I long ago lost that monitor and related hardware over the sands of time, moving one place to another multiple times.
The benefit though was that I effectively quadrupled the number of pixels on screen from the common 1024x768 resolution of the time.
1024x2=2048, 768x2=1536
I was basically pioneering early extra high definition video output before it was even a thing.
The images themselves wouldn’t look any different, except smaller as each pixel was only 1/4 of original size, giving me a much larger visible pixel area for image editing.
It wouldn’t have helped gameplay much though, as I had to sacrifice framerate to accomplish that.
Edit: You definitely can’t do shit like that on modern LCDs, that category of overclocking is exclusive to old CRTs.
Of course I read this far! I adore discovering and learning about niche info from dedicated people who love what they do. Thank you so much for taking the time to share.
…I didn’t understand any of that, but it was awesome to read. Thank you for trying to explain it to me!
TL;DR - Much higher pixel resolution, at the cost of framerate.
Gotcha. Could you please give me an example of what an image might look like before and after overclocking?
I long ago lost that monitor and related hardware over the sands of time, moving one place to another multiple times.
The benefit though was that I effectively quadrupled the number of pixels on screen from the common 1024x768 resolution of the time.
1024x2=2048, 768x2=1536
I was basically pioneering early extra high definition video output before it was even a thing.
The images themselves wouldn’t look any different, except smaller as each pixel was only 1/4 of original size, giving me a much larger visible pixel area for image editing.
It wouldn’t have helped gameplay much though, as I had to sacrifice framerate to accomplish that.
Edit: You definitely can’t do shit like that on modern LCDs, that category of overclocking is exclusive to old CRTs.
Thank you for the info!
You’ve actually read this far?
Thank you for appreciating my words and the time it took to type them.
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Of course I read this far! I adore discovering and learning about niche info from dedicated people who love what they do. Thank you so much for taking the time to share.