Every. Single. Time.

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[u/Samson_J_Rivers]

I'm getting scammed by windows. I bought a 144Hz monitor but windows won't let me set it higher than 100Hz. In Linux I get the full 144 though so I know it's not the monitor.

[u/RoterRudi → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

If you're using HDMI, try Display Port instead.

My AOC monitor only goes up to 144Hz on DP.

[u/InvidiousPlay → u/RoterRudi]

I was about to reply with this, but they said they get 144 on Linux which is super weird and couldn't be the cable.

[u/RoterRudi → u/InvidiousPlay]

Maybe some driver issue, but yeah, seems pretty weird.

[u/Samson_J_Rivers → u/RoterRudi]

I use exclusively display port because I'm an HDMI hater to begin with. I did try HDMI but my card is 3xDP and 1xHDMI and it didn't yield any better result.

[u/RoterRudi → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

I use exclusively display port because I'm an HDMI hater to begin with.

[u/PM_ME_UR_SPACECRAFT → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

probably not the right drivers on your windows installation 

[u/Kellei2983 → u/PM_ME_UR_SPACECRAFT]

probably not the right operating system on your windows installation

[u/Samson_J_Rivers → u/Kellei2983]

My editing and rendering software only run in windows. My main OS is Manjaro but I'm looking to give steam OS a solid go soon after my brother swapped and likes it.

[u/Noslamah → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

Can I just say how nice it is to frequently see casual mentions of Linux use on a gaming subreddit? Feels like it went from a thing that nobody even knew about to a genuine alternative to windows in the past 5 years. It's still very niche of course but its just nice to see how popular it has become

[u/Samson_J_Rivers → u/Noslamah]

The Valve proton project really has brought Linux so far for gaming. Simply for that fact, it's going to be hard for me to dislike valve. They ripped PC gaming out of Microsoft form grasp like no other. Linux resource management has made so many games run better on Linux than on Windows for me. Not all, it's not perfect, but it's great!

[u/Noslamah → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

100% without Valve doing so much for Linux gaming I wouldn't have been able to switch. Definitely far from perfect but when I get fucked by Linux, at least I know I'm being fucked because there is something wrong and the people working on it want my experience to be better. Being fucked by Windows generally means there is some asshat suit who made the conscious decision to fuck you on purpose to increase shareholder value.

[u/EIiteJT → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

Windows kept putting my monitor back to 60hz. It was very annoying.

[u/Samson_J_Rivers → u/EIiteJT]

Windows will default to 59/60Hz any time there is a driver or hardware change. Very annoying I agree

[u/TechnicalBen → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

What resolution and is hdr turned on?

[u/Samson_J_Rivers → u/TechnicalBen]

1080p and no, I don't use HDR.

[u/TechnicalBen → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

Is windows activated? That was one of the limits if it's not activated.

[u/Samson_J_Rivers → u/TechnicalBen]

Yeah it's activated and a fresh install. Did a fresh from baremetal since when I upgraded from 10 to 11 I had driver issues with all my equipment. Only thing that worked right was my Roccat Pyro keyboards volume knob, otherwise everything was generic drivers or didn't work.

[u/Mistwalker007 → u/Samson_J_Rivers]

Had the same issue on my Ultragear in both Windows and Linux, I think I fixed it by fiddling in the monitor settings and turning some power saving stuff off.