What happends if your custom refresh rate fails the Nividia stress test??

[BlazerBuddy]

If you right click on the desktop and go to NVIDIA Display settings. Than go to custom resolution and set a custom refresh rate. When I set a custom refresh rate it runs a stress test that turns the screen black two times, and then says that the custom refresh rate "passed the stress test". What happens if the custom refresh rate you set is unstable, will it just say "stress test unstable". Or will the monitor crash or break??

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

I've set many custom resolutions using the Nvidia Control panel (currently have my work monitors OCed to 76Hz from 60Hz), and I have never once seen that message.

[BlazerBuddy]

1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

I've set many custom resolutions using the Nvidia Control panel (currently have my work monitors OCed to 76Hz from 60Hz), and I have never once seen that message.

I OC mine from 60hz to 75hz, but want to see if I can go more

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

5 minutes ago, BlazerBuddy said:

I OC mine from 60hz to 75hz, but want to see if I can go more

Well in my experience, when you try a setting that your monitor cannot handle, the screen goes black and stays black until the timer in the "Do you want to keep theses changes" window times out, and reverts back to the previous settings.

 

Sometimes, though. You have to reboot or use a secondary monitor to revert your settings.

[BlazerBuddy]

1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Well in my experience, when you try a setting that your monitor cannot handle, the screen goes black and stays black until the timer in the "Do you want to keep theses changes" window times out, and reverts back to the previous settings.

 

Sometimes, though. You have to reboot or use a secondary monitor to revert your settings.

Ahh I see, well I have OC to 75 hz, and will try and see if I can get to 80 hz

[BlazerBuddy]

1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Well in my experience, when you try a setting that your monitor cannot handle, the screen goes black and stays black until the timer in the "Do you want to keep theses changes" window times out, and reverts back to the previous settings.

 

Sometimes, though. You have to reboot or use a secondary monitor to revert your settings.

If for some reason the monitor does not revert to the normal hz "if crashed", do I just get my other 60 hz monitor and change it back to 60 hz or what??

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

2 minutes ago, BlazerBuddy said:

If for some reason the monitor does not revert to the normal hz "if crashed", do I just get my other 60 hz monitor and change it back to 60 hz or what??

Just give it a try. You are unlikely to do any damage. Learn by doing.

[BlazerBuddy]

Just now, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Just give it a try. You are unlikely to do any damage. Learn by doing.

Okay! Will do

[BlazerBuddy]

Just now, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Just give it a try. You are unlikely to do any damage. Learn by doing.

Ahh I got my monitor from 60hz to 76hz. I would say that is pretty good!