Multiple Monitors Are KILLING Your Gaming Performance! Here's How You Fix It

[@Danwes80]

I wasn't even looking for this answer! Was definitely having this issue and low and behold you popped up in my feed and saved the day!

[@Crook4Money]

Same. I noticed hardware acceleration messes everything up years ago, but overtime you tend to forget to shut it off after clean installing your pc and whatnot. Glad I found the answer to why it messes everything up. I have a tv as one of my monitors that runs in 60hz and my other to monitors run in 144hz so that explains it.

[@kyleistrying]

I’d be careful doing this, depending on your CPU this could make things worse as this adds a significant load to your CPU to play video as it does it without any decoding help from the gpu

[@IvanGutierrez-iw4sc]

You are right! it made it worse!

[@seiram2404]

​@@DittyBitty69 13700k good for this?

[@nmd68]

@@seiram2404 doing it on my 10700k, been playing games fine with youtube on the other screen

[@devon582]

@@seiram2404 Just go with a 13900k

[@nemesiz7175]

@@seiram2404 very bad cpu so no bro

[@FinTheDew]

Thanks alot for this tip! I quite frequently have video playing in the other monitor while i play, and i noticed that either my game would lag or the video would drop to 480p. Interestingly, i did not have this problem with my old PC. Recently upgraded from Gtx1060 into 6800xt, i7 4770k into R5 7600x....well anyway, this tip worked wonders.

[@SoulLiveYT]

Bro is multitasking

[@MilkyChocolate9999]

Just a quick tip, if you are turning off hardware acceleration this will put all the browsers load on your your CPU instead of your GPU if your CPU is better than your GPU then you can turn this on, if you CPU isn't very good I'd leave it check on.

[@suavelifestyle9094]

Ryzen 7 5800x3d and 3070ti what do you think

[@steveroberts92]

Honestly this, this is why these settings usually exist. Peoples gpus are usually stronger than their cpus in most cases nowadays.

[@suavelifestyle9094]

?

[@TheVader495]

@@suavelifestyle9094 Depends on your Resolution as well, if you play at 4k turn it off, if you play at 1080, turn it on, if you play at 1440 They're both viable, 3070ti and 5800x3d are quite strong but maybe leave it off

[@KAGUTSUCHIIII]

@@MilkyChocolate9999 wb a 13900k and a 4090?

[@authurstretchygreenthing8464]

This is the same reason why I was thinking about just getting two of the exact same monitor since I'm in the market for a dual monitor setup.

[@frozenfirestix]

I’d just get one monitor, much more responsive and there’s no gap obviously. You can always get a large monitor, idk why some people get multiple screens to game tbh, that’s not the best solution

[@masterflitzer]

​@@frozenfirestixi want things open next to my game, single monitor is unusable as soon as you try multiple monitors

[@RedSntDK]

It'll definitely save you a lot of headaches. Even on Windows it's been kinda trash having a multi monitor setup with monitors running different refresh rates. But at least vsync works correctly there.

[@XhizorBE]

@firestix Got the same mindset once, once i got a second monitor i actually game now more. Its just way more pleasant to have a second screen. Its also very practical if you are stuck inside a game. Just typ in youtube and you can follow the guide directly I can't imagine working with just one monitor, and thing its also so dirt cheap. You don't need a expensive monitor as a second screen I even seen setups who use their smartphone as a second screen, or their tablet

[@storage9578]

Since there are still people commenting here's a solution: You don't have to match 1:1, you only need to make sure main monitor hz is divisible by side monitor hz clean. I.E. New monitors at 240hz works with 60hz since 4*60hz=240hz so the gpu can update them together. If you have something like 144hz or 165hz + 60hz they will always be on different cycles and that seems to be the issue. Some games will stutter immensely unless you use bandaid solution and set your 165hz monitor down to 120hz so it matches with the old 60hz monitor. Then it runs perfectly fine. Weirdly this is not a universal issue and occurs only with some games. I personally tested this with the surge 2.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Thank you for the input. I also tested halving the frame rate between 120 and 60 and still noticed stuttering specifically with OBS and any windowed borderless game. Might be a special case for me, but it didn’t work well when I was troubleshooting before this video came oht

