I have a 144hz monitor and a GTX 1050 GPU does my GPU have its own separate refresh rate of say 100hz or could it show the full 144fps or say 100fps?

[AronMan13]

Hello I have an ASUS VG248qe monitor and a GTX 1050 Graphics card. I want to know whether the GPU has its own refresh rate of say 100hz or something like that. When I play a game like fortnite I put it on low settings and put on show FPS It is a near constant 144fps but will It show that or will It show 100fps because say my GPU has its own refresh rate of 100hz please this is just confusing me?

[WhitetailAni]

GPU's don't have "refresh rates".

They put out as many frames as they can.

[boggy77]

the monitor will refresh the image 144 times per second.

the gpu will send a new image to the monitor let's say 100 times per second, if you have 100fps in that particular game.

 

this means that in a second, out of the 144 images the monitor shows you, 100 will be new and 44 will be repeated.

 

 

[ChrisLoudon]

Hi buddy,

 

GPUs don't have a fixed refresh rate. They will churn out as many frames per second as is allowed by a combination of how powerful the GPU is, how graphicly intensive the game is and to a slightly lesser degree, how fast the CPU is.

 

Fortnite isn't the most graphicly intensive game out there as its designed to a be a competitive multiplayer game that normally benefits from high fps so it isn't hard to get it up to 144fps. Crank the in-game graphics settings up to Ultra and watch the fps drop as the pixel count and complexity increases.

[AndreiArgeanu]

Your GPU doesn't have a frequency that it's limited to, the number FPS that your card display on your screen is limited by the IO you use. For example to drive a 1080p 144hz monitor you need at least HDMI 1.3-1.4b or at least DisplayPort 1.2-1.2a

 

Edit: Of course the number of fps displayed on your screen will also be limited if your can't render the frames fast enoug, which could happen if you play a really graphically demanding game.

[AronMan13]

Yes but they have their own clock speed

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

the monitor will refresh the image 144 times per second.

the gpu will send a new image to the monitor let's say 100 times per second, if you have 100fps in that particular game.

 

this means that in a second, out of the 144 images the monitor shows you, 100 will be new and 44 will be repeated.

 

Yes so if it says I have 144hz I dont have 100fps because GPUs dont have their own refresh rate?
 

 

[Downkey]

Just now, AronMan13 said:

Yes but they have their own clock speed

 

that doesnt limit it too its own certain refresh rate tho

[AronMan13]

Thankyou very much this helps so to confirm my GTX 1050 says it produces 144fps on low graphics my 144hz monitor will show this full 144fps?