[SOLVED] I cannot set my 1440p 170Hz monitor higher than 60Hz refresh rate ?

[Jarel123]

I am not able to set my Refresh Rate above 60Hz:

It seems to be something related to adapter modes, but there's no 170 Hz option for 2560 by 1440 ?

 

[Glenwing]

https://linustechtips.com/topic/156...resolution-on-1440p-monitor/#comment-16367821

 

[Jarel123]

https://linustechtips.com/topic/156...resolution-on-1440p-monitor/#comment-16367821

Im not AMD tho?

 

[Glenwing]

Im not AMD tho?

It's the same on NVIDIA. You need to disable GPU scaling or remove the 4K profile from the monitor.

 

[Jarel123]

It's the same on NVIDIA. You need to disable GPU scaling or remove the 4K profile from the monitor.

I went through the tutorial, ran that restart exe and now my monitors won’t display anything, not even when plugged into the motherboard :/

 

[Jarel123]

Okay I had to unplug all my monitors to get it working again.

 

[Jarel123]

If I plug in all my monitors they don’t display anymore… I think I’m doing something wrong?

 

[Jarel123]

That tutorial totally screwed up my monitors… I’ve been troubleshooting this for 4 hours

 

[Jarel123]

Alright I give up, I’ll try again tomorrow but if anyone knows another way, would be helpful.

 

[Glenwing]

You can run reset-all.exe to undo the changes.

You should only need to disable GPU scaling by selecting "Display" in the NVIDIA control panel here:

https://imgur.com/xXc3ZYJ

View: https://i.imgur.com/xXc3ZYJ.jpeg

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Have you tried resetting the monitor from within the monitor OSD/Options?

 

[Jarel123]

You can run reset-all.exe to undo the changes.

You should only need to disable GPU scaling by selecting "Display" in the NVIDIA control panel here:

https://imgur.com/xXc3ZYJ

View: https://i.imgur.com/xXc3ZYJ.jpeg

Okay I did that, but I still cannot get over 60 Hz

 

[Jarel123]

Hey there,

Have you tried resetting the monitor from within the monitor OSD/Options?

Yes I have, still doesn't work

 

[thestryker]

Why are you messing with scaling at all?

It honestly looks like your display isn't being detected correctly by windows at all. The active signal resolution shouldn't be above your displays maximum resolution (mine for example doesn't even give any options in supported modes above native). You might also try turning off HDR as windows doesn't always work right with it to see if that's related at all.

NVCP should be detecting native resolution, but it's showing a super low recommended instead.

Have you checked to see how it shows up if that is the only display connected to the computer when booting?

Have you tried connecting it with a different cable?

 

[CodeConnoisseur]

I would try with a different cable, yeah. Ideally DisplayPort. What monitor do you have? What type of cable? You need an HDMI 2.0 or DP for 1440p @ 144Hz.

 

[Jarel123]

Why are you messing with scaling at all?

It honestly looks like your display isn't being detected correctly by windows at all. The active signal resolution shouldn't be above your displays maximum resolution (mine for example doesn't even give any options in supported modes above native). You might also try turning off HDR as windows doesn't always work right with it to see if that's related at all.

NVCP should be detecting native resolution, but it's showing a super low recommended instead.

Have you checked to see how it shows up if that is the only display connected to the computer when booting?

Have you tried connecting it with a different cable?

I was not able to set it to 160 Hz, that's why Im going through all of this

 

[Jarel123]

I would try with a different cable, yeah. Ideally DisplayPort. What monitor do you have? What type of cable? You need an HDMI 2.0 or DP for 1440p @ 144Hz.

It's on a Display Port, I used to have it working at 166Hz when I first got it. I have the

KOORUI 27 Inch WQHD Gaming Monitor, 2K 1440p Computer Monitor Up to 170Hz​

 

[CodeConnoisseur]

It's on a Display Port, I used to have it working at 166Hz when I first got it. I have the

KOORUI 27 Inch WQHD Gaming Monitor, 2K 1440p Computer Monitor Up to 170Hz​

So it was working fine when you first got it? That's an important detail. Did anything change or did you just turn on your computer one day to find that out?

 

[Jarel123]

Why are you messing with scaling at all?

It honestly looks like your display isn't being detected correctly by windows at all. The active signal resolution shouldn't be above your displays maximum resolution (mine for example doesn't even give any options in supported modes above native). You might also try turning off HDR as windows doesn't always work right with it to see if that's related at all.

NVCP should be detecting native resolution, but it's showing a super low recommended instead.

Have you checked to see how it shows up if that is the only display connected to the computer when booting?

Have you tried connecting it with a different cable?

I've turned HDR off, I still cannot get over 60 Hz option

 

[Jarel123]

So it was working fine when you first got it? That's an important detail. Did anything change or did you just turn on your computer one day to find that out?

I noticed I didn't have an option to turn to 160Hz in a game I was playing, and saw it's now stuck at 60 Hz.

If I go to Display Adapter Settings on the monitor, and go to List All Modes, I can see im on

"2560 by 1440, True Color (32 bit), 60 Hz"
There are a ton of other options, but none of them are 2560 by 1440 at 160Hz,

https://imgur.com/a/vuanvLS

 

[Jarel123]

So it was working fine when you first got it? That's an important detail. Did anything change or did you just turn on your computer one day to find that out?

https://imgur.com/a/gZ7uioh

This is what it looks like in my control panel

 

[thestryker]

https://imgur.com/a/gZ7uioh

This is what it looks like in my control panel

The problem is still the active resolution showing 4k. Your PC thinks the display is 4k when it's not which is why I asked about different cables or only booting with it.

You can try what the MS advisor suggests here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...solution/819cac91-396f-4518-aa3d-fd69959eb76a

If that doesn't work I'd suggest downloading the installer for the latest video drivers and then using DDU to completely wipe your existing video drivers from the system and then doing a fresh install.

 

[Jarel123]

The problem is still the active resolution showing 4k. Your PC thinks the display is 4k when it's not which is why I asked about different cables or only booting with it.

You can try what the MS advisor suggests here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...solution/819cac91-396f-4518-aa3d-fd69959eb76a

If that doesn't work I'd suggest downloading the installer for the latest video drivers and then using DDU to completely wipe your existing video drivers from the system and then doing a fresh install.

Got it working, redownloading the drivers and uninstalling them with DDU did the trick.

Thanks for the help thestryker, really appreciate it!