[@storage9578]

​@@DarkenedCyrus I should have communicated it better. You are right. The situation i tried to describe is another problem where its way worse, surge 2 was completely unplayable stuttering like it ran on 10fps until i reduced main monitor to 120hz to match 60hz side screen at which point it ran normal.(This was even without something on side screen) Its the only case i had where it made a massive difference but i found it worth mentioning in case anybody else encounters same problem and doesn't consider this. Btw this is an old issue. Hardware acceleration + mismatched monitor refresh rates was a discussion topic on win7 already with 144hz. Quick search here shows 6 year old video "144Hz 60Hz multi-monitor bug in Chrome".

[@angeldustt6308]

thanks. ive this issue with GTA V when my main monitor have 144 + 60 by side. i put 120hz in game refresh rate and this was finally fix

[@jette24]

@@storage9578 it will sometimes clock the 144 down to 60 to match the other monitor...which sucks bad...Gpus makers blame windows...windows blames gpu makers and everyone loses

[@storage9578]

@@milkman1411 75hz*2=150hz, its off by 15hz to a 165 monitor so wont work. You can generalize this with prime division: 165 = 11*5*3 so the closest next hz is 11*5= 55hz.

[@djamiljo93]

Omg I will have to try this out! But I wonder what coses the issue exactly.

[@uluhitah12]

i already disable HW acceleration in Chrome but the stuttering issue is still in there. But this issue is absent when using Microsoft Edge. It looks like Edge have better handling at GPU rather than Chrome.

[@reymilocuevas3485]

Have you tried any other chromium based browsers? Brave is a good one

[@SparticusTitus]

That last minute decision for the led fans was definitely the way to go on that pc!

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Definitely agree. Will be doing a dedicated video on that PC soon!

[@gljur8385]

Hello! I have 144 Hz and 60 Hz and sometimes (mostly when im gaming) my both displays just start flickering and pixsels are all over displays. Then i need to restart pc from behind to work again. Is there a fix for this. It also happens sometimes when im alt tab or chaning resolution

[@DarkenedCyrus]

It's totally a refresh issue. I'd follow the steps I spelled out in the video, but a I'd also recommend to not run games natively in Full screen where you have to alt tab out. Run them in windowed fullscreen as it still counts as a window and shouldn't impact refresh rate issues. Make sure to disable hardware acceleration on the items you plan to use on the second monitor and turn off your preview window for your streaming software.

[@gljur8385]

@@DarkenedCyrus Thank you! I will try

[@THiNK103088]

DUDE! Thanks so much! You got a new sub here. I've been having issues running my RX 5700 with dual monitors. If I game on one and have a video playing on the other my gpu clock would fluctuate from 0 to max gpu utilization would be all over the place. Turning off hardware acceleration seems to have fixed it!

[@cantgameright]

Something I found that also works is running your 144hz monitor at 120hz as a direct double of 60hz. So if you have a 144 and 75hz monitor, run the 75 one at 72hz.

[@COSS.___]

so on a 165 and 75 i should run 165 at 150 and keep 75 correct? 🤔

[@lunaticfpv17]

@COSS.___ depending on the quality of the monitor/tv. you may be able to over clock the lower speed display

[@cantgameright]

@@COSS.___ very much so, yes. Just do it in windows display

[@maicon9]

This is why for years I use two browsers. One for everything with hardware acceleration off as modern CPUs are far more capable these days of doing it all themselves. And in another browser with hardware acceleration on for when I need it

[@myrirr]

I had this issue too, back 8 years ago.- then i found out about graphics plateauing. so basically multi-monitor users should mix monitors ONLY as multiplications. IE, 60hz+120hz, 60hz+240hz.. this will help to mitigate the issue SOMEWHAT. but then it's just microsoft programing issue.

[@jakubkedziora3235]

@@pinkgrognak I have 165hz main and 144hz second monitor. Playing youtube on second monitor and checking hz on main screen is rock solid 165hz. I have AMD gpu. No problems here.

[@mikechinas7871]

Of all the tutorials and multiple tech channels in YT. You are the first one I see mentions the hardware acceleration. Thank you this fix all my issues with the micro stuttering.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Glad this video was helpful!

[@crabbynebula]

Did you turn it on or off?

[@FateXO]

keep it on if you dont game while using ur browser @@crabbynebula

[@AsreiMurasame]

I want to point out hardware accelerated event scheduling also effects this, you can run hardware acceleration on your browser and discord with that disabled. hardware acceleration basically uses more of your GPU for running the programs vs more of your CPU. HA off = more CPU load vs HA on = more GPU load. It's really going to depend on what you need when and where. However, back on the scheduler note if you use DLSS 3 in games (not 2 but 3) it requires the scheduler to be enabled.

[@IOTWVUVWTOI]

Make sure to go into settings on the PC itself and set your monitor refresh rates accordingly. I have x2 165hz and x1 240hz monitor. Never had any issues and i use one pc to game and stream at the same time with obs running and the stream and discord all running.

[@lielie1774]

4090 shouldn't have issues with two 4k 144 hz monitors. right?

[@Joshua_Uwadiae]

I have a question. What if both monitors are connected to different GPUs, like say, you’re using a laptop without a mux switch (one external monitor connected to dGPU, internal one hardwired to iGPU) or a desktop with two graphics cards

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Then it shouldn’t be an issue at all. This also isn’t as much of an issue for AMD cards either

[@AfilXDev]

@@DarkenedCyrus having this issue with AMD 7800xt ):

[@TW_Koru]

for anyone in 2024 its "Use graphics acceleration when available" instead of hardware acceleration

[@SpearChuckUngawa]

Thanks...I still want another EVGA GeForce/Nvidia 980ti GPU to bridge. I see them used on eBay, what should I be asking the seller to see if it's still good? Please consider doing a show on used GPU's?

[@terrablader]

good tips, how does test ufo know what refresh my monitor is actually showing. what happens if you have a game playing on both a 60hz and 144hz at the same time?

[@DougEFresh555]

When it comes to using a secondary display alongside a laptop, can you set the main laptop to use the main GPU and have the onboard Intel GPU handle the secondary monitor? If so how do you set that up?

[@SianaGearz]

If there are crossbar ICs which select the source for each output, you can configure them from BIOS set up. The crossbars are configured once by the POST process during boot, and from then on the displays are connected where they are. Most laptops do not have crossbar ICs and are hard configured using internal solder jumpers. The built-in display in these is always connected to the main processor's iGPU. The external output is generally connected exclusively to the dedicated GPU if the GPU chip is installed. In variants of the same laptop without dedicated GPU, it's rewired to the iGPU. Beware of logic paths. If you have a browser on external display (connected to dGPU) which uses GPU acceleration, it will perform rendering on the iGPU since the dGPU is not selected for the browser process and then capture and bus copy the result over to the dGPU, which is as silly as it sounds. But if the dGPU is displaying only a game anyway, don't worry. Laptops and heterogeneous GPU systems in general are a special kind of hell.

[@DougEFresh555]

@@SianaGearz You are too smart for me. I'm not worthy! But it sounds like a lot of words that means "no". =P

[@SpartanDraco]

I post this in a different comment, for OBS I have no idea if it works, but for browsers like edge if, put a folder open from the main monitor with a width of 3 or 4 pixels above / inside the secondary monitor, the browser will stop exploding, although there are times that even so it will do it.

[@FeiNancial]

YES! This fixed my issue. Just added 2 more 1440p monitors to my 3080ti for a total of 3 and couldn't figure out why KZbin full screened in 1440p was stuttering like CRAZY while my cpu/gpu/memory were all barely at 10% to 20% utilization with my temps very low! Big time appreciate the video! I knew about turning off hardware acceleration.... totally forgot to turn it off with a clean install of windows.... Thanks again!

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Love this!

[@FeiNancial]

Love this video! Hope the week rocks! Happy Monday! @@DarkenedCyrus

[@HansGrub]

I don't have performance issues, but my 2nd monitor recently started going black for a second - randomly. I turned off the hardware acceleration to see if that might help...idk

[@olliecole7163]

Straight to the point, great video dude

[@rovertgamehead]

Dude this was one of the best examples of what we streamers should be doing for fps, thank you so much I needed this.

