How to Overlock laptop display?
- Download CRU (Custom Resolution Utility) https://monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU
- Extract the zip to your desktop
- Open CRU as an administrator, under "Detailed Resolutions" click add, then under "Frequency" select refresh rate.
- Start by typing in your screen refresh rate and increase by 5 or 10 and clicking Ok, then restart your device. After restarting, right-clock on desktop, select "Display Settings" > "Display Adapter Properties" > "Monitor"
- You will see a drop-down with Screen refresh rate, the drop-down will show all your refresh rates, including the newly added.
- Click the newly added refresh rate and click Apply. (if your screen goes black wait 15 seconds for it to revert to original refresh rate)
- Repeat steps 4 - 6 stepping up in 5/10 Hertz increments until your display starts to flicker or black out to find the max refresh rate your screen can handle.
- not all screens will overclock the same, even of the same model or same display
- If your screen comes back on and doesn't display lines or flicking then congratulations you have overclocked your display successfully!
- You cant damage or break your display by using this guide.
- It's recommended to use refresh rate dividable by 2 (even number) / if you're in europe then use odd number
- To verify your display isn't frame skipping use https://testufo.com/frameskipping, follow the steps on the website