurate?

 

[USAFRet]

After reading USAFRet's links, I'm inclined to say that you cannot overclock a monitor. No change is made to the monitor. What you can do is "overdrive" it - drive it with input above its rated rate. It may result in faster running, unstable running and damage, or even the monitor ignoring some of the frames to stay at its rated speed.

Is this accurate?

That's what it sounds like to me.

 

[synphul]

I would say overdriving the monitor would be more accurate. Most things get lumped into overclocking when it comes to boosting things above factory defaults. In truth overclocking would only apply to things that have a clock rate like a cpu, gpu etc. In essence it's driving the component higher than it's designed to run at so overclocking is overdriving. Much like removing a rev limiter from a car.

Anything can have its life reduced or result in faster failure being pushed harder than it was intended. If a step stool is rated to 200lbs and you put 250lbs on it, will it break? Maybe. If it does you were warned. If you put 500lbs on it, will it break faster? More than likely, maybe even almost instantly.

I don't know of any stories off hand though it's not hard to imagine overdriving a monitor could damage some of the sensitive electronics inside it. I look at it this way, it's a roll of the dice. That's with any overclocking or performance beyond spec. What would it cost to replace your monitor?

My current monitor runs around $300 and it's not a rolls royce or anything but it's not a $90 tn panel either. $300 is $300, I'm not comfortable forking out to replace it any time soon (it's less than a year old at the moment). Rather than squeeze a few more hz out of it, if I have to dump $550-600 on a monitor I'd much rather have a dual 24" monitor setup or a really nice $600 monitor than $600 and still end up with a $300 screen in the end. That's me though.

I'm not sure if an overclocked panel will last 10yrs, I've experienced many stock panels that don't make it beyond 5 or 6yrs. Nothing lasts forever. Going back to the car analogy, there's a reason 'vanilla' type engines for the masses don't have an issue lasting 10yrs or 100k miles. Compared to a racing engine which gets torn down and rebuilt after every race or two. Performance comes with a price, look at stock car drivers and how many sets of tires they go through. Are their tires better, more grip than the michelins on your minivan? Probably. Are you replacing your 50-60k mi rated minivan tires every couple hundred miles? No.