2200G + HDMI + Freesync = N/A

[ch3w2oy]

I built a computer for my step daughter for Christmas and I gave her my old HP Omen 25" 1080p 144hz Freesync monitor. I'm not sure which HDMI cord I'm using but I tried a few that I have around the house, and I'm not sure if it's even the problem, maybe someone can help..

 

I can't get 144hz to show up in AMD Radeon Settings (only says 60hz, and in Windows Display Settings) and Freesync can't be selected, it's just grayed out. I've tried using this monitor with my setup (in sig) and it works fine, although used a DP cable. I can try again, but don't really want to move things around if someone here can help me first, as I would have move my 32" screen which I don't like doing. I can't try that with hers because the motherboard only has an HDMI and DVI adapter.

 

The thing is, is that this monitor was my secondary monitor for my laptop before I built my new computer and I used it with HDMI and always had 144hz refresh rate, but my laptop used a GTX 1060 so I couldn't tell if the Freesync would or would not work through the HDMI.

 

Is there something I can do, will it not work through HDMI no matter what? I don't want to get another motherboard.. The 144hz at the minimum, should work with the HDMI..?

 

These are the specs:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$99.47 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$76.88 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$47.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital - Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$69.99 @ Amazon
Case	Apevia - X-QTIS-WHT MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$39.10 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Rosewill - HIVE 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$80.88 @ OutletPC
Monitor	HP - OMEN 25 24.5" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$283.17 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$703.48
	Mail-in rebates	-$6.00
	Total	$697.48
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-14 20:38 EST-0500

 

[Billy Pilgrim]

You might want to get a new HDMI cable and make sure that it has enough bandwidth.

[Nocte]

5 minutes ago, ChewToy! said:

The 144hz at the minimum, should work with the HDMI..?

Unless it's HDMI 1.3 or higher, it won't work above 60Hz.

[TheSLSAMG]

For the display running at 60Hz instead of 144Hz, have you tried changing the refresh rate of the monitor from your monitor's properties within Windows? When I tried FreeSync with my 2400G, I had the same issue and had to set the display to 144Hz from there. You get to the below menu by right clicking your desktop, selecting "Display settings",, scrolling down to "Advanced display settings" and clicking "Display adapter properties for Display (whichever number corresponds to the correct display)"

 

 

As for it being over HDMI, FreeSync must be turned on in the display's OSD (on screen display/menu) for it to function.

[Jurrunio]

10 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

You might want to get a new HDMI cable and make sure that it has enough bandwidth.

5 minutes ago, Nocte said:

Unless it's HDMI 1.3 or higher, it won't work above 60Hz.

Unless that HDMI cable is excessively long or especially shit, all HDMI cables will do  up to HDMI 2.0 bandwidth

[ATTWIFI87.6]

Displayport?

Input, Cord and MB?

[ch3w2oy]

32 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

For the display running at 60Hz instead of 144Hz, have you tried changing the refresh rate of the monitor from your monitor's properties within Windows? When I tried FreeSync with my 2400G, I had the same issue and had to set the display to 144Hz from there. You get to the below menu by right clicking your desktop, selecting "Display settings",, scrolling down to "Advanced display settings" and clicking "Display adapter properties for Display (whichever number corresponds to the correct display)"

 

 

 

As for it being over HDMI, FreeSync must be turned on in the display's OSD (on screen display/menu) for it to function.

That's what I was looking for. I kept going to the Advanced settings but I didn't notice the 'Display adapter properties for Display 1' because it's gray on both of our computers.  That allowed me to change it to 144hz and I finally found the Freesync in the OSD (never used it before).

 

 

Thanks everyone!