It’s very common to see high refresh rate monitors these days – 120Hz is almost universal, while gaming monitors often starts at 165Hz, if not higher. Some esports monitors can go way beyond and hits an obscenely fast 540Hz refresh rate, but turns out even that is no match to this particular CRT monitor tuned by YouTube channel RetroGamingBase.
CRT Monitor Overclocked To Absolute Limits
The monitor in question is the iiyama Vision Master Pro 512, a 22-inch CRT monitor produced in the year 2002. Previously, this monitor was subjected to several successful overclocking runs, which involved 255Hz, 300Hz, and 380Hz – numbers that are pretty much out of reach for most gaming monitors short for a few esports-engineered models. The overclocking attempt started with 540Hz (some of the fastest gaming monitors are here), and then proceeds to hit 600Hz, and finally achieves an absurdly fast 700Hz refresh rate.
However, getting there isn’t quite as simple as turning a figurative knob to 11 – to hit such speeds, RetroGamingBase have to use a custom resolution utility from its NVIDIA GPU to finely control the display parameters, including scan speeds and various timings. More importantly, this refresh rate is only reachable with the resolution of just 320 x 120, which is exactly 38,400 pixels per frame.
Of course, we’re well past the age of CRTs at this point, but it’s interesting to see the characteristics of CRT panels and the headroom it offers if you’re willing to push it to the limits. Can you imagine playing Mario at 700Hz with this monitor, though?
Source: Tom’s Hardware
Pokdepinion: My eyes literally couldn’t fathom the concept of 700Hz – must be blazing fast, then?
