Question about pairing a 165hz G-Sync monitor, with a 60hz non g sync monitor, in a dual monitor setup

[balzer45]

I just purchased a brand new 1440p, 165hz monitor and I'm wondering if I can setup my current 1080p, 60hz monitor to use as a second monitor. I'm also wondering if it will make my 1440p G-sync monitor cap it's refresh rate (and fps) in games to 60hz when I have media running on the 60hz monitior alongside the game that's running on the 165hz monitor. I've read and been told that this is an issue with doing this setup and I would like some clarification as to weather or not there is a fix for it! Thanks!

 

I've attached a very poorly drawn drawing of my question onto this post if I wasn't clear enough

My pc specs are as follows:

GTX 1080 GPU

intel i7 6700k CPU

16GB Ram

2TB HDD

500G SSD

Gigabyte Gaming 7 Motherboard

[Cereal5]

I have a 1080p 144Hz monitor and a 1440p 60Hz monitor and they both run at their correct resolution and refresh rate (just had to set the 1080p one to 144Hz in the NVIDIA control panel when I first plugged it in)

[balzer45]

Is one a G-Sync monitor?

[2FA]

It works fine for me though a few games act a little weird with their frame caps at first but that is usually an easy fix. I don't have GSync since I have the MG279Q but I don't really see the point in it to be honest. I haven't noticed any screen tearing with this monitor.

[balzer45]

7 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

It works fine for me though a few games act a little weird with their frame caps at first but that is usually an easy fix. I don't have GSync since I have the MG279Q but I don't really see the point in it to be honest. I haven't noticed any screen tearing with this monitor.

I wanted to get the full experience with my gaming setup, I've been told G-Sync would help me get there but if all else fails I guess I could just turn off G-Sync. I'd very much prefer not to though

[2FA]

7 minutes ago, balzer45 said:

I wanted to get the full experience with my gaming setup, I've been told G-Sync would help me get there but if all else fails I guess I could just turn off G-Sync. I'd very much prefer not to though

It's not really meant for competitive FPS games if you are into those since it is meant to be used below the max refresh rate of your monitor. Once your FPS hits 165 and above unless you cap it just below 165, G-Sync will turn off and it will be ordinary VSync with its gross input lag. I would really only recommend it on slower, more story based games such as RPGs.

[balzer45]

15 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

It's not really meant for competitive FPS games if you are into those since it is meant to be used below the max refresh rate of your monitor. Once your FPS hits 165, G-Sync will turn off and it will be ordinary VSync with its gross input lag. I would really only recommend it on slower, more story based games such as RPGs.

I'm going to enable fast sync for everything above 165fps or I'll just tell my gpu to shoot for 160fps... lets be honest... no one needs more than that... ever