Could lowering a monitors resolution yield a higher refresh rate overclock?

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Currently, I have a Samsung 27-inch (S27D590C) monitor which has a 1080p at 60hz panel. Using CRU I was able to overclock this monitor to a stable 72hz with no frame skipping or other issues, and maintain it for 6 months now.

My question is: could lowering my monitors resolution potentially yield a higher refresh rate overclock, or even a higher refresh rate by default?

*Please only reply with answers regarding the original question that was asked. I've worked with computers and monitors for years so I'm fairly well educated on both.

I prefer to mess with the monitor as little as possible now that I have a stable overclock, but depending on the type of responses I receive, I may try to push it even further at a lower resolution since low graphical quality is not an issues for me. I often play games with really low settings to maintain awesome FPS.

Thank you for your time,
Boris

a few PC specs if it helps:
MSI 390
FX-8350
MSI 970 Gaming mobo


Also, I sincerely apologize if this is not the place for this type of question, and will redirect it if so.
 
I have run my Dell 27" 1440p monitor overclocked to 75Hz and it is fine, but it is not worth the risk long term use like that for gaming for such little noticeable benefit (60FPS vs 75FPS in game V-sync lock). I would not recommend, no, I would strongly advise against trying to go any higher on factory 60Hz monitors to prevent possible damage or failure altogether of the internal processing components.

Monitor overclocking is far different than typical CPU and GPU overclocking and not as easy to diagnose if something starts to fail or go wrong. If you want to get higher FPS and monitor Hz speed matching that you can actually notice a difference in, get a G-sync 1080p monitor to better match higher FPS and monitor Hz speeds (say 80FPS and 80Hz for your 970 at 1080p in typical games or 100FPS at 100Hz at 720p settings for example), although your FX-8350 may be your weak link).

 
shutting off v-sync doesn't really do anything. Yes the GPU will render higher fps, but the monitor can still only display those frames at whatever hz it's set. Instead what happens is multiple frames are combined into a single image then sent to the monitor. Often the line where one image was split and merged with the second is visible and is called "tearing"\

Only by increasing the monitors "hz" can you truly see a higher fps. This is why 144hz monitors are becoming popular.
 

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The original post has been edited with the following.

"Please only reply with answers regarding the original question that was asked. I've worked with computers and monitors for years so I'm fairly well educated on both."
 


The refresh rate is the monitors factory setting, no matter what resolution you set it at, it will still be the factory setting refresh rate.