Is it safe?, I OC mine from 60 to 75hz and seems okay. I don't want to really push it any further in case of damage. The colours are more vibrant and makes the picture look better.
I did through Nvidia control panel on my old 4K 40" iiyama... I managed to get 72Hz.
When it comes to overclocking nothing is guaranteed things can go wrong so do it at your own risk, I had no issues and ran that panel for a year overclocked. My new panel doesn't let me overclock past 60Hz but to be honest its hard to tell the difference between 60-75... Only when it goes above 90FPS is when I notice a smoother image, I found that out with my 160Hz display anything less than 85-90 felt like 60Hz and anything above 90Hz felt drastically better.
Personally its not worth but if after several days of having the overclock enabled you don't notice monitor artefacts or flickering then your good to go.
@Grey_Eyed_Elf: I used to OC my old 1080p monitor from 60hz to 72hz and it was noticeably smoother. That is a 20% increase in frame rate and it is definitely worth it.
@Grey_Eyed_Elf: @BassMan: Yeah I was playing RE2 at 60fps just didn't look smooth. After the OC to 75hz there's a noticeable difference for me. Should I keep pushing and see how far I can get it or just leave it at 75.
@npiet1: Essentially keeping adding 1Hz and testing to see if it posts and the last one that works is your monitors max.
As for the 60-75Hz thing... I guess its me, I didn't notice a difference worth jumping for until I got a 160Hz panel and then needed more than 80-90FPS in order to full notice it in games.
That said if you notice it go for it. No harm really, like I said I ran my panel for a year overclocked without issue.
I can OC my monitor from 144hz to 165 but what's the point? I won't notice it
Yeah I had the same thing with my 160Hz panel... Its native 144Hz but you enable 160Hz through the menu, I did it simply because it was there but once you go past 120FPS diminishing returns kick in for me.
I looked up monitor OCing and all I know for certain is that it will ultimately screw with your colors at the least.
You are probably wrong to say that it looks 'better'. That seems really unlikely, and doesn't make sense why that would happen. It's possible you like the new colors better, sort of when people fiddle with gamma, and maybe it's nice that it fits your personal taste, but not beyond that. As long as your monitor doesn't die you can sit with it OC'd, but know that it has downsides.
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