Overclocking monitors and future g-sync/freesync?

[mStuff]

Just coming here to ponder over and present an idea that surely has been proposed a lot of times -

 

So far I have been hesitant to overclock my 60 hz 1440p IPS monitor. I'm afraid that it could break as I've read has happened on the internet even when overclocking only 2-3 hertz more than the limit. Some games probably don't even support weird, non-standard refresh rates.

So my first question, when overclocking a monitor, does internal components get hotter as when overclocking other components or is it something with like the incoming data not being able to be handled that fast or something?

 

Because if it is due to heat issues, g-sync and/or freesync could add a feature to make their thing even awesomer.

 

Say you bought a super nice 144hz g-sync enabled monitor, as well the top of the line newest gpu.

Since the framerate goes up and drops naturally when rendering a game, gaming on your new, powerful gpu finds your puny game graphics easily rendered at 160-170 hertz in some areas. So your monitor adapts and refreshes at 160-170 hertz.

After two minutes of rendering at 160 hertz the monitor goes "hey there, give me a break here, I was only made for refreshing at 144hz! chill off for a bit."

The graphics card gets the message and underclocks itself to run the game at around 144 hertz cooling the internal components of the monitor and itself, as well as conserving power.

Later on, the monitor is ready again and goes 160 hertz when available.

 

This situation would only happen if the graphics card was too powerful for the game graphics, if the game demanded more of the gpu and it worked hard through areas at 120hertz, the monitor would cool faster and underclocking the gpu would not be needed.

[Enderman]

Turbo Boost for monitors!

[LemonSpice]

Just coming here to ponder over and present an idea that surely has been proposed a lot of times -

 

So far I have been hesitant to overclock my 60 hz 1440p IPS display. I'm afraid that it could break as I've read has happened on the internet even when overclocking only 2-3 hertz more than the limit. Some games probably don't even support weird, non-standard refresh rates.

So my first question, when overclocking a monitor, does internal components get hotter as when overclocking other components or is it something with like the incoming data not being able to be handled that fast or something?

 

Because if it is due to heat issues, g-sync and/or freesync could add a feature to make their thing even awesomer.

 

Say you bought a super nice 144hz g-sync enabled monitor, as well the top of the line newest gpu.

Since the framerate goes up and drops naturally when rendering a game, gaming on your new, powerful gpu finds your puny game graphics easily rendered at 160-170 hertz in some areas. So your monitor adapts and refreshes at 160-170 hertz.

After two minutes of rendering at 160 hertz the monitor goes "hey there, give me a break here, I was only made for refreshing at 144hz! chill off for a bit."

The graphics card gets the message and underclocks itself to run the game at around 144 hertz cooling the internal components of the monitor and itself, as well as conserving power.

Later on, the monitor is ready again and goes 160 hertz when available.

 

This situation would only happen if the graphics card was too powerful for the game graphics, if the game demanded more of the gpu and it worked hard through areas at 120hertz, the monitor would cool faster and underclocking the gpu would not be needed.

i have ine up to 74 and it works fine although if you go above the limit the screen will black out and then your lower it by 1 hz

[eLucid]

Got my ASUS PB278Q to 85hrz lol.

 

You're going to permanently damage it if you don't be careful.

 

@mStuff g-sync is a flop. It's definitely not worth the premium over the others.

[mStuff]

Got my ASUS PB278Q to 85hrz lol.

I have that monitor as well, maybe 65 hertz is safe enough, still a bit scared though. 70 hertz? even scarier.

 

the 5-10 fps difference will surely be almost unnoticeable, is it worth it? I actually don't know. Probably not.