144hz 60hz Dual Monitor Setup, Frame Drop FIX

[@FieryShaverdian]

A note to everyone following the second fix: Make sure to go from windowed back to full screen/borderless/windowed full screen if it doesn't work immediately after following the steps. Sometimes you just need to refresh the settings so the game picks up on this.

[@Wultuswuffel]

I found this video finally after months of messing around with my pc. I always thought I had some kind of hardware issue. thanks mate!

[@bryden9500]

I had this problem while having streamlabs open on my second monitor, step 2 fixed, thanks so much!

[@kai2tn403]

please if u find any video to fix the problem text me

[@7MNq]

@@kai2tn403 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpDCoqykp5xrg5Y

[@SudoMudo]

Thank you so much man, you saved me a ton of time. Step 2 worked for me also. In case anyone is wondering, my specs are: CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 @3.7 GHz, RAM: 16 GB 2133 MHz, GPU: GTX 1060 6 GB.

[@mystic-edits9646]

wait so are you able to watch videos on your second monitor without the main one being affected?

[@tripph417]

GPU Scaling worked for me!!!! Thank you so much for making a video with multiple options like this! This problem has been bugging me forever and everything I looked up only gave the simplest answer and no other things to try. Mine was bad enough that I wouldn't just drop frames, instead my secondary monitor would just freeze entirely.

[@savvy4]

Solution 2 helped me A LOT. I had 2 of my monitors set to display instead of GPU. Thanks a lot. My specs AMD Ryzen 5 2600 16GB RAM NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super 2x 144hz monitor

[@Cromagen]

Thank you! Everyone everywhere I was reading was saying to leave hardware acceleration off. Popping it back on and relaunching chrome instantly fixed it!

[@Poeffie]

after 3 years of you uploading still works like a charm! 2nd step with Nvidia control panel fixed it for me, thank you!

[@emporioalnino4670]

Did all the steps and it works great. Sometimes have to change back to multi display, apply, then single display, apply, then it starts working again.

[@emporioalnino4670]

18 months later and I've had zero issues since my last comment.

[@fredbcruz]

I have a notebook with a mx150 and a 1080p screen. I just bought a 144hz qhd monitor and when using the second monitor I started having frame drops on youtube. Just toggling hardware acceleration off and on again was enough to fix. THANK YOU!

[@animeisreal8492]

my main display didnt have perform scaling on GPU, that helped a lot

[@eternalglow6483]

what does it do?

[@clarkecorvo2692]

DUDE! when you search forums for a solution, the first 20 posts are mostly from idiots who just wanna read their name, not helping whatsoever.. "i need your full specs, i cant help you with your fps problem when i dont know what psu you have!" kinda shit.. then there is one guy, who nails it in 1 or 2 sentences.. YOU are that guy. thank you!

[@scooterfisch]

step 2 has solved my problem .. thanks man!

[@tonyworldog]

same here! I m grateful!

[@erodoeht]

helped me too! perfect!

[@parkerwilliams7979]

Great video, it fixed this issue which I've been having for literally 4 years

[@althaz]

Not all heroes wear capes. Thank-you so much, this worked for me (3570k, GTX1080). I mean, I wish nVidia would just fix their drivers, but until then, this will do nicely. To anybody wanting to see if this fixes their refresh rate, load up this video on your 60hz monitor and testufo.com on your 144hz monitor. Make sure the video is playing. You should be getting 144hz on testufo. If not, this didn't work, maybe try again?

[@fizzle5977]

Nice! glad this helped!

[@SimonWinter84]

I had the same problem until now. I downloaded the Windows 10 Update 2004. There is a Option for Multi Monitors with different hz. After i turned it on , NO PROBLEMS LEFT. Finally it WORKS ;) KZbin on 60hz Monitor and playing in 144hz ;) i am so happy right now

[@dayventura_]

Where is this option?

[@officerglocktv4061]

Where is it?..

