Can you overclock my monitor

[Flameytail]

Basicly the title. i have a samsung c24f390 and its only 60Hz so thats not great. 

[Unimaginative Name]

8 minutes ago, Flameytail said:

Basicly the title. i have a samsung c24f390 and its only 60Hz so thats not great. 

Yes, you should be able to overclock it. How far? I don't know, that depends on the monitor. I just did a quick search and saw someone got up to 77 with that monitor. Look up a monitor overclocking guide, be aware of the risks to your hardware, and have at it!

[Flameytail]

3 minutes ago, Unimaginative Name said:

Yes, you should be able to overclock it. How far? I don't know, that depends on the monitor. I just did a quick search and saw someone got up to 77 with that monitor. Look up a monitor overclocking guide, be aware of the risks to your hardware, and have at it!

wait i'm new to this whole "overclock everything" thing, so what are some of the risks?

[Hugs12343]

if you are using an nvidia gpu:

 

1. Right click on desktop
2. Click "NVIDIA Control Panel" from the drop down menu
3. Go to Display > Change resolution if it's not already in that menu item.
4. Make sure your monitor is seleced under "1. Select the display you would like to change."
5. Under "2. Choose the resolution" click "customise..."
6. Click "Create Custom Resolution..."
7. Change the "Refresh rate (Hz):" to your desired spec
8. Click "Test" and then "Yes" to apply your refresh rate change
9. Select your preset under Custom
10. Click "Ok"
11. To check that it has been applied it should say "Refresh rate:" and then xx Hz from the drop down menu
12. You need to click "Apply" in the bottom right corner to save the changes

I don't know how to do this with AMD GPU's though and I definitely wouldn't try this with an intel iGPU.

 

Hope this helped

[Godlygamer23]

5 minutes ago, Flameytail said:

wait i'm new to this whole "overclock everything" thing, so what are some of the risks?

Reduced lifespan of display components, increased power draw, and most likely higher heat output.

[TurbulentWinds]

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Can you overclock my monitor

I can't, you can.

 

You probably will not be able to push up the HZ far enough to make a significant difference and overclocking consequences as listed above far out weigh the gains. In my own personal experience with overclocking monitors image quality can take a big hit.

[Flameytail]

Thank you all ill try to hit 68 or something

[Flameytail]

theres really no point for me to go to like 68 though

 

 

thanks for the info anyway 

[Flameytail]

@TurbulentWinds complete non sequetor, how would you rate elementry OS. i was looking at trying to dual-boot 

[Flameytail]

32 minutes ago, Hugs12343 said:

if you are using an nvidia gpu:

 

1. Right click on desktop
2. Click "NVIDIA Control Panel" from the drop down menu
3. Go to Display > Change resolution if it's not already in that menu item.
4. Make sure your monitor is seleced under "1. Select the display you would like to change."
5. Under "2. Choose the resolution" click "customise..."
6. Click "Create Custom Resolution..."
7. Change the "Refresh rate (Hz):" to your desired spec
8. Click "Test" and then "Yes" to apply your refresh rate change
9. Select your preset under Custom
10. Click "Ok"
11. To check that it has been applied it should say "Refresh rate:" and then xx Hz from the drop down menu
12. You need to click "Apply" in the bottom right corner to save the changes

I don't know how to do this with AMD GPU's though and I definitely wouldn't try this with an intel iGPU.

 

Hope this helped

Thanks. I now have a 65Hz monitor. 

[TurbulentWinds]

18 hours ago, Flameytail said:

@TurbulentWinds complete non sequetor, how would you rate elementry OS. i was looking at trying to dual-boot 

Elementary OS is one of my favorites. It can be a little finicky and is generally not used by the hardcore Linux crowd since it has historically (not sure about current version) lagged behind in terms of the version of Ubuntu it is based on. However, for a beginner who is looking for a MacOS like experience Elementary OS is a strong choice.

 

I would assume that you are looking for a distro with a good appearance based on the Elementary OS choice. Here are a few other options: Zorin OS, Linux Mint and Deepin are all solid beginner choices.

 

EDIT: Just realized that this is not the thread about lightweight distros so I just cut a couple things out.