monitor 60 fps capped through HDMI

[Ajay2113]

I have an ASUS VG236H monitor which is 4-5 years old. It only supports 120FPS through DVI-D (Dual Link) connection. I am using it as an external monitor for my MSI GE 63 8RF laptop with GTX 1070. My laptop only has HDMI and mini-displayport outputs. I am now connected via HDMI which supports 1920x1080 @ 60fps in monitor. Is there a way to acheive 120 FPS through overclocking or is there any other way to acheive 120 fps. My display is capable though i'm wasting it's capacity.

[.Apex.]

6 minutes ago, Ajay2113 said:

I have an ASUS VG236H monitor which is 4-5 years old. It only supports 120FPS through DVI-D (Dual Link) connection. I am using it as an external monitor for my MSI GE 63 8RF laptop with GTX 1070. My laptop only has HDMI and mini-displayport outputs. I am now connected via HDMI which supports 1920x1080 @ 60fps in monitor. Is there a way to acheive 120 FPS through overclocking or is there any other way to acheive 120 fps. My display is capable though i'm wasting it's capacity.

No, it's capped at 60Hz because of HDMI bandwidth, you need to use Mini-Displayport to DVI

[Silentprototipe]

8 minutes ago, Ajay2113 said:

I am now connected via HDMI which supports 1920x1080 @ 60fps in monitor.

HDMI 1.4 is stuck at 1080p 60 Hz or 4k 30 Hz. If your monitor supports DisplayPort try using that instead as your 1070 has that

[Ajay2113]

7 minutes ago, _Syn_ said:

No, it's capped at 60Hz because of HDMI bandwidth, you need to use Mini-Displayport to DVI

no, the monitor supports only upto 1920x1080 @ 60 fps through HDMI. I tried using the adapter attached below, still shows only 60 fps. I have attached the monitor spec sheet below. I have tried changing the custom resolution in NVIDIA control panel and still does not work. shows DVI signal not found.

[Ajay2113]

10 minutes ago, Silentprototipe said:

HDMI 1.4 is stuck at 1080p 60 Hz or 4k 30 Hz. If your monitor supports DisplayPort try using that instead as your 1070 has that

no the monitor only has an HDMI port, a DVI-D dual link port

[.Apex.]

12 minutes ago, Ajay2113 said:

no, the monitor supports only upto 1920x1080 @ 60 fps through HDMI

that's what I said..

12 minutes ago, Ajay2113 said:

I tried using the adapter attached below, still shows only 60 fps. I have attached the monitor spec sheet below. I have tried changing the custom resolution in NVIDIA control panel and still does not work. shows DVI signal not found. 

Hmm I just learned that Displayport to DVI standard cables like you have will only do Single-Link DVI which is limited to 60Hz, you need an active adapter to have Dual-Link DVI which is expensive

Same goes for HDMI to DVI