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It seems alot of people get stuck at 66hz when overclocking a 60hz monitor, I was wondering if that has anything to do with single link DVI cables. If I used a Dual Link DVI cable, would I be able to try going higher up?

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I'm 99% sure it won't matter if you use the DL DVI vs the DVI cable you have now since it's dependent on the monitors OC capabilities not the cable.

Well searching around, Sinle Link DVI has a max refresh rate cap, but no forum has whether it makes a difference or not answered, so I was just wondering if anybody can try it(I don't have a dual link cable on me) and tell me the results.

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Well searching around, Sinle Link DVI has a max refresh rate cap, but no forum has whether it makes a difference or not answered, so I was just wondering if anybody can try it(I don't have a dual link cable on me) and tell me the results.

What is the cap?

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What is the cap?

Other forums says single link is stuck at 60 and HDMI 1.4 and Dual link DVI are needed for higher refresh rates (something about bandwidth)

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Other forums says single link is stuck at 60 and HDMI 1.4 and Dual link DVI are needed for higher refresh rates (something about bandwidth)

Then the problem would probably be the cable not allowing you to see the higher refresh rates/starting to go bad at 66Hz. It seems like it would be rated for a sure 60Hz, but be able to, depending on some things, go a little higher.

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Then the problem would probably be the cable not allowing you to see the higher refresh rates/starting to go bad at 66Hz. It seems like it would be rated for a sure 60Hz, but be able to, depending on some things, go a little higher.

So just going by paper specs, technically a single link DVI would be a bottleneck while overclocking a monitor, presuming that the monitor has a bit more headroom(hopefully atleast 75)

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