How to connect 144hz monitor without thunderbolt 3

[Dominick T]

Hey there, I bought this laptop planning on using it day to day for studies and then be able to connect it to a monitor and keyboard and everything for gaming. It's a rog zephyrus gx531gs. It is not thunderbolt 3 capable so that's not an option. Would a docking station be able to circumvent this, or any other options for getting 144hz from a monitor? 

[Meganter]

4 minutes ago, Dominick T said:

Hey there, I bought this laptop planning on using it day to day for studies and then be able to connect it to a monitor and keyboard and everything for gaming. It's a rog zephyrus gx531gs. It is not thunderbolt 3 capable so that's not an option. Would a docking station be able to circumvent this, or any other options for getting 144hz from a monitor? 

I see an HDMI port on the website so I guess you can use that ?

[Dominick T]

Doesn’t hdmi only support 60hz? 

[Dominick T]

That’s awkward I guess I can use hdmi. Didn’t do enough research, thank you.

[Glenwing]

16 minutes ago, Dominick T said:

Doesn’t hdmi only support 60hz? 

Depends on the monitor

[Dominick T]

5 hours ago, Glenwing said:

Depends on the monitor

Gotcha, so when I’m looking for the cable and monitor make sure that it’s 144hz hdmi capable? Is that hdmi 1.4? 

[Glenwing]

1 minute ago, Dominick T said:

Gotcha, so when I’m looking for the cable and monitor make sure that it’s 144hz hdmi capable? Is that hdmi 1.4? 

It's not dictated by version number. Best to see section 5 here: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/how-to-connect-to-a-120-hz-display.3268285/