[@doofy3564]

AMD catalyst will be the equivalent to the nvidia control panel and it should be under the 'my digital flat panels' tab then properties. I selected gpu-upscaling for both monitors as well as maxed the frame rate in the performance tab. I also enabled smooth video playback as well as 'apply current video quality settings to internet video' under the video tab. Hope that helped fellow AMD brethren since i've only seen nvidia homies with this problem too. Also another tip i've seen is to set your hz to 120 but you won't get all your frames.

[@kulbil]

Holy crap! Changing my hz from 144 to 120 actually worked! Thanks man

[@attk177]

For anyone looking in 2023 and beyond: AMD Catalyst is now AMD Adrenaline. I fixed the stuttering issue by turning off AMD FreeSync on my 4K 60hz monitor (that doesn't support FreeSync). Inside AMD Adrenaline, go to the gaming tab, pick the game and then chose the monitor (1 or 2 on the right side), then turn off FreeSync right below it. Fixed it immediately for me. Now you cana turn off FreeSync gobaly for a monitor in the settings but I somehow still had to turn it off for every game manually

[@Getzmr]

Step 2 solved my problem. Big thanks. Main Monitor 3440x1440 @100hz Second Monitor 3440x2160p @60hz

[@hiro661]

My man, Chrome's hardware acceleration was causing me to drop a TON of frames. Turned that off like you said and I'm back to normal, thanks!

[@jinnyjinn_]

the first fix worked for me subscribe earned!

[@TheosIsTrash]

holy shit i have had this issue for 3+ years and gave up... the nvidia control panel step fixed it... i cant believe in 3 years i havent seen anyone else recommend this. Thank you

[@reenapex3659]

dude, u helped me a lot. u deserves a thousand subs!

[@st1lysh35]

1:45 so how do I do this on AMD do you know? that would help me a lot

[@doofy3564]

Idk if this will work for you, but I have a 5700 xt on a 75hz and a 185hz, 185 would cap at 60 on everything with v-sync off and everything else commonly advised. The only thing I did different was try to do the equivalent of what he did but with AMD catalyst instead of nvidia control panel, I clicked the 'gpu upscaling' for both monitors and it solved my problem immediately.

[@omeronurince130]

@@doofy3564 Bro I dont get it can you explain with detail on amd control panel where is gpu upcaling ? please I am goıng crazy...

[@rinchack]

DooFy I would also like to know where to find this

[@dontlookatmeBNS]

OMG, dude you're awesome. Been trying to find a fix for like 2 years or so lol. Thank you!

[@DriftPrimed]

This video is a God send. Thank you for making this!

[@Sabunmon69]

thanks sir u help me so much on tips 2. GPU GTX 1060 6GB with MSI Optix G241 Monitor works for me! Now i can editing video like a ufotable do and playing dota like a Mircale

[@dren8346]

still looking for a fix with this on amd side

[@prodbymerciless2182]

same have you found one

[@dren8346]

@@prodbymerciless2182 i actually think i did. basically it has to do with what game you are playing. i was playing risk of rain 2 which actually runs in fullscreen borderless and not fullscreen like it says, as soon as i put in a command line for fullscreen my issue went away. i also turned gpu scaling on and to full panel, and turned off hardware acceleration off in chrome. im not sure if that part really makes a difference but otherwise thats what fixed it.

[@prodbymerciless2182]

@@dren8346 thanks im just trying to play valorant

[@holyluck92]

What is the name of the programm u use for control your hardware info?

[@lucasbureau8953]

I LOVE U BRO THE THIRD STEP SAVED MY LIFE

[@YahiamiceLIVE]

hey! this is the exact same issue i'm currently dealing in on a fresh new setup, 144hz monitor for gaming and a 60hz one for various secondary stuff, i'm glad you so nicely documented the steps taken to fix it! i had already disabled hardware accel on chrome and my nvidia profile inspector setting was already set to single display for some reason, and option #2 didn't seem to do much... i game at 144hz, the fps within my game are in the 800's, but as SOON as i unpause playback on any videos on my second monitor it bottlenecks my framerate down to 60, are there any other solutions?

[@toner01]

have you found anything since?

[@Frosty-dv8or]

Step 2. worked for me as well. Thank you so much!

