Monitor wont work with 144hz on Windows 10

GSquadron · Jul 26, 2019

Hi guys.
I bought a new monitor, the Omen 25 and it works perfectly with games.
The weird thing is that the 144hz wont work on windows, but in all games I have tested, it holds 144hz perfectly.
I dont know if I am missing something or an issue with Windows 10.
Can anyone help?

I think it is not a problem of my GPU, neither a problem of the monitor, since it can work 144hz in games.

FreedomEclipse · Jul 26, 2019

I think its something to do with your graphics card being 7 years old and maybe not supporting higher refresh rates. I think high refresh rates also need a HDMI v1.3-2.0 or DisplayPort Connection

In any case. your machine is too much of a potato to run 144hz smoothly even at 1080p. Its not worth wasting the time, effort and money if you need to buy cables to get it working. your setup wont be able to push 144hz.

TheMadDutchDude · Jul 26, 2019

Have you manually set it to 144Hz in the control panel? What is your current GPU...?

FreedomEclipse said:
I think its something to do with your graphics card being 7 years old and maybe not supporting higher refresh rates. I think high refresh rates also need a HDMI v1.3-2.0 or DisplayPort Connection

In any case. your machine is too much of a potato to run 144hz smoothly even at 1080p. Its not worth wasting the time, effort and money if you need to buy cables to get it working. your setup wont be able to push 144hz.

Let’s not assume his profile is updated without asking first...

FreedomEclipse · Jul 26, 2019

TheMadDutchDude said:
Let’s not assume his profile is updated without asking first...

Id was considering debating this with you but its not worth my time.

In any case, Im going by what information is available to me. Im sorry that you dont find my response to your satisfaction given the situation. Report my post as you see fit.

TheMadDutchDude · Jul 27, 2019

Sheesh... someone’s defensive!

Assumption is the mother of all F ups. Always ask if unsure, though I get your justification.

I may be pleasantly surprised and find that his specs are updated. Who knows...? Let’s see what the OP says.

jaggerwild · Jul 27, 2019

A Phenom II x4 B50 and 6GB of ram, yeah/NO!

FreedomEclipse said:
your machine is too much of a potato to run 144hz smoothly

Honestly............
:laugh:

I'm putting that in my quotes!

Regeneration · Jul 27, 2019

You'll need a special cable to use 144Hz with your outdated hardware. DVI dual link to DP, or active DVI dual link to HDMI.

GSquadron · Jul 27, 2019

TheMadDutchDude said:
Sheesh... someone’s defensive!

Assumption is the mother of all F ups. Always ask if unsure, though I get your justification.

I may be pleasantly surprised and find that his specs are updated. Who knows...? Let’s see what the OP says.

Yes I have different specs now. I am waiting for CPU mobo and ddr4 ram to come so again I will need to update.

But the GPU I currently have is a GTX 750 TI. Which will also be updated to probably Rx 580. But nothing to do with specs. The GPU runs pretty much a lot of titles above 100fps, titles that I play.

It has nothing to do with the power of the card.

When I run the game on exclusive full screen 144 Hz or when I change it on Windows and quickly run a game, it works. When I stay 10 seconds on windows with 144hz, it won't, it will just say no signal!! And sometimes it says 288hz for no reason. Maybe geforce drivers?

On windows it says no signal, on all games it works perfectly. I tested 10 games so far.

Also 120hz on windows 10 is stable.

silentbogo · Jul 27, 2019

GSquadron said:
When I run the game on exclusive full screen 144 Hz or when I change it on Windows and quickly run a game, it works. When I stay 10 seconds on windows with 144hz, it won't, it will just say no signal!! And sometimes it says 288hz for no reason. Maybe geforce drivers?

You may want to check your HDMI | DP cable. Had similar issues on my main 4K monitor with a wonky displayport connection. Occasionally it would lose signal for no reason(until I re-plug the cable).
Another thing could be the monitor itself(scaler issues, cheap design, misrepresented specs). Try running it at 120Hz for some time, see if it helps. Some 144Hz monitors only work over DP, while HDMI is limited to 120Hz (without mentioning it in specs or locking this mode on HDMI).

trog100 · Jul 27, 2019

if it dosnt like 144 run it at 120 you wont see any difference..

trog

GSquadron · Jul 27, 2019

trog100 said:
if it dosnt like 144 run it at 120 you wont see any difference..

trog

I notice the difference to tell the truth.

eidairaman1 · Jul 27, 2019

Placebo...

advanced3 · Jul 27, 2019

Get a display port cable. You're probably not even getting above 60hz in game. Game settings are probably doing 1920x1080 @60hz, that's why its working. Enable Vsync in game @ low settings and see where it caps you, I bet its 60 fps.

