my 144 hz monitor is capped at 60 hz for some reason

[milflover69]

hi everyone!

so, I bought a used monitor from a friend. went over to his place and he showed me that on his PC it went up to 144 hz. i paid him, brought it home, plugged it in, booted my PC and for some reason it won't allow me to go higher than 60 hz. what should i do?

[Glenwing]

Which monitor is it, and how is it connected?

[ItsDestini]

Did you set the display settings to 144hz?Also try using nvidia control panel and setting the desired refresh rate there. Additionally maybe by physically pressing the menu buttons on the monitor you could try and find the 144hz option and enabling it that way. Hope this helps   

[milflover69]

10 hours ago, Glenwing said:

Which monitor is it, and how is it connected?

it's called ZOWIE XL LCD in the settings and it's connected through an HDMI cable

[milflover69]

10 hours ago, ItsDestini said:

Did you set the display settings to 144hz?Also try using nvidia control panel and setting the desired refresh rate there. Additionally maybe by physically pressing the menu buttons on the monitor you could try and find the 144hz option and enabling it that way. Hope this helps   

where can i find the display settings? i'll check out the nvidia control panel tho, thank you!

[Tan3l6]

In Nvidia control panel:

[Glenwing]

4 hours ago, milflover69 said:

it's called ZOWIE XL LCD in the settings and it's connected through an HDMI cable

Does it have a model number on the tag? If it's an XL2411, this model is limited to 60 Hz over HDMI.