[@muffintech1486]

YOOO, step 2 worked for me thank you so much bro

[@lord_989]

the NvidiaprofileInspector thing worked for me. However, the "Multi display performance mode" worked, not the single. Thank you for the vid, been having this issue forever

[@ghostlygeeks5991]

Thank you so much I'm following you on YT and Twitch I really appreciate your help

[@T_t418]

I really appreciate your work, many thanks. the Nvidia Scaling step solve my micro stuttering issue when connected my laptop to my 2nd monitor which support 144hz. *my notebook display is 240hz (non G-sync) and my 2nd diplay is 144hz (also non G-sync) both same resolution @1080p

[@majtyyyysWRLD]

Even though i dont have nvidia, i managed to do the same on radeon and it really helped.. Thanks!

[@mikeramos91]

Does anyone know if there is a difference if you just plug in your second monitor into the motherboard port & your primary monitor into the gpu?

[@Fersatoglu]

Tried all three options still have the same problem. Any ideas ?

[@mazzy0]

Step 2 fixed it for me with KZbin and Twitch, OBS still causes stutters a bit (but I can live with that)

[@7MNq]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpDCoqykp5xrg5Y

[@assaultx9996]

What happens if you don’t have nvidia control panel?

[@evo7836]

Step 2 fixed my issue. Thanks so much!

[@bumblebeebluejeans4123]

Second option worked for me! Thank you.

[@phylipeesposte8906]

Thank you, pal! It worked.

[@MrSettlespider]

Thanks , Step 2 really helped me a lot , thank you.

[@stevenkingston6977]

Hi When you edited the setup in Nvidia Control Panel you re-set the Scaling to no scaling but didn't mention it at all in your video, why did you change it?

[@jimmibak9616]

what is that program monitoring your temps and stuff on the left?

[@mse433]

Thanks for the info. I hope this might fix my issue with my 144hz dropping back to 60 from time to time.

[@snows2211]

Does this have an equivalent on amd gpus?

[@Velakor9150]

done all this and doesn't seem to be a permanent fix. Currently i'm playing black desert and watching this to try and fix it and and it has put my main monitor back to 144hz but it seems to do it randomly when i go back to youtube or some other window if its going to cap to 60hz or not. but it's strange, applying the steps listed sometimes works, sometimes it doesnt.

[@xmaruffles7535]

Where download Nvidia Inspector? Thanks for video

[@eddtru]

Disabling hardware acceleration on chrome and running games at exclusive fullscreen are the only fixes. The problem comes from Windows 8/10, specifically dwm.exe which is the desktop manager that applies vertical sync on all applications, which means it sets both monitor at 60hz as long as there's an active app on the 60hz monitor running on accelerated hardware(gpu). Blame windows UWP.

[@smirk0190]

curse u windows

[@manroyad]

I seriously can't get over how bad Windows and nVidia are in this aspect. It's mindblowing how such an easy thing can't be fixed. Had a GTX 970 before, never even a problem. Bought RTX 2070 and here we go.. Guess I need to buy 2 additional 144hz monitors.

[@Jacob-eo4df]

Manuel K Same, found any fix?

[@dzefka4551]

Oh my god man, thank you. At least i know why my windows are looking so 60hz stuttery most of the time... wtf microsoft???

[@Erikson564]

I dont have thos eoptions in Nvidia control panel from the 2nd step

[@bengalirranna3805]

bro i have this problem but in my case it's 75 and 60 hz but i fixed it by overclocking my other monitor to 75hz and then after i get another problem. when i using obs for recording the obs can't capture that 75hz monitor correctly the recording is laggy and choppy so i set those tow monitor to 60hz and then it's perfectly fine for some day and then i see another problem which is i don't know why? the problem is when i use obs for recording sometime and in some situations the capture was so laggy like 5-10fps but this is the problem of capture. obs is still recording at 60 fps but that's a laggy capture it's only happen when recording a game play

[@zexityfn4865]

it dose not show my 2 monitor Help

[@Heimdalrr]

I have a 144hz primary monitor and I just purchased a 60hz secondary. However, this does not work for me for some reason. Has this been fixed already by either Nvidia or Windows?