[@jhonatanjhs]

Omg, thank you so much, you solved my problem! I've been having this issue for a long time and could've never imagined it was the refresh rate that was causing it. I have a decent enough PC and this was so annoying.

[@BLASTIC0]

what if im not doing anything on the other monitors? can I solve this with a separate graphics cards for the additional monitors?

[@NotStatix]

Hey, I recently bought a new gaming PC and have a dual monitor setup. Everything was fine at first but it seems like my dual monitor is causing my games to crash. Is there a way troubleshoot to figure out what the issue might be? Sorry might be a easy question but im new to the PC gaming space.

[@addiemas101]

I have a 240 and a 165 and I saw a big fps drop for my 240 when using my 165 (which u mentioned in the video). Are there other ways to fix it other than just turning off hardware acceleration?

[@Emシ]

try running your games in windowed-fullscreen mode or borderless, or try having both monitors at 165hz

[@Thornskade]

I'm pretty sure it's enough for the framerate to be multiples of, so you could try 120 and 240 Hz

[@Hp_Three]

I have 2 240 hz monitors, when I use the ufo motion blur test it always pops up with the orange stutter message. Hardware acceleration is turned off, both monitors are set to 240 hz but I still get stutters, especially playing a game. Any idea?

[@topgeardo]

Wow, impressive to have 2 monitors a that refresh, I think nobody will answer cause 0.001 of people have this setup. Chances are so slim.

[@anjiboyoo1865]

Does monitor technology affect too? My main is on fixed refresh but my 2nd monitor is on G-sync I have similar monitor (27 & 24.5) with same refresh rate

[@anjiboyoo1865]

I play fps that's why it's on fixed refresh for less input lag

[@hong_1712]

so its better to get 2 monitor with 144hz refresh rate, but different brand is okay?? rather than get a 240hz monitor and a 144hz/60hz as a 2nd monitor.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Yep!

[@vexun11]

i have 3 monitors 165hz 164hz and 144hz would it be best if I set them all to 120hz so they all match? would that help with performance? 2 of the monitors are 1080p one is 1440p.

[@hriskatachichev]

I have the same setup one main monitor and a secondary one that is in portrait mode but when I move my mouse to the second one it is flipped aswell if that makes sence it behaves like it is not flipped at all what should I do

[@DarkenedCyrus]

There are options in windows display to do portrait or portrait (flipped). Try those

[@snauspockets9924]

I run three monitors and have no issues. 4070 TI might be the difference? Who knows...

[@Forbe.]

wasn't having a problem but i was curious what turning off hardware acceleration would do, and it actually made me start to have stutters

[@g00nyt]

Short, concise and helpful. Thanks :)

[@DarkenedCyrus]

You’re welcome!

[@mightyakkylex]

My monitors are both 144Hz, but my 3060 still struggled to output to both without stutters. Rocket league mainly or elden ring on 3440x1440 and yt on 2560x1440p

[@DarkenedCyrus]

3440x1440 is about of pixels to push for a 3060, especially for Elden ring. It’s not quite 4k as far as pixels, but close. This isn’t a refresh issue, but this is just showing the limits of your card

[@mightyakkylex]

@@DarkenedCyrus yeah, already got a new psu, mobo and processor, getting ram aio and gpu (rx 7800 xt) next paycheck and hopefully it will go ok

[@EMAZINGERIK]

so i recently just got an elgato prompter and ever since i plugged it in i feel like my val games took a performance hit and my game doesn’t feel as smooth as it should be. HELP

[@DarkenedCyrus]

This is a new one. I’d love to get my hand on a prompter from them to test it out, but I don’t have one right now

[@jette24]

you do know youre dumping everything onto the cpu tho?

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Please explain

[@jette24]

@@DarkenedCyrus Use hardware acceleration when available: This setting allows Firefox to use your computer's graphics processor, if possible, instead of the main processor, to display graphics-heavy web content such as videos or games. This frees up resources on your computer so it can run other applications, like Firefox, faster. Its the same with chrome...you can in windows settings have your cpus onboard chip run the videos

[@jette24]

@@DarkenedCyrus but it may help for people who have a cpu using 30% to play a game and the gpu is struggling...i prolly wouldnt put a 4k high bitrate video on tho lol...also everything is made to use HA so its kind of a toss up if you get problems

[@JediKnight_Revan619]

I'm running a 4070 TI Super and a 3070 TI with each GPU hooked up to a monitor. Both monitors are the same (Nitro E12 curved monitor 2560x1440 165hz) but I was wondering if the 4070 TI super can support both monitors since they are both running 165hz? Google AI said the 4070 TI super can run 4 monitors (non-4k) and 2 4k / 8k monitors).

