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Stuck at 60hz with 144hz monitor

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February 17, 2014 7:08:11 AM

Hello there, I've read a lot of posts with this issue and none of the solutions helped me. I bought an Asus VG248QE monitor that can run at 144hz, but all I get is 60hz tops. I went to the asus webpage to check out the dirvers there, but all I see is "multiframe software" and "Nvidia 3d driver", which I wont download because i have an AMD Radeon R7 card, and anyway I dont want to use it for 3d Purposes. I just want to run my game on 144hz.

My card comes with a Dual Link DVI-D port, and I have the DVI-D Cable for it. Apart from that port, I have an HDMI Port and a VGA port. So I guess I'm connecting it correctly. I'm very frustrated, and I don't want to buy a new graphics card, but It seems I will have to do that, since It might be a compatibility problem with AMD cards, I don't know. Any suggestions? Im running windows 7 and Catalyst Control Center tells me that my monitor can run up to 75hz, which is obviously not correct, and windows tells me that I can run at 60hz. What the hell is going on?

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February 17, 2014 7:12:04 AM

Win7 > Right-click on desktop > Resolution > Advance settings > Monitor> change refresh rate..
if that doesn't show you your Hz, its either your Monitor, cable or graphics card.
Also, its quite possible that your monitor doesn't do 144Hz at your specific resolution, try lowering it and try again.
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February 17, 2014 7:13:51 AM

I can't really tell what options your control panel contains as I'm a nvidia user, but try the AMD control panel settings, the refresh rate may have set to 60Hz, you have to change to 144Hz.
If you're running 2560x1440, I think DVI has a limit of 60Hz. You'll have to use displayport for 144Hz.
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February 17, 2014 7:25:04 AM

battler624 said:
Win7 > Right-click on desktop > Resolution > Advance settings > Monitor> change refresh rate..
if that doesn't show you your Hz, its either your Monitor, cable or graphics card.
Also, its quite possible that your monitor doesn't do 144Hz at your specific resolution, try lowering it and try again.


Thanks for the answer battler, but I already tried that, and windows shows me 60hz max. And thats all. My monitor supports 144hz at 1920x1080 and I'm using that resolution.
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February 17, 2014 7:26:28 AM

cst1992 said:
I can't really tell what options your control panel contains as I'm a nvidia user, but try the AMD control panel settings, the refresh rate may have set to 60Hz, you have to change to 144Hz.
If you're running 2560x1440, I think DVI has a limit of 60Hz. You'll have to use displayport for 144Hz.


I also tried that, and It gives me max 75hz at 1024x768, which is a crappy resolution that I will not use for the money I spent on this monitor. I'm using the DVI-D cable that came with the monitor, so I guess it should work?
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February 17, 2014 7:27:53 AM

chris987 said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... as seen in newegg i cant make out any dvi-d dual link. just a vga cable.maybe optional. do you have one? regular dvi-d cables doesnt support 120-144hz.


chris, I'm using the Dual Link DVI-D cable that came with the monitor. Which are the non regular DVI-D cables then?

I'm starting to think that this monitor works only with Nvidia Cards that support this amount of hz.
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February 17, 2014 7:39:55 AM

there is always the chance of a faulty cable.try another dvid dual link or an hdmi 1.4(a) version or above
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February 18, 2014 2:42:22 AM

A 144Hz monitor doesn't mean you'll get 144Hz with any cable.
You need a displayport cable for 144Hz.
If you have a R7 250 card, then you don't have any option.
But if you have a 260/x card, then connect to the displayport port.

You should have checked this before buying, if you have a R7 250.
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February 18, 2014 2:44:35 AM

However, it's highly unlikely that the r7 250 will achieve 144Hz in any recent games anyway; it's comparable to the GTX650 and GTX460; and they're not very strong cards.
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February 18, 2014 4:18:32 AM

cst1992 said:
A 144Hz monitor doesn't mean you'll get 144Hz with any cable.
You need a displayport cable for 144Hz.
If you have a R7 250 card, then you don't have any option.
But if you have a 260/x card, then connect to the displayport port.

You should have checked this before buying, if you have a R7 250.


There is always an option. That's my way of thinking and everything is hackable, and I was right. I downloaded this software: software that gives me the option to force the refresh rate of my monitor. Now I'm getting 144hz instead of 60hz. Thanks to all for your help, but I already fixed it.

:bounce: 
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February 18, 2014 4:23:00 AM

cst1992 said:
A 144Hz monitor doesn't mean you'll get 144Hz with any cable.
You need a displayport cable for 144Hz.
If you have a R7 250 card, then you don't have any option.
But if you have a 260/x card, then connect to the displayport port.

You should have checked this before buying, if you have a R7 250.

that's bs, I'm running the same monitor with dual link dvi on an ancient 5770 (temporarily :D ) and can set it to 144Hz just fine.

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February 18, 2014 4:25:42 AM

d4sh said:
cst1992 said:
A 144Hz monitor doesn't mean you'll get 144Hz with any cable.
You need a displayport cable for 144Hz.
If you have a R7 250 card, then you don't have any option.
But if you have a 260/x card, then connect to the displayport port.

You should have checked this before buying, if you have a R7 250.


There is always an option. That's my way of thinking and everything is hackable, and I was right. I downloaded this software: software that gives me the option to force the refresh rate of my monitor. Now I'm getting 144hz instead of 60hz. Thanks to all for your help, but I already fixed it.

:bounce: 


But what is the point? Can you run anything at 144fps?
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February 18, 2014 4:26:43 AM

d4sh said:

There is always an option. That's my way of thinking and everything is hackable, and I was right. I downloaded this software: software that gives me the option to force the refresh rate of my monitor. Now I'm getting 144hz instead of 60hz. Thanks to all for your help, but I already fixed it.

:bounce: 

btw did you ever install the drivers for the monitor? Sounds like you didn't and windows didn't realize on its own all the refresh rates available...
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February 18, 2014 4:28:11 AM

RobCrezz said:

But what is the point? Can you run anything at 144fps?

at least the windows desktop'll be super smooth :D 
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February 18, 2014 4:59:25 AM

Kari said:
RobCrezz said:

But what is the point? Can you run anything at 144fps?

at least the windows desktop'll be super smooth :D 


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February 18, 2014 5:41:44 AM

:D 
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