GSquadron · Jul 27, 2019

advanced3 said:
Get a display port cable. You're probably not even getting above 60hz in game. Game settings are probably doing 1920x1080 @60hz, that's why its working. Enable Vsync in game @ low settings and see where it caps you, I bet its 60 fps.

Some games cap 60 some go beyond 144 on low settings.

The game I notice the difference the most are 2D games like dead cells.

advanced3 · Jul 27, 2019

If you right click on your desktop and go into Nvidia Control Panel under "change resolution" what is your refresh rate set to? Without a display port you may need a Dual Link DVI cable. I would wait until you grabbed the RX580 and use the display port cable that came with the monitor.

GSquadron · Jul 27, 2019

advanced3 said:
If you right click on your desktop and go into Nvidia Control Panel under "change resolution" what is your refresh rate set to? Without a display port you may need a Dual Link DVI cable. I would wait until you grabbed the RX580 and use the display port cable that came with the monitor.

Vayra86 · Jul 27, 2019

GSquadron said:
Some games cap 60 some go beyond 144 on low settings.

The game I notice the difference the most are 2D games like dead cells.

The thing you most likely notice, is that your monitor refresh rate is not native when you run 120hz ingame, or just that the way it is calibrated is not optimal (many monitors use an overdrive of some sort that varies in quality). If the monitor has a 120hz native setting, use that to get around that problem. Because thén, there is no way you can possibly notice the difference between 120 and 144.

You can check this website to see if your monitor's adjusted refresh rate is 'true' and not having dropped frames or inconsistency:
There are a few others that can provide info on that, there as well. A native refresh rate gets extremely close to the actual number, like 119.98 hz for a 120hz monitor.

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You can set your refresh rate in NVCP to make it a global setting, but I reckon you know.

Regeneration · Jul 27, 2019

You're using HDMI on non-HDMI 2.0 hardware. If you don't have DP output on the graphics card, you'll need to use DVI dual link to DP cable to get 144Hz.

cucker tarlson · Jul 27, 2019

noticeable - yes,absolutely.
meaningful-not at all.

GSquadron · Jul 28, 2019

Vayra86 said:
The thing you most likely notice, is that your monitor refresh rate is not native when you run 120hz ingame, or just that the way it is calibrated is not optimal (many monitors use an overdrive of some sort that varies in quality). If the monitor has a 120hz native setting, use that to get around that problem. Because thén, there is no way you can possibly notice the difference between 120 and 144.

You can check this website to see if your monitor's adjusted refresh rate is 'true' and not having dropped frames or inconsistency:
There are a few others that can provide info on that, there as well. A native refresh rate gets extremely close to the actual number, like 119.98 hz for a 120hz monitor.

Blur Busters TestUFO Motion Tests

Blur Busters UFO Motion Tests with ghosting test, 30fps vs 60fps, 120hz vs 144hz vs 240hz, PWM test, motion blur test, judder test, benchmarks, and more.

www.testufo.com

You can set your refresh rate in NVCP to make it a global setting, but I reckon you know.

I get 119,982 hz when in 120hz.

Regeneration said:
You're using HDMI on non-HDMI 2.0 hardware. If you don't have DP output on the graphics card, you'll need to use DVI dual link to DP cable to get 144Hz.

I think this has to do but it is really strange that only on windows the 144hz doesnt work.
All games run smoothly at 144hz.

This is the card I have:

ASUS GTX 750 Ti Formula OC Specs

NVIDIA GM107, 1150 MHz, 640 Cores, 40 TMUs, 16 ROPs, 2048 MB GDDR5, 1350 MHz, 128 bit

www.techpowerup.com

I dont know if the card supports HDMI 2.0.

silentbogo · Jul 28, 2019

GSquadron said:
I dont know if the card supports HDMI 2.0.

HDMI 1.4a is supported. GTX750Ti was one of the first if not the first Maxwell-based card. That's why I'm saying - try 120Hz. Formally the interface caps out at 144Hz FHD, but 120Hz seems to be the safe max.
Plus, I've looked up your monitor and some users had similar reports of HP Omen 25 blacking out only in certain games/applications/situations when running 144Hz over HDMI.

Regeneration · Jul 28, 2019

GSquadron said:
I dont know if the card supports HDMI 2.0.

It doesn't. 120Hz is the maximum you can get. You'll need something like this to get 144Hz. You better off buying a used card with DP.

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