[@CoOpingJustForFun]

I believe that the short answer based on what this video is about is, it should not be an issue, why? 1) Because your monitors are running in same refresh rates 2) Because your GPU has the power to do it. A lot of these guys have flickering issues, monitors going dark when gaming, etc. because of the GPU, obviously this is not the case for you. One thing to mention though is that if your monitors have different refresh rates, it could help the GPU with the load and temperature as well, maybe is worth to do the test: 2 monitors same rate running Cyberpunk, then 2 different monitors different refresh rates running Cyberpunk.

[@paulkaehn6203]

The Jeff Cavaliere of gaming :)

[@TheWaxGoat]

I have two 240hz screens both with identical settings and random dips in FPS occur just sitting there with two Firefox windows open. Optimizing my system for XDefiant is the goal. Game has tons of issues, but there are many players out there saying they don't have any issues with lower spec'd systems, so I decided to see if I had any system latency issues that could be adding to my problems. Dual screens and latency brought up your channel now I am more interested in what my PC is doing rather than the games issues...😂 Imma subscribe

[@Juzid4]

So diffrent refresh rates matter, but do diffrent resolutions matter as well? I've got a 1080p rn and looking for a 1440p to go with it

[@DarkenedCyrus]

No, it doesnt

[@garciastyle]

I have two monitors setup but unlike this video mine show the duplicate image. Will running things this way be of a concern? Thanks in advance guys.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

If you have an Nvidia card, yes. If you have mismatched refresh rates, then you will have some stuttering.

[@tallboi4735]

this still didnt fix it but im having the exact same issue. i cant find anything on it and i hate it. someone help pls

[@jnmfb8375]

hi i really need help with my monitor so my main monitor started flickering black while i was playing fortnite and it stayed black my second monitor works perfectly fine and idk how to fix it

[@HunterD619]

mine says vsync failure how do i fix this

[@MyRageIsOP]

Just turn off gsync, vsync, freesync, both on your monitors and nvidia control panel, and set "preferred refresh rate" to "highest possible" so your higher refresh monitor doesn't dip into sync with lower refresh monitor or even worse, to 60Hz in some cases. This is what helped me when I was wondering why my fcking Apex Legends stutters like hell in my 240Hz monitor and it feels like I play on console.

[@mastigt]

I am no expert, but in theory if ur GPU is bottlenecked by ur CPU this would make it even worse no?

[@proteus5340]

Is there any problem with RTX 4090 with two 240hz monitors?

[@MrSamTheSpam]

So I have an RTX 3070, and my main monitor is 244hz, 2nd is 60hz and now I added my samsung 60hZ 1080p TV. MY pixel drop rate is just -1 per second. FPS staying around 230-240. Is that something I should be like worrying about and adjusting somethings or just dont even worry about it. Sorry for being a bit ignorant.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Yes. Just because it’s adjusting only a little bit, doesn’t mean you aren’t getting micro stutters. Easy solution? Play true fullscreen, not bordered or windowed

[@adrianbutanda651]

Short and sweet. Love it!!

[@-Burs]

Thanks for the tips, but I actually just disconnect my other monitor in Settings, since I don't need it when gaming and it just distracts my eyes anyway. Another thing I gained by doing that was getting rid of some crazy game window scaling, even tho I use native resolution and exclusive fullscreen mode. With my second monitor off, that got away too. Maybe it's something to do with my 3440x1440 ultrawide resolution since not every single game supports it.

[@ScarletRed.]

Oh boy my tv says it’s running at 30 what do I do? Help!

[@MadmanLink]

I've been having an odd issue. While gaming on my main which is a 34" ultra wide and 24" on the side my screens will go black. I can make this happen if video on the side is at 1080. Upon checking the refresh rate which I thought they were both at 144hz, it turns out my second monitor has refresh rates that are a little off. So 144 is 143.855 and 120 is 119.982. Hopefully using this fix will stop the problems I've been having.

[@redzyakuza]

I have the same problem, gaming on main , 2nd monitor KZbin , it's suddenly black screen

[@oskarieeva2326]

@@redzyakuza theres a chance you guys arent giving enough voltage

[@imactuallygod]

I had that issue. The fix was a gpu DDU.

[@joja2174]

I use figma, it's not very usable without hw acceleration

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Totally. This solution isn’t for everyone.

[@Glubbdubdrib]

I’m using 2 Neo G9s and an LG C3 for my monitors and having no issues here. But I’ll have to try these tips.

[@SloRush]

Is there a way to do this with Opera GX? Whenever a video ends while I'm gaming, it causes the game to stutter and sometimes I get weird artifacting and I'm on a 3080..

[@Allblaster]

Remove overclocks on your GPU if you have and if you're just listening to the video, change tab then click back into your game. Works for me when I play WoW while a twitch stream is running.

[@JH-fd9xt]

Started having problems after getting a 144hz 1440p side monitor in addition to my 120hz 1440p ultrawide. Does being ultra wide / aspect ration hurt performance as well? Can I cap my refresh rate on both monitors to 120hz to help them sync up? Kills me playing tarkov.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Ultra wide shouldn’t impact it, but the different refresh rates will. Cap it to your lowest. There isn’t much difference between 120 and 144 anyways

[@notkoto]

ik I am late but can you help me. Ive been trying to connect duel monitors for a while now but cant seem to figure out how to because my pc has 2 hdmi outputs but only 1 works so I need a adaptor or something but i cant find one thats 240hz and i dont want to downgrade my monitor from it if you can help i would greatly appreciate that

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Do you have a y other ports like a display port?

[@notkoto]

@@DarkenedCyrus just the big one vga port

[@AmeNahar]

I switched to 240hz from 165hz .. and my performance drop while live streaming. Is there any setting I need to setup ? Just turn off the HW acceleration? P/s : only use one monitor setup and its 1080p

[@Iolo3]

if you are running higher refresh setup but your HW can't handle this load obviously that will cause performance drop??? This video & HW acceleration thing is only relevant for people using multi-screen setups with different refresh rates (ie, don't switch off HW acceleration if you are just using 1 monitor)

[@Dystoniacgaming]

I have a surface book on the side. Use that to watch KZbin etc instead of plugging both my monitors into on pc

[@eugenbereziuc9360]

sorry to say but not in my case at all. ive tested this with multi monitors on running vidoes ec and having them both off got me more stutter and hit the red once i put hard accel for both and also using chrome and opera gx. they both barely lost 4 -5 hz

[@418792316]

hello i actually got a question what if i put 1 monitor into gpu and another one into motherboard to use cpu graphics?

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Shouldn’t be an issue then!

[@J03LRl0S]

If you can afford it, specifically for streaming, get the second PC and capture card. Install Barrier and sync up one keyboard and mouse and stutter while gaming isn't an issue then either.

[@matthewcoibion1]

What do you mean by disable preview window?

[@DR3XU]

i have two 60hz monitors, running a 3060. just added the second monitor but my monitor that i game on is dropping significantly in FPS. i usually average 130 but now im only getting 90. any recommendations?

[@DarkenedCyrus]

If they match refresh rate, then it seems like a different issue. Check the normal stuff. Drivers, updates, etc. make sure Re-bar support is on in the bios as well

[@samib.1912]

Thanks for the video. I have 2 240hz screen. Can i leave them both at 240hz and do not touch hardware acceleration?

[@2007omshukla]

Thankyou for the tip... disabling h/w accelerator in browser has helped a lot with extended monitor.

[@klavsstepans390]

thank you so much! i was hopeless, i just wanted to watch a movie while gaming and my main monitor started stuttering so thank you so much for this amazing tip

[@imoninternets]

If you have a graphics card as well as integrated graphics, Is there a way to use integrated graphics gpu for browser acceleration instead? Would this fix stuttering?

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Yep!

