dual monitor setup 144hz and 60 hz causes stuttering

[holydinges]

Hello all,

I recently purchased the asus rog swift(144Hz) and i am currently using it with my old 60hz monitor.
I imediatly noticed that as soon as i put the rog swift on 144hz the 60 hz monitor starts stuttering.
Now ive read on the forum that this is normal, however i have yet to find any hinting towards a workaround.

so here is my question:
is there a way to prevent the stuttering on the 60hz monitor when 144hz mode is enabled on the rog swift.
if there isnt a workaround will a second 144hz monitor solve the problem?

im using a single GTX 970 and only use the rog swift for gaming and the other screen for browsing/watching vids, stream etc.

thanks in advance for any help.

update: the rog swift is connected through displayport and the old monitor is connected through dvi.
i tested with gsync off and on/vsync off and on(in the nvideau management options) and none had effect on the stuttering.

/holydinges

 

[holydinges]

contacted some support centres and found the awnser.

becouse the card has to send out 144hz and 60hz refresh rates they collide and cause the stuttering.
buying a second 144hz monitor should solve the stutters.

 

[genome852]

Old thread but I wanted to chime in.

Had the exact same problem, primary monitor 144 Hz, secondary 60 Hz. Playing a youtube video in 2nd monitor would cause everything to stutter, including games. Even if a game said it was running at 144 fps, in reality it looked like 15-20 fps.

Did some googling. Solution was to turn off Windows Aero. It fixed it immediately, all stutters were gone. Dragging windows from one screen to another was also perfectly smooth.

Then, I turned on Aero again. The problem didn't reappear, strangely enough. Restarted Windows, still no problem: Aero on, no stutter on either monitor. I can play a 60 fps youtube video on 2nd monitor and play a game on 1st monitor at 144 fps and both are smooth.

So this can't be a hardware issue. I think it must be a software / drivers / OS problem related to having different refresh rate monitors. The issue was totally fixed for me just by toggling Aero off/on, so it's weird.

I'm using VG248QE (144 Hz) and Dell U2414H (60 Hz) on Asus GTX 970. Windows 7