Can I run a 144hz monitor from my laptop?

[Lord ruben]

I have an MSI GF75 Thin 9RCX laptop with 1050 TI , and I was wondering if It was possible to run my 144Hz BENQ XL2411P. The laptop only has a hdmi output , USB-C port .

Thanks for any help you can offer .

[LTT_fanboy]

yes ofc you can run a different monitor from ur laptop , u will just need some adapters or something

 

[Lord ruben]

but does the hdmi output can support a 144hz ?

[Noah0302]

5 minutes ago, Lord ruben said:

but does the hdmi output can support a 144hz ?

My old 27" BenQ cant, actually. DVI-Dual Link and DP works.

Thats why I have to use an HDMI to DP adapter.

 

Youll have to look the the specs if your monitor does support it or not, but Im pretty sure it will be the same as my Monitor

[progamer21]

6 minutes ago, Lord ruben said:

but does the hdmi output can support a 144hz ?

get one that can

[Lord ruben]

1 hour ago, progamer21 said:

get one that can

Im talking about the laptop hdmi port , If i plug in a 144 hmdi cable connected to my monitor , do i get the 144 on the monitor ? (sorry for my english )

[eBrocoli]

16 hours ago, Lord ruben said:

I have an MSI GF75 Thin 9RCX laptop with 1050 TI , and I was wondering if It was possible to run my 144Hz BENQ XL2411P. The laptop only has a hdmi output , USB-C port .

Thanks for any help you can offer .

so you can possibly do it if your HDMI port is supporting 144Hz

[Lord ruben]

55 minutes ago, eBrocoli said:

so you can possibly do it if your HDMI port is supporting 144Hz

my monitor is BENQ XL2411P and i did some research the hdmi port on the monitor does not support 144hz only 60 hz , so now i am looking for an active adapter hdmi to display port  or a hdmi to display port cable / hdmi to dual link dvi and i don't know where to find them even in amazon i got confused about bunch of cables. any suggestion ?

[LogicalDrm]

-> Moved to Displays

[progamer21]

On 4/1/2021 at 9:45 AM, Lord ruben said:

Im talking about the laptop hdmi port , If i plug in a 144 hmdi cable connected to my monitor , do i get the 144 on the monitor ? (sorry for my english )

yeah I did this with my mac with my 170 hz monitor when i was playing minecraft

[Lord ruben]

3 hours ago, progamer21 said:

yeah I did this with my mac with my 170 hz monitor when i was playing minecraft

but the  BENQ XL2411P monitor does not support  >60 hz over HDMI so , i need to use hdmi to diplay port cable , but i can't find it anywhere

[eBrocoli]

On 4/2/2021 at 3:58 PM, Lord ruben said:

my monitor is BENQ XL2411P and i did some research the hdmi port on the monitor does not support 144hz only 60 hz , so now i am looking for an active adapter hdmi to display port  or a hdmi to display port cable / hdmi to dual link dvi and i don't know where to find them even in amazon i got confused about bunch of cables. any suggestion ?

there is no such refresh rate adapter, the only adapter that are exist out there is the following : HDMI to DP, DP to HDMI, HDMI to VGA (active), DVI-I/DVI-D to VGA and so on

[Lord ruben]

29 minutes ago, eBrocoli said:

there is no such refresh rate adapter, the only adapter that are exist out there is the following : HDMI to DP, DP to HDMI, HDMI to VGA (active), DVI-I/DVI-D to VGA and so on

so if i get a HDMI TO DP will I get the 144hz on my monitor ? IF yes , where can I find that adapter ? and what about the USB C i heard it can display , but i am not sure mine does .

[Glenwing]

2 hours ago, Lord ruben said:

so if i get a HDMI TO DP will I get the 144hz on my monitor ? IF yes , where can I find that adapter ? and what about the USB C i heard it can display , but i am not sure mine does .

Use the pinned thread: https://linustechtips.com/topic/729232-guide-to-display-cables-adapters-v2/

[Lord ruben]

21 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

Use the pinned thread: https://linustechtips.com/topic/729232-guide-to-display-cables-adapters-v2/

thank you so much that's really helpful  , i still got one problem does my USB C support display output ? I have  MSI GF75 Thin 9RCX 

[eBrocoli]

20 hours ago, Lord ruben said:

so if i get a HDMI TO DP will I get the 144hz on my monitor ? IF yes , where can I find that adapter ? and what about the USB C i heard it can display , but i am not sure mine does .

it is impossible, the only thing those adapters do is converting PHYSICAL connector and not converting signal, so it will not get to 144Hz

[Glenwing]

On 4/4/2021 at 1:25 AM, eBrocoli said:

it is impossible, the only thing those adapters do is converting PHYSICAL connector and not converting signal, so it will not get to 144Hz

There are adapters that convert the signal from HDMI to DP.

[-rascal-]

On 4/3/2021 at 7:19 AM, Lord ruben said:

thank you so much that's really helpful  , i still got one problem does my USB C support display output ? I have  MSI GF75 Thin 9RCX 

 

The spec says the HDMI port (on the laptop) supports 4K @ 30Hz, so I'm assuming it is a HDMI 1.4a.

So yes, it should have enough bandwidth to support 1080p @ 144 Hz.

HDMI 1.4a has a max bandwidth of ~8.2 Gbps.

4K @ 30Hz require ~6.2 Gbps, while 1080p @ 144Hz requires ~8.0 Gbps.

 

Now, you got to look at the spec of the monitor, because SOME only support the advertised resolution + refresh rate using SPECIFIC ports.

(i.e. like my friend's Samsung monitor, he MUST use HDMI2 for 144Hz .... HDMI1 only does 60Hz)

 

Annnnnd.... you CANNOT use the HDMI port (on the monitor) to get 144Hz.

You NEED to use either the DVI port, or DisplayPort -- it says in the monitor documentation.

 

So either a HDMI-to-DP, or USB-C to DP

(Laptop) -to- (Monitor)

 

Would recommend recommend USB-C to DP just to play it safe.

Something like this would be fine.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-DisplayPort-USB-C-Supporting/dp/B01J6DT070

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081VKXFSC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

 

https://benqesupport.blob.core.windows.net/esupport/LCD Monitor/UserManual/XL2411/RF_EN.pdf

[eBrocoli]

On 4/6/2021 at 12:33 AM, -rascal- said:

 

The spec says the HDMI port (on the laptop) supports 4K @ 30Hz, so I'm assuming it is a HDMI 1.4a.

So yes, it should have enough bandwidth to support 1080p @ 144 Hz.

HDMI 1.4a has a max bandwidth of ~8.2 Gbps.

4K @ 30Hz require ~6.2 Gbps, while 1080p @ 144Hz requires ~8.0 Gbps.

 

Now, you got to look at the spec of the monitor, because SOME only support the advertised resolution + refresh rate using SPECIFIC ports.

(i.e. like my friend's Samsung monitor, he MUST use HDMI2 for 144Hz .... HDMI1 only does 60Hz)

 

Annnnnd.... you CANNOT use the HDMI port (on the monitor) to get 144Hz.

You NEED to use either the DVI port, or DisplayPort -- it says in the monitor documentation.

 

So either a HDMI-to-DP, or USB-C to DP

(Laptop) -to- (Monitor)

 

Would recommend recommend USB-C to DP just to play it safe.

Something like this would be fine.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-DisplayPort-USB-C-Supporting/dp/B01J6DT070

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081VKXFSC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

 

https://benqesupport.blob.core.windows.net/esupport/LCD Monitor/UserManual/XL2411/RF_EN.pdf

that's good news, well the USB C protocol is a bit confusing after all, but congrats my friend

[frommyexperience]

On 4/7/2021 at 5:19 AM, eBrocoli said:

that's good news, well the USB C protocol is a bit confusing after all, but congrats my friend

So I don't know if this contributes very well to this topic, I have been using a 144hz monitor on my laptop which has a 60hz screen. The specs are there and can run games extremely smoothly, plugging the monitor into the laptop by itself wont run higher than 60hz. I came across a way to combat this by disabling the laptops screen it wont detect a limit to HZ like a computer would, this was the only real way i could run games at 144hz on a 60hz laptop screen.