I don't know if anyone else experiments like this; but after changing from ASUS GPU Tweak (it was giving me god awful problems) I switched to EVGA Precision X. I re-overclocked my GPU and found a Pixel Overclocking option for monitors. I looked it up and apparently a lot of people are doing this. After going up in 1 or 2 hz increments, I managed to 'Overclock' my Samsung Monitor from 60Hz to 75Hz. It really makes a difference in gaming, especially a game like skyrim where you want very little tearing. Has anybody else tried this option? What can you achieve?
I've got a Shimian Qh270 (korean import monitor) running at 114hz (from 60). Some lucky people have a full 120hz. Really depends on the hardware in the monitor as to what you can achieve. Any higher than 114hz and I get image ghosting, burn in etc.
Those korean imports use expensive displays though, it'd make sense they'd have so much headroom. Mine's a cheapie XD
My monitor was throwing up an error message and flickering when I clocked it too high. Most monitors should be capable of 75hz though but it really does depend on the display. I rested mine on 75Hz as it was throwing up errors if any higher.
I also have a Shimian. Mine never was able to go that high, only to 75Hz at first. Now I can't run it past 66Hz. So it seems at least with mine it did degrade over time. I don't even get a weird picture, it simply has no picture when I try to push it higher. Definitely luck of the draw on them.
My AOC monitor will go from 60Hz to 65Hz at 1080p or if I set a custom resolution of 2560x1600 it will only go to 60Hz. I don't know if there is any risk to doing it, and that is why I have put mine back to stock and when I decide to I will buy a better monitor with a higher refresh rate.
Seems like mine has quite a bit of headroom. With my GTX 670 OC'ed, it can reach 80Hz without errors or problems.
