LG 27GL83A-B Can it actually do 1440p @144hz?

[AmishMayhem]

Hello,

 

I’m likely going to purchase a lightly used LG 27gl83a-b this evening and have seen some people saying that you cannot have 1440p and 144hz simultaneously with this monitor. Some say it’s a hdmi limitation and using display port will fix it. Others say that it could be the monitor throttling, not the ports. Would anyone be able to clarify this for me? Thanks! 

[G27Racer_188]

35 minutes ago, AmishMayhem said:

Some say it’s a hdmi limitation and using display port will fix it

This. HDMI is bandwidth limited I have bigger brother GL850 and it does 144Hz fine on displayport.

[AmishMayhem]

Got it. Thanks! 

[Glenwing]

At 1440p the 27GL83A is limited to 100 Hz over HDMI when FreeSync is enabled. It can reach 144 Hz over HDMI if FreeSync is disabled, or 144 Hz with FreeSync if DisplayPort is used.

[Middcore]

I have this monitor and I can assure you it does 144hz 1440p using DisplayPort. 

[AmishMayhem]

6 hours ago, Glenwing said:

At 1440p the 27GL83A is limited to 100 Hz over HDMI when FreeSync is enabled. It can reach 144 Hz over HDMI if FreeSync is disabled, or 144 Hz with FreeSync if DisplayPort is used.

That is extremely helpful information, thank you! 

[AmishMayhem]

4 hours ago, Middcore said:

I have this monitor and I can assure you it does 144hz 1440p using DisplayPort. 

That’s comforting, thanks the reply. I just ordered this DP 1.4 cable off of Amazon. Should do the trick! 
 

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B079736Z53/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_api_glt_i_ED66S9R7V3S884SWC4FF