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Refresh Rate Confusion

Mercuryaces
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Hey guys, I recently built a pc, and got a 144hz monitor to go with it, I'm not sure I'm utilizing it right though.

 

When I open my monitor settings, (through the monitor itself, not the pc) I see it says, "video output 120hz" but it also says, "DVI input 60hz"

 

Is this right? does the input need to match the output to actually get that high refresh rate? Sorry, I'm new to refresh rate, coming from a console on a vizio TV...

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Common DVI doesn't do 1080p144hz you need dual link DVI

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1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Common DVI doesn't do 1080p144hz you need dual link DVI

Does the same go for HDMI? I had it connected via HDMI as well and the same info was showing. I find it odd that my monitor wouldn't come with the cables to actually utilize it's advertised 144hz.

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Just now, Mercuryaces said:

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Not surprising at all my LG 29UM69-G came with the HDMI cable as well but with it I'm locked to 2560x1080p60hz, when I got myself the Display Port cable I managed to overclock it all the way up 2560x1080p100hz.

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7 minutes ago, Mercuryaces said:

Is this right? does the input need to match the output to actually get that high refresh rate? Sorry, I'm new to refresh rate, coming from a console on a vizio TV...

Yes the input needs to match it to get that refresh rate. Like Princess Cadence said DVI cannot handle that data stream. HDMI 2.0 can handle the data but I need to know your graphics card to know if it has the right port. You could try DisplayPort. It can handle it. Also, is the monitor freesync or Gysync or neither?

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Just now, Judd said:

Yes the input needs to match it to get that refresh rate. Like Princess Cadence said DVI cannot handle that data stream. HDMI 2.0 can handle the data but I need to know your graphics card to know if it has the right port. You could try DisplayPort. It can handle it. Also, is the monitor freesync or Gysync or neither?

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36 minutes ago, Mercuryaces said:

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If you used the included DVI cable, it should support 144Hz. Maybe you just hadn't switched it to 144Hz in Windows?

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1 hour ago, Sakkura said:

If you used the included DVI cable, it should support 144Hz. Maybe you just hadn't switched it to 144Hz in Windows?

How do I manually change the refresh rate?

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1 hour ago, Mercuryaces said:

How do I manually change the refresh rate?

You simply right-click on your desktop, go to screen settings, select your 144Hz monitor and scroll down to "adapter properties". You can change its refresh rate in the monitor tab.

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3 hours ago, Jonas_2909 said:

You simply right-click on your desktop, go to screen settings, select your 144Hz monitor and scroll down to "adapter properties". You can change its refresh rate in the monitor tab.

Thanks much! All is working at 144hz now!

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