Is my desktop computer fine?

davidgar026

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So I have a SAMSUNG Syncmaster T24B350 that I used for a while. Its capped at 60hz obviously. I recently bought a ASUS PG278Q which supposed to display 144hz. When I plugged it into my GPU it displayed 24hz. I tried this ASUS monitor with other DP cables, updated the drivers, restarted it..everything but I came to the conclusion that it may be a faulty monitor. I'm hoping it has nothing to do or there is nothing wrong with my desktop computer but hooking up my desktop computer with my Syncmaster Display works perfectly fine. Does that mean that its just the ASUS monitor and not my desktop computer? Just want to make sure.
 
1) Shut down and unhook the previous monitor then test.
- if sufficient GPU, should be 144Hz, 2560x1440 at desktop.
- if suitable NVidia GPU should also work with GSYNC thus be variable refresh in games

2) You don't state what graphics card (GPU) you have. If it's pretty weak and/or old you might only get a low refresh rate at 2560x1440.

3) If stuck, try a different computer.

4) was that 24Hz at the normal desktop?

So...
I suspect it's NOT broken. Probably some setup issue but I can't think of what.
 
I found a post with the same issue, and this is the only useful thing there:

"Well, I was able to try it with a friends GeForce GTX 660 and it worked without any problem whatsoever. So I'm pretty certain that the Swift just doesn't like AMD cards. In its defense though, the swift was build for Nvidia cards.."

Not sure that's supposed to happen, as it should support 60Hz minimum for DP1.0/1.1, and 144Hz at full resolution for DP1.2 cards.
 


 
I did everything. I did try to change the refresh rate in the nvidia control panel but it still caps at 24hz even when I try to customize the refresh rate myself. Still stuck at 24hz. My GPU is with no doubt a issue because its GTX 1070 which should be good enough to handle the monitor's refresh rate. I'm about to test the monitor out on my friend's PC, he has a GTX 1060. Hopefully its the monitor that's broke so I can claim to ASUS that I tried all options out already.