Refresh rate overclock?

[tranceaddict]

For my new gaming rig I am going with a Viewsonic® G90fB 19in SVGA CRT which can do 1600X1200 @ 77Hz. However with Vsync turned ON, it will mean that I will be capped at 77fps. Can I uncheck the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot support" button and overclock it to say 85Hz or even 100Hz without damaging my monitor?

[Romulox]

If you do that your are serousily risking killing your monitor its not worth it.
there is a good reason why the " hide modes that this monitor can't handle" button is there.

[sJetski]

OP are you using the Viewsonic G90fB monitor driver? If you're using the standard windows plug and play driver then you won't have the full list of refresh-rate settings to choose from. You can find out by:

right-click "my computer"/hardware tab/device manager/select "monitor" and see what's Listed in there. It should say "viewsonic G90fB".

Viewsonic has combined all of their monitor drivers into one single download right here, just pick the correct OS: http://www.viewsonic.com/support/drivers/drivers.cfm?category=1&formName=monitor

After you've successfuly replaced the standard crappy plug and play driver there's a good chance you'll have higher refresh rates to choose from. Otherwise i'd follow Romulux's advice above and not try *overclocking your monitor*. It might work ok for awhile but it can cause instant death but at the least it would reduce the life of your monitor.

[Evil_Eye]

Most of the time, your monitor will automatically use the highest resolution it can if you do overset the refresh rate; IE - by setting it to 100mhz when its limit is only 85 means that the monitor will only do 85.

However, by turning off the "read DDC information option" in your graphics drivers toolbar you should be able to circumvent this. The factory settings are put there for a reason, and you risk blowing up/out the tube if you do an overclock.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Unlike OC'ing a processor, I doubt that this would even work! It probably would just squeal and give you scrambled video! Even if done by a little bit!

[sJetski]

Unlike OC'ing a processor, I doubt that this would even work! It probably would just squeal and give you scrambled video! Even if done by a little bit!It does work.

What we're trying to demonstrate here is that the small gain is not worth the risks of pushing too far, or for too long.

[Aphex_Tom_9]

in my experience, forcing a higher ref rate than spec'ed just causes a nasty scrolling mess of colors. and btw- what's so bad about 77fps? you really cant notice much more than 40-60, anything over just gets wasted. and it's not like your min fps would get lower

[tranceaddict]

Thanks guys, I guess that the little increase I would get in FPS is offset by the potential consequences.

[Echo_]

can you even tell the difference above 77 fps?

[tranceaddict]

can you even tell the difference above 77 fps?

I'm not sure if its only psychological, but 100fps has always been a sweet spot for me.