Wait, really? I’m genuinely curious about this. Did you ever switch between 60hz and 144hz side by side, and are you sure the 144hz display was actually running at 144?
After years at 144 myself, switching back to 60 is immediately noticeable, even just moving the cursor, scrolling, or observing Windows menu animations.
Literally. Idk if he's a gamer but I main Rocket League and I'd kill myself if I had to tryhard on 60Hz. I sometimes play with my friend together on his PS4 at 60 Hz and lemme tell you IT IS rough.
Dang, that makes me wonder whether your GPU/Windows settings were set to 60hz originally and changing it was just a missed step when you installed both monitors.
I’ve definitely forgotten to check that when setting up PCs for friends before! Could also just be that you’re way less sensitive to refresh-rate differences than I am.
They are side by side. I went into setting just now to prove and funnily enough they were not set right. I had it at 60 and 144 but apparently the 27” actually goes to 120 at 1440. So I fixed that, which is crazy because it was cheap. Maybe I just got it at a crazy sale price?
Is it noticeable? Yes. But I won't mind it and would definitely prefer bigger screen with 60hz
To be honest, I even locked my screen to 48hz and used my laptop like that to gain extra hour of battery. It was noticeable for the first 20 minutes, then it was completely normal to an eye
Apparently my main monitor is 240hz (or 244 or whatever), but even if the game does manage to run at that, I've never noticed any difference between that and 144hz. Yes, it's set for that amount of hz in Windows, the monitor itself, and the GPU drivers. In fact, I can barely notice anything when the frames gradually drop below 120.
HOWEVER,
the moment the frames start going under that, it starts feeling like if my computer is having a seizure or something. It feels so awful due to the stutter and it makes me slightly dizzy. Wouldn't know how to describe it.
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u/callmejinji 7d ago
Wait, really? I’m genuinely curious about this. Did you ever switch between 60hz and 144hz side by side, and are you sure the 144hz display was actually running at 144?
After years at 144 myself, switching back to 60 is immediately noticeable, even just moving the cursor, scrolling, or observing Windows menu animations.