[@bowriing]

May be different now, but i am using a 240hz 1080p with a 60hz 1080p and doing some testing using the UFO test now and i am not getting any stuttering from the test whatsoever.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Depending on the media, you won't as 60 is a divisible of 240. This can help, but isn't foolproof

[@bowriing]

@@DarkenedCyrus in which scenarios would this not work then as I don’t want to create any issues for game stutters as some games run bad enough! Haha

[@zeruglmao]

what if mine ismt saying any warnings

[@awttygaming2510]

CAN SOME ONE HELP when i go into apex or any game it messes up my other windows like it makes them squished idk if its the resolution idk whats wrong pls hlp

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

Before ultrawide monitors were available I always run 3x identical screens and never had issues.

[@SirDaffyD]

G'day from Australia. Just stumbled across this video by accident, and thought it'd fix my stuttering issue while gaming. I use FireFox, and turned off Hardware Acceleration as you suggested, and UFO Test Refresh Rate shows it actually worse when I run something like a KZbin video on my other monitor. Going to turn it back on and see what happens. My Monitors are a Phantom Gaming 165Hz 1440P 32" and a Phillips 75Hz 1080P 27". I've subbed to your channel, and looking forward to checking out some more of your videos.

[@brandonwoodruff7248]

Does using power toys fancy zones with a single monitor LGCX 55 inch cause stuttering during streaming or recording to OBX?

[@bestofsimpsons525]

I have a 144hz monitor and going to upgrade to a 360hz and having these two screen is it going to have the same results as you have in the video?

[@DarkenedCyrus]

You’ll experience the same issues regardless of what the refresh rates are. It’s about them being different, not what specific refresh rate there is

[@bestofsimpsons525]

@@DarkenedCyrus Yeah that's what i thought, I followed the steps on the video and appreciate the response thank you very much.

[@bestofsimpsons525]

So with the tutorial followed I will not having the screen stutter anymore?

[@Chicken-o5e]

@@bestofsimpsons525 what is ur experience now?

[@gamenchill6761]

My pc mouse starts lagging when I connect my second monitor main monitor: 1440p 144 Hz second monitor: 1080p 60 Overdrive 75hz It's not the browser it's the monitors or windows or my RTX 4070

[@siddharthsen7035]

For me, when I connect my laptop to my tv and only keep my tv screen on, only then the fps drops. How do I fix this

[@cl34n.62]

Maybe it's the cable you're using to connect to the TV, or the TV itself not being able to hit your target fps? Or maybe changing the display refresh rate on your laptop when using your TV as a display? (not an expert by any means, but that's what comes to mind imo)

[@DasBrotkuchen]

when you google "game stutters when watching videos on second monitor" you get a highlighted solution: Change your monitor's refresh rate This issue seems to be plaguing users who have dual monitors with 144hz and 60hz refresh rate setups. If that's also your case, try changing the 144hz monitor to 60hz, which has proven to be working for many users. You can follow the steps below to change your monitor's refresh rate. your solution should be shown instead its way better

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Love this! Thanks for sharing

[@mancity6071]

I had the same problem the browser would stutter when i would play took me like 5 hrs when i found out i had a game optimization with norton turned it off and solved the issue

[@HopemanGG]

What? You change the 144hz to 120hz to fix it, not to 60hz.

[@turbotegs2102]

Do NOT do this, to fix the stuttering all monitors in use must be at a refresh rate of a multiple of each other or the same. So 60hz will wor but what was the point of getting a 144hz monitor in the first place then? Change the 144hz to 120 instead of 60.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

I think that’s the point of the original message, if you read his last sentence. He’s saying my suggestion should be the google suggested and not to reduce your monitors refresh rate

[@SpartanDraco]

7900xtx =, secondary 75hz down to 60hz, primary on 240hz/120hz depending on usage due to idle power consumption in simple games etc, it's clear that it's not AMD or NVIDIA or INTEL, it's windows.

[@Luui2x]

should i play with hdm1?

[@philmen8]

I'm guessing this makes less of a difference on higher end PC's. I'm on a 4090/7950x3D. My primary monitor is 1440p 300hz while my second is 2160p 144hz but I never get any noticeable stutters while watching 4k video and playing on my main or vice versa.

