Windows 10: Lower refresh rates not showing up

Discus and support Lower refresh rates not showing up in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I need to change the refresh rate to a lower one in this case 60hz but I went to the refresh rate setting just to find out it only shows up as 120hz... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by EnriqueCucalón, May 22, 2023.

  1. Lower refresh rates not showing up


    I need to change the refresh rate to a lower one in this case 60hz but I went to the refresh rate setting just to find out it only shows up as 120hz and I can't change it to a lower refresh rate? Anyone got any possible solutions?Laptop GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU

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    EnriqueCucalón, May 22, 2023
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  2. Refresh rate Problem

    Hi Robert,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    Screen refresh rate is the rate at which the data displayed on screen is refreshed; it may be an image or some text document. Most of the users would like to set it to a higher rate but this also depends on the capacity of graphic
    card and monitors. If the refresh rate is slow, the images on the display looks as flickering to the user eye and makes it uncomfortable to work.

    Nowadays the latest monitors available in market will have minimum 60 Hz of refresh rate and it is very good option to set it to 70 Hz if you your monitor is compatible. Normally a high performance or quality monitors can reach
    120 Hz of refresh rate. So I would suggest you to set your monitor refresh rate as higher as possible, below given steps describes how to access this feature on your Windows 8.1/10 PC.

    • The default refresh rate setting is 60 Hertz (HZ); however, your monitor may support a higher setting. Check your manufacturer's documentation for information about the settings that your monitor supports.
    • If you use a higher refresh rate, you can reduce the rate that your screen flickers; however, if you specify a refresh rate that is too high for your monitor, your screen may become unusable and your hardware may be damaged.
    • Changes to the refresh rate affect all users that log on to the computer.
    I would, as of now, suggest you to visit the computer manufacturer's support website and install the latest display and chipset drivers available for the latest operating system (currently it would be 8.1 in the list).

    Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.
     
    Niranjan Manjhi, May 22, 2023
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  3. Chaning refresh rate lowers resolution

    Whenever I try to switch the refresh rate in my display settings from 60hz to anything else the resolution is immediately lowered quite a lot for my entire pc. It isn't like the higher you make the refresh rate, the lower the resolution is either; 85hz and 144hz are identically low resolution. I haven't found anyone with the same problem on the internet, so any help would be appreciated. My monitor is the asus VG248QG and my graphics card is a GeForce 1060 3GB.
     
    Пламен Лилов, May 22, 2023
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    Refresh rate

    Hello everyone

    I have bought a new laptop and it says the max refresh rate is 120hz. But whatever I do I cannot get past 60hz. I tried It with NVidia control pane and with windows display settings. But on both NVidia control panel and windows display settings (list all
    modes and refresh rate) it says I cant get past 60hz and my driver is updated. I even tried to get 120hz with a lower resolution but it doesn't work. If someone knows what the problem is can you help me?
     
    21312131_087, May 22, 2023
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