Enable MG278 144hz?

[ShadyHost]

Just got the MG278 today from Amazon and 1440p 120hz works perfectly out of the box. I'm trying to enable 144hz and there's no option in the nVidia control panel or the Windows settings. 

I'm using a GTX 760SC with the supplied Display Port cable. I also tried the Dual Link DVI and it's locked to a lower 60hz at 1440p. 

 

Kinda stumped. I'm gonna play around with the monitor settings in the OSD and see if I can enable it somehow. 

 

Anyone know how to get 144hz to show up as an option?

[Hunched]

You can create custom resolutions in Nvidia Control Panel or force them with Custom Resolution Utility.

[ShadyHost]

3 minutes ago, Hunched said:

You can create custom resolutions in Nvidia Control Panel or force them with Custom Resolution Utility.

Also tried that. It says "Applied 2560x1440 @ 144hz successfully" but still shows 120hz. Vsync in Counter Strike still locks at 120 as well. 

[Hunched]

This might help or give you your answer

http://forums.evga.com/GTX-760-2GB-support-2560x1440144hz-m2427770.aspx

Looks like the GPU might not be capable idk

 

What you've done in NVCP should have worked if everything else supports it.

[ivan134]

You need display port for 1440 144Hz.

[ShadyHost]

2 minutes ago, Hunched said:

This might help or give you your answer

http://forums.evga.com/GTX-760-2GB-support-2560x1440144hz-m2427770.aspx

Looks like the GPU might not be capable idk

 

What you've done in NVCP should have worked if everything else supports it.

I plan on getting the 1080 as close to launch as I can find one. I'm fine with 120hz for a week or two so it's fine. Thanks for the link.

[Hunched]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

You need display port for 1440 144Hz.

They say they're using the supplied one

[Hunched]

1 minute ago, ShadyHost said:

I plan on getting the 1080 as close to launch as I can find one. I'm fine with 120hz for a week or two so it's fine. Thanks for the link.

Yea idk how accurate it is.

Just did a quick google search lol

[ivan134]

1 minute ago, Hunched said:

They say they're using the supplied one

Oh, didn't notice that. 

[ShadyHost]

1 minute ago, Hunched said:

Yea idk how accurate it is.

Just did a quick google search lol

That sounds like a solid answer to me. I had a GTX 780 and a VG248QE a while back and that was 1080p at 144hz. Makes total sense that a card that is essentially a 670 rebrand might not support 1440p 144hz. I'll pick up the GTX 1080 and then be concerned if it still doesn't show up. 

[Glenwing]

I doubt it's a limitation of the 760. If it supports DisplayPort 1.2 (which it does) then it should be capable of 1440p 144 Hz. This isn't the first time I've heard of NVIDIA cards being limited to 120 Hz on 1440p 144 Hz FreeSync monitors, it was a common story when the MG279Q was released as well.

 

You said you tried setting custom resolutions with the NVIDIA control panel/CRU; did you try both of them or just one?

[ShadyHost]

9 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

I doubt it's a limitation of the 760. If it supports DisplayPort 1.2 (which it does) then it should be capable of 1440p 144 Hz. This isn't the first time I've heard of NVIDIA cards being limited to 120 Hz on 1440p 144 Hz FreeSync monitors, it was a common story when the MG279Q was released as well.

 

You said you tried setting custom resolutions with the NVIDIA control panel/CRU; did you try both of them or just one?

CRU? I tried the custom resolution button at the bottom and changed 120 to 144. I clicked OK and the screen went black as usual. It claimed that 144hz was applied successfully but everything appeared to still be 120hz. 

[Hunched]

If you created a custom resolution, it should be under custom resolutions not the PC section or any other.

 

CRU is the Custum Resolution Utility I mentioned earlier

[ShadyHost]

8 minutes ago, Hunched said:

If you created a custom resolution, it should be under custom resolutions not the PC section or any other.

 

CRU is the Custum Resolution Utility I mentioned earlier

I set a custom resolution after clicking Yes on this popup. Then the only sections are the standard HD ones and another section called "PC"

 

 

I should also note that this monitor shows up only as "Ancor Communications" rather than "Asus MG278Q"

 

My previous BenQ monitor had its name displayed. 

[Hunched]

Yea that's strange. The way to overclock monitor's with Nvidia GPU's is to create a custom resolution in NVCP and then it will appear under a custom resolutions section there, above every other section. Which should happen for you.

