Devices and methods for providing an indication of an active frame start, while reducing a number of line buffers utilized by conventional systems are provided herein. By way of example, an electronic display panel may include a host device (e.g., a processor) that provides an indication of a pending active frame start. The indication may be provided at a predetermined and fixed time/line interval before the active frame start. Next, a timing controller of the display circuitry may generate a vertical start pulse during vertical blanking based upon the indication and the fixed time/line interval. The vertical start pulse may be used to drive multi-clock integrated row driver circuits.