144Hz monitor only showing 60Hz?
How to set monitor to 144Hz or how to ensure your monitor is running at 144Hz?
After reading this post fromMiniTool, you know what you should do in Windows 10/11.
Lets go to look through the following ways.
However, during the use, you find this monitor doesnt run at 144Hz as advertised.
Usually, you may run into this situation 144Hz monitor only showing 60Hz.
Why my 144Hz monitor is only showing 60Hz?
Then you may ask this question.
Well then, how to change monitor to 144Hz in Windows 10/11?
Try some ways below to fix the issue so that your monitor can work at 144Hz.
What is the refresh rate?
What is the FPS?
What are the differences between refresh rate and FPS?
All answers are here.
Step 3: In theMonitortab, setScreen refresh rateto144Hertz.
ClickOKto save the change.
But if your purchased monitor actually supports 144 Hz, perhaps something blocks you from setting the refresh rate.
This is why is your 144Hz monitor only showing 60Hz.
In this case, use a DisplayPort cable that should be properly certified and built to the DisplayPort specification.
Step 2: ClickChange resolutionfrom theDisplaytab, locate the refresh rate and choose144Hz.
Next, save the change.
Sometimes you cannot see the control panel even if you are an NVIDIA user.
Go to find solutions from this post -How to Fix NVIDIA Control Panel Missing on Windows 10.
All the models of PS4 and Xbox One offer a maximum refresh rate of 60Hz.
For PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles, the maximum refresh rate is 120 Hz.
Thus, play games on a PC to unlock the peak performance.
You should confirm the PC uses an up-to-date GPU driver.
So, how to set monitor to 144Hz via driver update in Windows 10/11?
It is easy to upgrade your video card driver.
you could go toDevice Manager, expandDisplay adapters, right-press your GPU and chooseUpdate driver.
Then, hit the first option to update the driver.
How to update drivers in Windows 11 to fix some errors or improve PC performance?
This post gives you some efficient methods for driver update.
Adjust In-Game Setting
How to set monitor to 144Hz if it shows 60Hz in games?
Or else, the game can use the lower refresh rate.
After trying the workarounds above, you could easily achieve the aim.
If you have some other ideas, let us know in the comment below.
