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Can a GTX1080 do 360hz?

Shinobi026

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Strange one I've been asked by a friend that I've not been able to find a conclusive answer for after some searching. He's got a fairly old machine and using a GTX1080. He's picked up a new Alienware monitor that's capable of 360hz, however he's only getting the option for 240hz on all of the resolution options he has in the Nvida control panel. It's looking like the 30 series bring in support for 360hz but in other places it says that DP1.4 should be all you need, which the GTX1080 can do (after a firmware update that is!).

I have a 3080 we could use to test this theory out, but he lives a few hours away so it's not worth doing. Wondering if anyone here ran into this issue where you monitor was 100x better than your GPU :cry:.

Thanks all!
 
Maybe he needs a better cable?

Tho tbh i dunno about the question but if its capable and not reaching it im thinking maybe a better quality cable might do it that is proper 1.4 spec if thats what the 1080 card can use and 1.4 is certified for that refresh rate speed.

Tho i doubt he would ever make 300+ frames with such a old card on modern games or even semi oldish games unless settings half way down or low, tho again depends on the games he plays i guess.

The gpu might need a firmware update, this could help i dunno. Just somit i found on google.

NVIDIA Graphics Firmware Update Tool for DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 Displays

Download English (U.S.) drivers for NVIDIA hardware - , , ,
www.nvidia.com

Personally he could just run as is as 240 as should be plenty unless hes a high fps player of cs or something. I think ur friend shoulda probably upgraded his system first then get a monitor like that if it was really needed.
 
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Shinobi026 said:
Strange one I've been asked by a friend that I've not been able to find a conclusive answer for after some searching. He's got a fairly old machine and using a GTX1080. He's picked up a new Alienware monitor that's capable of 360hz, however he's only getting the option for 240hz on all of the resolution options he has in the Nvida control panel. It's looking like the 30 series bring in support for 360hz but in other places it says that DP1.4 should be all you need, which the GTX1080 can do (after a firmware update that is!).

I have a 3080 we could use to test this theory out, but he lives a few hours away so it's not worth doing. Wondering if anyone here ran into this issue where you monitor was 100x better than your GPU :cry:.

Thanks all!
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May need this update from Nvidia for displayport, will work on any 1080 doesn't have to be the Nvidia founders version. Also may need to go into the monitors options and turn on the higher refresh rates. But guessing this is the issue below in link.

NVIDIA Graphics Firmware Update Tool for DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 Displays

Download English (U.S.) drivers for NVIDIA hardware - , , ,
www.nvidia.com

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I see SkeeterUK beat me to it :).
 
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Shinobi026 said:
Strange one I've been asked by a friend that I've not been able to find a conclusive answer for after some searching. He's got a fairly old machine and using a GTX1080. He's picked up a new Alienware monitor that's capable of 360hz, however he's only getting the option for 240hz on all of the resolution options he has in the Nvida control panel. It's looking like the 30 series bring in support for 360hz but in other places it says that DP1.4 should be all you need, which the GTX1080 can do (after a firmware update that is!).

I have a 3080 we could use to test this theory out, but he lives a few hours away so it's not worth doing. Wondering if anyone here ran into this issue where you monitor was 100x better than your GPU :cry:.

Thanks all!
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That update should enable DSC over DP1.4a but there is most likely still a limit at 240Hz on Pascal.
 
So happy to see some replies on this. Thanks so much for the info.


I didn't mention, he did already try the DP firmware update (before he even asked me—I was impressed). I'm also leaning toward it being a Pascal limitation. 360hz monitors were but a distant dream back then, so it would make a ton of sense. We have some cables on order, so this is the next thing we are attempting. I would be amazed if Dell didn't ship a cable capable of doing 360 Hz with the monitor, but I also wouldn't put it past them!


Again, thanks for the responses, it's much appreciated.
 
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