[SOLVED] (HELP) Refresh rate dropping lower than fps on games

[MrEpix]

Hello,

I recently bought the Acer XB241H Predator. I'm noticing that for some reason, the refresh rate seem to dip to ~70 at times while a game will be running at a stable 130fps. It is currently connected with the stock DisplayPort cable that came with the monitor, with g-sync enabled. Is this a normal occurrence?


UPDATE:
I contacted Acer support and they are taking the monitor back to be repaired. Various other fixes as well as a high quality DisplayPort 1.4 cable did not fix issue. I will close question depending on results from repair.

 

[Deleted member 1560910]

Impossible. Once you set the refresh rate thats what it is

 

[Nemesia]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/gaming-pcs/8/267838/g-sync-issue-strikes-again/

Could be the stock crappy display port cable you have. Take a look at this post. I will leave monitor experts continu this. I'm horrible with monitors

 

[MrEpix]

Impossible. Once you set the refresh rate thats what it is

I would assume so, however I have the refresh rate displayed to my monitor directly through the monitor settings and I can clearly see it happening. When I turn g-sync off, I can no longer see the refresh rate as it goes blank so I am unsure if that is affecting anything, but I wouldn't imagine that it would.

 

[MrEpix]

Impossible. Once you set the refresh rate thats what it is

Example: https://prnt.sc/wn1xhq

 

[MrEpix]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/gaming-pcs/8/267838/g-sync-issue-strikes-again/

Could be the stock crappy display port cable you have. Take a look at this post. I will leave monitor experts continu this. I'm horrible with monitors

I bought a new cable as my last ditch effort and updated the question accordingly. I appreciate the thread you shared.