Question / Help 144hz+60Hz monitors versus 2x 144hz monitors

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Greetings

Currently I use 144hz+60Hz monitors on my single PC setup and I've managed to mitigate most mixed refresh rates issues but still get the occasional frame time and FPS issues if running HW accelerated content on my secondary monitor.

If I get a second 144hz monitor, will I still need to disable hardware acceleration on every app open on my secondary monitor and limit ingame FPS to 60, assuming my GPU is not resource starved to run game+OBS if capped at 144hz?

Thank you in advance and happy holidays.
 
bump. I don't have any high refreshrate monitor at the moment (on of the reasons for that is exactly this hassle with streaming etc.), so I'm curious, if some one has tested 2x 144Hz monitor setups.
I think I've already read, that the problem is the same as with 144+60Hz.
 
Decided to bite the bullet and bought the same model of monitor I already own, since it was on sale.

For reference, my system has a Ryzen 1700@3.4Ghz and undervolted RX580.

With 144Hz+60Hz setup, The FPS range was roughly 45-144 in all the following scenarios, even with all the methods I found to mitigate the effects of mixed refresh rate setups.

On my first test with dual 144Hz monitors, I had Warframe on my primary monitor, in an area that is guaranteed to cause FPS fluctuations and Discord+Chrome running a 1080p@60FPS youtube video:

1) 1 hour HW acceleration on, game FPS range of 130-144
2) 1 hour HW acceleration off, game FPS range of 130-144

On my second test, I toned down a couple settings on Warframe and my second monitor had OBS+Streamelements Plugin and OBS preview disabled:

1) 1 hour HW acceleration on, game FPS range of 130-144
2) 1 hour HW acceleration off, game FPS range of 130-144

Moving application windows between monitors is completely seamless now.
 
Volfield said:
Decided to bite the bullet and bought the same model of monitor I already own, since it was on sale.

For reference, my system has a Ryzen 1700@3.4Ghz and undervolted RX580.

With 144Hz+60Hz setup, The FPS range was roughly 45-144 in all the following scenarios, even with all the methods I found to mitigate the effects of mixed refresh rate setups.

On my first test with dual 144Hz monitors, I had Warframe on my primary monitor, in an area that is guaranteed to cause FPS fluctuations and Discord+Chrome running a 1080p@60FPS youtube video:

1) 1 hour HW acceleration on, game FPS range of 130-144
2) 1 hour HW acceleration off, game FPS range of 130-144

On my second test, I toned down a couple settings on Warframe and my second monitor had OBS+Streamelements Plugin and OBS preview disabled:

1) 1 hour HW acceleration on, game FPS range of 130-144
2) 1 hour HW acceleration off, game FPS range of 130-144

Moving application windows between monitors is completely seamless now.
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In other words, a success? Yes?
 
thxne said:
In other words, a success? Yes?
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So far, it is working really well. