monitor oc damage?

[Konstantinos Koutse]

hello guys i overclocked my monitor lg 24'' 1080p from 60 hz to 75 and its running just fine i also trried 10 different games and they all workdked great will this damage my screen permanently? or is it safe? 75 hz is the max i overclock

 

[Solandri]

For monitors, it's not really an overclock. It's just the refresh rate.

Most modern monitors simply won't work if you try to drive them at a higher refresh rate than they can handle. If the monitor displays an image when set to a 75 Hz refresh rate, then you are fine.

The stories of damaging the monitor this way come from the CRT days. Those used an electromagnet to aim an electron beam over the surface of the screen. The beam would light up phosphors on the inside of the screen, thus "painting" the image. If you tried to drive those monitors at too high a refresh rate, you could damage or destroy the electronics controlling the electromagnet.

 

[Konstantinos Koutse]

so you say that my LED monitor wotn be damaged? and it only occurs to old LCD monitors?

 

[Solandri]

so you say that my LED monitor wotn be damaged? and it only occurs to old LCD monitors?

Only CRTs could be damaged this way. LCDs and LEDs should be fine unless the manufacturer did something really weird with their design.

In particular, if you get a clear image at 75 Hz, then the monitor supports it and you cannot damage it by running it at 75 Hz.