Refresh rate question..

[ChungKingCanSuckIt]

I'm looking at some 32" monitors.. I found a frameless (almost frameless?) monitor. 1440p, 165hz (I think), 1ms, IPS, etc.

Are all monitors above a certain refresh rate considered overclocked?

I've been reading around and someone said they couldn't figure out how to get 165hz. I don't remember what they were using the monitor on.. a PC, an XBOX One, etc.

Anyway, then I read elsewhere that the monitor is 165hz OC. Not sure if that is true or what.

I'm just curious.. are there 165hz panels and 165hz OC and if so does that make much of a difference?

 

[Rroff]

There is no rhyme or reason to it - some panels will be native 165Hz or whatever, others will be say 120Hz native - "overclockable" to up to 165Hz without a guarantee. More often recent models will be native high refresh rather than overclockable.

Above 144Hz will often depend highly on the type of port used, standard i.e. HDMI 2.1 or DP 1.4 support, etc. etc. the quality and length of the cable and having a new enough GPU to support higher refreshes.

If it can attain 165Hz either native or via "overclocking" the result will be the same as long as it is stable without frame skipping or signal loss.

 

[ChungKingCanSuckIt]

There is no rhyme or reason to it - some panels will be native 165Hz or whatever, others will be say 120Hz native - "overclockable" to up to 165Hz without a guarantee. More often recent models will be native high refresh rather than overclockable.

Above 144Hz will often depend highly on the type of port used, standard i.e. HDMI 2.1 or DP 1.4 support, etc. etc. the quality and length of the cable and having a new enough GPU to support higher refreshes.

If it can attain 165Hz either native or via "overclocking" the result will be the same as long as it is stable without frame skipping or signal loss.

Thanks for the reply. I pulled the trigger.. I can pick them up tomorrow. They're $160 off each on sale for Black Friday right now.

Unfortunately all they had in stock was the 6700xt not the 6800xt, and I wanted to hopefully get up and running tommorow so I bought it.