Alienwqare 17 R3, can the FHD screen be overclocked?

Hi everyone.

I'm quite tired of screen tearing and the bog standard 60Hz refresh of this monitor and i was wondering if it was overclockable to something like 71 or 75Hz

I've done some looking around and there seems to be a brick wall in the form of an iGPU that the Nvidia GPU has to passthrough, and so the nvidia control panel is all but useless to control display properties, and the intel control panel for the iGPU offers laughable control over display.

So is there any workaround for this??, has anyone successfully overclocked the refresh rate?

 

There is no workaround, you cannot overclock it. a limitation on all optimus enabled laptops.

 

that's ****ing ********

 

Just saw this

edit: onyl for the external screen


not sure if it would really work.

 

i believe i tried this before, but all i got was "display does not support these settings" or something along these lines, will try again though when i get back from work.

 

Nah dont bother, its indeed what i got too. It goes only for external displays.

 

external monitors are easier to do cuz i can just do that with the nvidia control panel (HDMI plugs directly into the ndivia card), it's that bloody optimus that's annoying as hell.

 

The HDMI port goes through the iGPU as well. THats why Gsync monitors do not work.

 

wait what???, wth AW

 

All display signals go through the iGPU no matter internal of external when Optimus is used. THats why you cannot use an external Gsync monitor as well unless you use the AGA.

 

such BS.

Why doi get the fully featured nvidia control panel when i plug external display though?

 

Dunno. As far as I know you can control the color stuff for when the Nvidia GPU is working then. But Gsync will not work.

 

i also get custom resolutions and all that good stuff, not just color

 

I never tested the custom resolutions on an external monitor. But still. Gsync does not work.