 

I have a 60hz monitor that reaches 73hz before giving an out of range signal, this is the resolution I must select to make it 73hz.

Your drivers are up to date?

[Hunched]

Here's the link to CRU which allows you to force any custom resolution if NVCP doesn't want to cooperate.

There's some guides out there that you can find which can help set it up, it's not too complicated.

 

http://www.monitortests.com/forum/thread-custom-resolution-utility-cru

If it's a software issue, CRU can fix it.

[ShadyHost]

4 minutes ago, Hunched said:

Here's the link to CRU which allows you to force any custom resolution if NVCP doesn't want to cooperate.

There's some guides out there that you can find which can help set it up, it's not too complicated.

 

http://www.monitortests.com/forum/thread-custom-resolution-utility-cru

If it's a software issue, CRU can fix it.

this is what I'm seeing. If I'm reading correctly my PC knows this monitor does 144hz but won't allow it to run that high. I think it has something to do with the pixel clock limit in that link someone posted earlier. It's a limitation of the GTX 760. 

 

The 1080 will be out soon I can live with 120hz for now. 

[Glenwing]

Most ASUS monitors show up as Ancor Communications. Every monitor stores information about itself, including the name of the manufacturer and name of the model. The NVIDIA control panel reads this information, and displays the name of the monitor as "manufacturer name" + "model number", so things will show up for example like "Dell U2414H".

 

However, in most ASUS monitors, the "manufacturer" line is filled in with the name of a company involved in the manufacturing (I'm assuming they provide the display controller or something related, but I'm not sure) rather than the name of ASUS itself, so in the NVIDIA control panel it would show up as "Ancor Communications, Inc. [display model number]". Since that's really long, it's truncated to "Ancor Communic..." in most places in the NVCP.

 

For example, this is what my configuration looks like at the moment, with an ASUS PA248Q on the far right:

 

But, if I look in the "Set up multiple displays" section, the full name is displayed there, and you can see the display model number with nothing amiss.

[Hunched]

Possibly ShadyHost.

But still, if you create custom resolutions they should be showing up. That's what makes me uncertain.

 

[Glenwing]

7 minutes ago, ShadyHost said:

this is what I'm seeing. If I'm reading correctly my PC knows this monitor does 144hz but won't allow it to run that high. I think it has something to do with the pixel clock limit in that link someone posted earlier. It's a limitation of the GTX 760. 

 

The 1080 will be out soon I can live with 120hz for now. 

If you just set up 144 Hz as a custom resolution now, it won't appear as an option until you've restarted the system, if you haven't yet. It still says restart required at the top, so thought I'd throw that in.

[Hunched]

2 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

If you just set up 144 Hz as a custom resolution now, it won't appear as an option until you've restarted the system, if you haven't yet. It still says restart required at the top, so thought I'd throw that in.

They will also need to change the extension block.

Most if not all the info on how to get it working is in the post containing the download.

[ShadyHost]

2 hours ago, Glenwing said:

If you just set up 144 Hz as a custom resolution now, it won't appear as an option until you've restarted the system, if you haven't yet. It still says restart required at the top, so thought I'd throw that in.

still a negative even after the restart. 

[pix-]

I don't think there is a problem with your video card, but maybe your DP cable is not a good quality one. This monitor comes with mini display port.

 

You can try to clean install your nvidia drivers. Or right click on desktop > display settings >display adapter properties and set 144hz from there ? 

 

There is no problem with 120hz, you dont see any difference from 120 to 144, but there is something that isn't right and you cant pay for a function that is not even available.

[ShadyHost]

6 hours ago, pix- said:

I don't think there is a problem with your video card, but maybe your DP cable is not a good quality one. This monitor comes with mini display port.

 

You can try to clean install your nvidia drivers. Or right click on desktop > display settings >display adapter properties and set 144hz from there ? 

 

There is no problem with 120hz, you dont see any difference from 120 to 144, but there is something that isn't right and you cant pay for a function that is not even available.

I think we've determined that the GTX 760 simply does not support 1440p @144hz. Yes I've fresh installed the latest driver. Yes I know how to set the resolution and refresh rate in both the control panel display properties and the Nvidia control panel. 

 

There's plenty of information on the web suggestion that the 760 just isn't up to the task.