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hi ive recently been having a problem running 3 monitors on my pc, they are all 27' 1440p but one runs at 144hz and the other 2 run at 60hz which is causing my pc to crash when i go into fullscreen games, i have a gtx 970 lying around and was wondering if i could hook up the 2 monitors onto that gpu and have my 1080 just running the 144hz monitor?

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It sounds like you need to reinstall windows or at least your GPU drivers.

A PC should not be crashing even if monitors run at different refresh rates.

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1 minute ago, Enderman said:

It sounds like you need to reinstall windows or at least your GPU drivers.

A PC should not be crashing even if monitors run at different refresh rates.

Try this. I have a 1440p 60Hz monitor and a 1080p 144Hz monitor and have no issues playing anything full screen.

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Just now, Enderman said:

It sounds like you need to reinstall windows or at least your GPU drivers.

A PC should not be crashing even if monitors run at different refresh rates.

i have tried that i also called up the company where it was built and they seem to think that might be the problem, i also reset my BIOS and restored my OC with no success

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Just now, Tiwaz said:

1080 should be able to handle that setup, uninstall your gpu drivers, restart, then let DisplayDriverUninstaller (DDU) wipe all nvidia files, restart pc, then install the latest drivers for that gpu and see if it works

i will give this ta try and let you know how it goes

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I have a 1440p 144Hz G-sync monitor paired with a 2560x1080p 60hz monitor that both run without issue. Seems like your problem is probably software (driver) based.

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