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Yes and no, you won’t notice it jumping back to 144hz for the stutter as much as it would jumping back to 60fps. That being said, that’s a beast of a setup and I doubt you’d have any performance issues. I’ll say that I don’t notice it much on my current system either. 5900x/4080

[@maximebussieres3978]

cyrus is right, i have an high-end pc and i have huge issue with 2 screen. even on game that dont take huge pc to run like lol or valorant. tbh i tey everything and found out my 240hertz with a 170 oc hertz glitches a lot. the only fix i found out was to unplug the second monitor. plus running only one monitor you gain so much fps its ridiculus

[@DieTabbi]

Nice. I use one 144hzas main and two 75Hz monitors. Never saw any problemsin ages

[@ilovecatsmore]

Bro is fixing problems we didn't even know we had

[@soOunz]

I have two monitors , cpu 12900K , gpu 3090Ti , should I connect two monitors to gpu or second which I need just for looking in chat (while streaming) I can connect to motherboard ( CPUs GPU) to have a best performance on my main monitor ?

[@ekremdilber]

Off topic information : Don’t turn off Hardware Acceleration of Windows if you are using Nvidia Frame Generation or FSR3, because when you turn off it you can’t use those features in Games and you are going to see that Frame Generation is greyed out and can’t be turned on.

[@nicholasmarshall3191]

I have a Meta Quest 3 and a 5120-1440 monitor running simultaneously. Quest 3 performance not good, even with a 4070 Ti and 5800X3D.

[@ErgoProdigy]

What I want to figure out is why my Samsung monitor acts like I switched displays anything I try to play VR and makes my headset not work... when I unplug the second monitor the headset works fine, but only after I restart the pc. I fucking hate this shit.

[@arnaudontrack499]

Hello, i play on triple screen simracing ( 3 identical 240hz monitors ) plugged in displayport and use a fourth screen ( in reality a 60hz hd tv ) plugged in hdmi. The 4 screens are pluged into my rtx3090. I use the fourth screen to monitor obs and read the chat. As soon as i start a live i have this kind of fps loss. Sometimes they are real..i know the games i play are a lot demanding for my gpu..i can see the drop on the steam fps counter but sometimes fps are high and i have this feeling of fps drop. I changed my cpu because he seemed overloaded but now the new one is half utilized and i still have this kind of fps drop ( some call this stutter or microstutter ). So i did the modifications you said and i thank you for that. I did a test with UFO..Strange thing is that he always tells me potential browser stutter occurs while all my apps are closed, only UFO is opened in chrome. Other strange thing is that if i move the UFO window opened in chrome to my 60hz tv monitor..he still indicates 240hz..I hope the modifications will stop the stutters..Thanks again

[@dylsensei]

Also something to keep in mind, is that to get the steam fps counter, you have to activate the steam overlay, and any overlay, even the nvidia game capture shit, will cause fps problems. I noticed a difference when I disabled steam overlay. I can’t check fps now, but there is a performance boost when its not on.

[@HopemanGG]

Question: Were you making sure to use different browsers for the testufo site and the video?

[@shadowr2d2]

Thank you for posting this video 🎉. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great 👍 work..

[@sikilpindang]

Hi sir, I want to build 4 monitor setup with all 1080p only for daily website admin monitoring, what graphic card should I use? is 6600 xt or 3060 enough and stable to hold 4 monitor paralelly ?

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Shouldn’t be an issue. Match refresh rates as much as you can!

[@sikilpindang]

@@DarkenedCyrus thanks sir

[@ilynxwbz7451]

i have a 240hz as my main and a 144hz as my secondary , should i put the 144hz to 60? or would you recommend selling it and buying a 60hz monitor instead

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Best solution is to match the refresh rates. At best, having a 144 and 240 is probably the least jarring. Dropping to 60 would make it so much worse

[@ATREES]

I wonder if you can do this if your CPU is a KF variant which doesn’t have integrated graphics. Also, if you do this for Discord, does that mean when you stream on discord, it utilizes the CPU instead of GPU?

[@DarkenedCyrus]

Totally can. I was doing this in a Ryzen system that didn’t have integrated graphics.

[@kidzay2264]

Anyone know what 2 monitors are those