How to enable 144Hz (or higher) on your expensive gaming monitor
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How to enable 144Hz (or higher) on your expensive gaming monitor
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You just blew your pockets empty on a flashy new monitor. You eagerly awaited its delivery, tore through the boxes like a savage, and rushed to set it up immediately. You swiftly load up your favorite game, excited for a new high FPS experience. But there's something wrong.
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"WTF," you exclaim, "things look exactly the same." Does that sound familiar? Well, in that case, you should know that support for 144Hz (or higher) isn't enabled by default.
Don't worry, though, there's an easy way to fix that. The process differs based on your PC configuration, so we'll go through both optimizing your settings for Nvidia and AMD graphic cards.
Nvidia
Conveniently, Nvidia has included the option directly in the driver settings.
Open the Nvidia driver menu.
Head to Change Resolution tab under the Display options.
Next to the Resolution window, there's a Refresh Rate drop-down menu. (PS: If you have more than one monitors, you'll need to select the correct one.)
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