[@wa2el_880]

bro, thanks a lot u helped me so much. much love

[@iamnaudar]

Is the step 3 with the nVidia inspector useful ?

[@detector20]

Tried first and it worked, reverted and tried second, worked again. Thank you! Also, what's that software on your desktop that tells you how your specs are running? it looks like it might be worth downloading

[@sgts75]

Yeah ive found some similar but i want the one he has haha

[@Dr.Kornelius]

I had custom scaling on my primary display. Removing it fixed the framerate on the second display.

[@iRainDrop]

wtaf my monitor isn't even just dropping frames it is literally jsut capping at 60hz whenever I have certain applications open on my 60hz monitor .----.

[@sleek5224]

same

[@guitarplayer1495]

if its in game then change your refresh rate to the desired one you want and/or turn off vsync

[@void_snw]

ye, this. for example, discord stream and obs preview do it - but not youtube videos. some programs that show moving stuff do, some that show moving stuff dont. meh :c

[@guitarplayer1495]

@@void_snwyeah youtube caps at 60 frames, really any video player will cap at 60

[@void_snw]

brian First, no, it depends on the recording, second, I mean any of those on on the second screen causes the first to lock at 60 in the output for some reason. Windows is meh when it comes to that.

[@stevenkingston6977]

Sorry should have mentioned I missed it the first time I ran the changes but went back recently and looked at your video again and making the No Scaling option seemed to improve performance.

[@CelesterianGames]

I have 165hz(main) and 60hz monitor. I just disabled G-Sync in my main monitor and fixed the frame drops. I hope this helps.

[@artourarmstrong4349]

my 2nd monitor is plugged on my mobo coz i dont have dp yet. but sometimes when i open game coz i always close my other monitor the 144hz and only use the 60hz for browsing and i turn it on when im only gonna play. but when i open a game it's lagging it's 30 fps only i think it cant detect my gpu ? the 144hz is plugged on my gpu 1660 super

[@sri2415]

Hi , Nice Video. My AOC 27G2 monitors(set 1920X1080 @ 59Hz) are flickering when connected to Dell XPS 7390 2 in 1 (set 1920x1080 59Hz ) with Intel IRIS Graphics card but active resolution signal is set as 1920x1200. Could you please suggest any troubleshoot steps to fix this? Regards Raj

[@greenglassman]

I used all three of them but unfortunaly it still stutters randomly, not constant 60 fps but its never 144 all the times as it should be. And that is when the cursor is in the first monitor, when in the second it stops to 60 anyway.

[@thegoodsound9860]

Can someone help me on step 2? Whenever i put it into GPU and click apply it goes back to display. What should i do? Thanks

[@botlifegamer7026]

Thanks number 2 worked for me

[@bortuda]

Thanks for your info. Tomorrow my second monitor will arrive. Now my setup will also be as yours. Let's see if it works.

[@mystic-edits9646]

did it work? please answer

[@bortuda]

@@mystic-edits9646 yeah but i never really recognized a difference to my 60hz monitor 😅

[@blackhand95]

I've just had an RMA done and updated drivers and now I'm having this issue again even with these settings in place, pretty annoying stuff atm.

[@walter3379]

been looking for fixes for 3 hours and nothing works :(

[@Kendry-wl8nc]

same have you find something ?

[@ajmorelan]

@@Kendry-wl8nc ^

[@walter3379]

@@Kendry-wl8nc yea i found this to work kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpDCoqykp5xrg5Y

[@DXultra]

@@walter3379 Surprisingly this is what worked for playing Valorant and watching something on my second monitor.

[@Maxmunchy]

Legend, thanks so much

[@jeppedall49]

I had this problem, the second option fixed it for me. But I had to go from full-screen to windowed and back again before it worked. I know this worked for other people too.

[@mystic-edits9646]

full screen and windowed in game or in the desktop?

[@user-bt5ur1pr7r]

@@mystic-edits9646 what did it end up being?

[@Anzyx201]

step 2 helped, thanks so much MaN!

