144HZ monitor problem :/

[alihazzi7]

i bought a iiyama prolite gb2773hs 144hz monitor from ebay, its 144hz i did not come with a dvi-d cable, i order a dvi-d cable, it came today, pluged it in change the rate to 144hz, screen flickers on and off, i wont reset back to 60  keeps flickering on and off, so i pluged in the hdmi cable, installed all the divers for the screen, then tryed again, still not going to 144hz ??? is the panel faulty ? should i return it ?

[wraptor]

4 minutes ago, alihazzi7 said:

i bought a iiyama prolite gb2773hs 144hz monitor from ebay, its 144hz i did not come with a dvi-d cable, i order a dvi-d cable, it came today, pluged it in change the rate to 144hz, screen flickers on and off, i wont reset back to 60  keeps flickering on and off, so i pluged in the hdmi cable, installed all the divers for the screen, then tryed again, still not going to 144hz ??? is the panel faulty ? should i return it ?

This is sufficient for 1080p at 60Hz.
To output 1080p at 120Hz or 144Hz, you need a dual link DVI-D or DisplayPort cable and connect those to your monitor and computer. These standards include support for higher resolutions and refresh rates. HDMI 1.3 or higher can also be used to output 1080p content at144Hz

(Google info)

 

This means that ether you do not have DVI-D dual link so that caps you to 60 fps and the hdmi is 1.2 which does also limit to 60Hz

[alihazzi7]

1 minute ago, tv15dsi said:

This is sufficient for 1080p at 60Hz.
To output 1080p at 120Hz or 144Hz, you need a dual link DVI-D or DisplayPort cable and connect those to your monitor and computer. These standards include support for higher resolutions and refresh rates. HDMI 1.3 or higher can also be used to output 1080p content at144Hz

(Google info)

 

This means that ether you do not have DVI-D dual link so that caps you to 60 fps and the hdmi is 1.2 which does also limit to 60Hz

i just went to maplins to buy a 50 pound dvi-d cable  <--- do i have to spend another 30 now to get hdmi 1.3 ? wow, the monitor does not have a DP port,

[JPotze]

50 (english) pounds for a dvi-d cable? mine was 4 euro's for 1.5 meter and working fine for 144hz. are you sure you did plug in in the dvi-d output of your graphics card? or did you plug it in maybe on the dvi-i port?

[alihazzi7]

Just now, JPotze said:

50 (english) pounds for a dvi-d cable? mine was 4 euro's for 1.5 meter and working fine for 144hz. are you sure you did plug in in the dvi-d output of your graphics card? or did you plug it in maybe on the dvi-i port?

r9 290 only has dvi-d 

[wraptor]

2 minutes ago, alihazzi7 said:

r9 290 only has dvi-d 

The cable is fine, its the GPU, your GPU's port does not have Dual link, try the other dvi-d port.

[alihazzi7]

12 minutes ago, tv15dsi said:

The cable is fine, its the GPU, your GPU's port does not have Dual link, try the other dvi-d port.

i have tryed both of them 

[wraptor]

16 minutes ago, alihazzi7 said:

i have tryed both of them 

That means you don't have dual link which means you're limited to 60 Hz

[alihazzi7]

2 minutes ago, tv15dsi said:

That means you don't have dual link which means you're limited to 60 Hz

im not new to computers, i know what im talking about when i say i have a dvi-d cable. 

 

 

[alihazzi7]

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[Mr.Meerkat]

1 hour ago, alihazzi7 said:

im not new to computers, i know what im talking about when i say i have a dvi-d cable. 

You sure? If you bought the DVI-D dual link cable off ebay then I'm sorry to say, go buy another cable that's not off ebay...I've gotten 4 dual link cables off ebay when I lost my original cable for my 120hz monitor...they all had the pins making us think it's a dual link cable but the wiring inside is only connected for single link so...I bought mine off amazon, been flawless  

 

edit: nvm, just saw your post on how you spent 50 quid on a dual link cable...