New 144 Hz Monitor but no 144 Hz option only 60 Hz

[InnR.G]

Hey guys i'm in a dilema...i've been playing on 60 hz for all my life since i first starting playing CS, and i've been doing a lot of reading and they say 144 Hz makes a big difference so for black friday i bought a Acer GN246HL 144 Hz and I installed it correctly with a DVI-Dual Link Cable and I'm still not getting a 60 Hz refresh rate option in windows. I even went to my AMD settings and make a custom resolution and when i type 144 hz and hit apply it says "the custom resolution settings are not compatible with this display. Reconfigure your settings and try again."

I don't know what's wrong, i've tried googling the problem and no dice, i'm stumped
If anybody can point my in the right direction i'd really appreciate it.

Win 7
AMD Radeon R7 250 Series

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Here look:
http://pcpartpicker.com/search/?cc=us&q=gtx+1050+ti+4gb

[Arya]

How cute! a little Asus Strix GTX1050. It's like a Mini-Me for my GTX1080 :D

[InnR.G]

Opprinnelig skrevet av 狼 Wolfey:

I would buy a new one from Amazon rather than any of them on Ebay. Otherwise you might get scammed - you could easily dress up a GTX1050 as a 1050Ti. There's a big price gap between the two models.

It's a decent card, good for the momey and powerful when running older games. But it's not going to handle modern AAA stuff very well, or high settings.

When you say modern AAA stuff you mean games like BF1 on very high settings? Because if so then thats not a problem for me. All the games i have i can run on high with the r7 right now, but i don't have any "new graphic heavy" games so that might be a good choice.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

No, really you can't with an R7-250
You can't even see all the available Game options in many games when using such a GPU; cause it simply wouldn't support some features. The fact that it is single-link DVI is enough to say "Not worth using for gaming"

[InnR.G]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bad-Motha:

No, really you can't with an R7-250
You can't even see all the available Game options in many games when using such a GPU; cause it simply wouldn't support some features.

well i have older games, like skyrim, mass effect, batman, CS, etc. and they all play fine on my rig on high.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

On those, sure. You're talking about games from 5-6 years ago.

[Arya]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rєc:

When you say modern AAA stuff you mean games like BF1 on very high settings? Because if so then thats not a problem for me. All the games i have i can run on high with the r7 right now, but i don't have any "new graphic heavy" games so that might be a good choice.

The problem is, to take advantange of your monitor you need an exceptionally powerful card. Most cards can run a game at 60 FPS, but to get any benefit from your 120Hz monitor you'll need at least 80 FPS. I'm not totally sure a 1050Ti can deliver that.

I bought a 165Hz monitor for myself, and paired it with a GTX1080. Anything below wouldn't have been able to push games along at the resolution and framerate the monitor is capable of. And I would've been better with a generic WQHD worth half as much.

What I'm trying to say is, you've bought into an expensive tech here.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes, games aside, it's pointless to even have a Display that pushes above 60-85 Hz with such a GPU, so basically you're gonna need an upgrade for GPU anyways.

In the future, when considering such a purchase, might have been good to ask first if you're not sure.

[InnR.G]

I see what you guys are saying...I need a really good GPU. But to be honest, i bought the 144 hz monitor for mainly counter strike since i'm playing it most of the time and play competively. I found the monitor for cheap on black friday so i took advantage, it seems like my CPU is good enough to handle it but now i just need a better graphics card. I'm getting 120-180 FPS on CSGO so that's why i got the monitor as well because i'm pushing enough FPS in game. I just want to see what's its like to get more than 60 hz because i've never tried anything else.

I'll probably just save a little extra and get good graphics card since i will be playing future AAA titles.

[Arya]

Fair enough. A 1050Ti is the bare minimum, but it should work alright for older games. Just don't be surprised if you need to turn things way down in some titles.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea for the time being just try the HDMI and you should be fine for games like CSGO.

[InnR.G]

Thanks for all the input guys. i tried the HDMI for now and the best refresh rate i got is 75 hz so its better than 60 hz.

[oldwrld]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rєc:

Thanks for all the input guys. i tried the HDMI for now and the best refresh rate i got is 75 hz so its better than 60 hz.

OP........ for 144hz you need a DVI-D cable and nothing else...... as HDMI is not capable of 144hz and display-port last i checked is limited to 90hz (correct me if im wrong on that one)

Also make sure it is a DVI-D cable, they arent all the same visually.

[InnR.G]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Rєc:

Thanks for all the input guys. i tried the HDMI for now and the best refresh rate i got is 75 hz so its better than 60 hz.

OP........ for 144hz you need a DVI-D cable and nothing else...... as HDMI is not capable of 144hz and display-port last i checked is limited to 90hz (correct me if im wrong on that one)

Also make sure it is a DVI-D cable, they arent all the same visually.

Yes, i mentioned that in my original post. We already found out that my GPU is a single link and does not support a dual link cable.

[Ryanzealot]

Guys! Just to make more clear the issue because all the forums what I have read, they always asked to try hdmi dvi-d etc. So I have the same issue. Lenovo legion y720 with nvidia 1060 6 gb. I have the acer gn246hl external monitor. I have never get more refresh rate than 60 hz. I have tried with minidisplay port with very high speed hdmi I have tried with blocked intel g630 intergrated card with duplicated monitor with extended monitor with only 2nd monitor, with nvidia settings etc. Never get solution for the problem that is need to understand. Not a cable replacing issues. I get the screen on the monitor but lagging. I spent many times and read many forums still no solution yet. I have tried with a 4k tv, and immediately appear the 4 k option in the nvidia center. So the issue is more serious jut to try with cables.