[@kittiponx1]

Or just play the game in fullscreen mode not window borderless i tried all this method it just not work for me Sadge

[@JAYZAAAH]

i had a problem when i stream on twitch my main monitor i game on and then my 2nd monitor i just monitor my game and so i can see the chat. but the 2nd monitor would lag and stutter. so i did the 2nd thing in this video. but my main and 2nd monitor were both set to display. so what i did was put my gaming monitor on GPU and my 2nd monitor on display and now it doesn't stutter or lag no more. so thankyou for this video it really helped me out alot.

[@mr.n476]

what about amd gpu?

[@Obbss]

what if I don't have nvidia . I have a different gpu

[@tucq.]

my problem is whenever i dont have a web browser open my 2nd monitor my game is 60 hz or has really bad fps, whenever i do have one open its really smooth and actually like im playing on 144hz

[@jimhyperf2327]

feels good to like a video only to get it to 1k likes istead of 999.

[@nasha710]

Connecting Dell G5 SE lptop to Viotek 144hz monitor via HDMI When gaming after 10-15 minutes fps drops from 80-90 to 15-25 Reloading the game and thing go back to normal dont know what causes the problem

[@KaushikDaDa]

My display saling is not changeing

[@tsphere101]

step 1 fixed mine, thanks a lot :)

[@JHgamer101]

2 question does having Overdrive the scaling mode set by games and programs on or off matter and what about the aspec ration no scaling or aspect ratio the main problem i have in game is i will drop 5 to 25 fps and that causes a stutter ingame

[@BassFraud]

does this work with 240hz ?

[@TimFromCasohs]

i have a 165hz and a 75hz monitor set up and i get stutter will this fix actually work? i do not want to waste my time with it as i dont like wasting my time lol

[@yatokun5103]

It worked for me but after a restart the issues is still there :/

[@babyfreezer]

toggle off hard acceleration on chrome and set all monitors to use GPU worked for me. I was having issues with two full screen online video's playing lagging.

[@sgts75]

Hey man whats that program you had open on the left thwt is telling you your Temps and stuff, i would love to have that lol.

[@FireBroke]

That's NZXT CAM

[@augecisar6493]

It boosted my frames just by adjusting the google settings thanks!

[@mercyfaten01]

I was able to download profile inspector by itself and when i went to common and then single gpu accelleration, mine was already set there but was grayed out. does this mean its in effect or not?Tho after running the program and playing a game that it usually has stuttering, didnt seem to do it, so not really sure if its working or just a time where it didnt stutter.

[@mybodyisready1]

I have a 60hz laptop and an extended 144hz monitor. After setting my extended monitor to 144hz in nvidia control panel. I set my extended 144hz monitor as my "main display" in windows display settings. Hopefully, it works for ya'll.

[@SuleManYT]

Step two will fix it Guys!

[@harrystresslevel]

step 2 was my fix. cheers mate!

[@user-zp3wb4bg3l]

step 2 solved it for me. FINALLY. thanks man

[@kobebryantisjustthat]

Is the 144hz as smooth as before even with media running after you did step 2?

[@user-zp3wb4bg3l]

@@kobebryantisjustthat yes it is :)

[@juksanity4585]

how do guys keep track of the refresh rate of which monitor?

[@Flappy494]

step 2 was the problem thank you!!!

[@kelvinurbina1311]

Does this actually work? im seeing alot of good comments but havent recieved my second monitor yet

[@jackisachsen3258]

one of my monitors is 144hz and the other is 60. I'm gonna upgrade real soon to a second 144 cause the dropoff is so terrible when doing anything.

[@Odenbark]

My hz goes from 144 to like 48 when its super laggy

[@codes46]

I have a 60hz and a 144hz and when I watch a youtube video on my 60hz it sets my 144hz to 60hz. I'm pretty sure turning hardware acceleration off on chrome as you said fixed it

[@codes46]

never mind, its just a mess because sometimes it works and sometimes not i don't know what to do

[@LAce.]

when im in game and i get a notification like from discord it lights up on my 2nd monitor and it stays laggy until i click on the discord (message) , any fix?

[@ThanosOfLight]

I have the exact same problem, steam notifications, discord, anything that moves on second screen except videos for some reason