Cant get 144hz on Monitor

[opethdisciple]

So I recently upgraded my old Dell S2716DG monitor to a new AW3225QF.

Previously the old monitor was working at 144hz with Gsync on my 3 previous GPUs over display port.

GTX 1080
RTX 3080
RTX 4080

Everything worked fine.

I have since moved the old Dell S2716DG to another pc and cant seem to enable neither Gsync nor 144hz.

I had a GTX 1030, and decided to get an RTX 3050 as I needed a little more power than the 1030 was providing.

However even with an RTX 3050 I cannot get Gysnc nor 144hz. It is stuck at 60hz.

The only difference is that I am using a bog standard hdmi cable as opposed to the display port cable I was using before.

Do you think this is the key reason I cant get Gysnc or 144hz?

 

[Minstadave]

The only difference is that I am using a bog standard hdmi cable as opposed to the display port cable I was using before.

Do you think this is the key reason I cant get Gysnc or 144hz?

That would be my first thought. Is it the cable that came with the monitor or a cheap one?

 

[opethdisciple]

That would be my first thought. Is it the cable that came with the monitor or a cheap one?

Cheap one

 

[Delta3D]

Definitely cable, use DisplayPort if you can

 

[Mr Plow]

The monitor only supports up to 60Hz via HDMI, you'll need to use DP for 144Hz. There's a matrix of what display modes are supported in the link below.

S2716DG, 1080p at 144Hz possible with HDMI? | DELL Technologies

Hello, I just bought the Dell S2716DG and it arrived and started hooking everything up. It connects fine and is recognized and is currently running at 2560x1440 60Hz. Is it possible to drop the qu...

www.dell.com

 

[Rroff]

As above - I have that monitor and G-Sync + 144Hz is only supported on the DisplayPort connection which is a bit of a pain.

 

[opethdisciple]

Ok thanks guys. I will try a do cable.

 

[freddie64]

Think it needs HDMI 2.1 that you should have got with the monitor (AW3225QF).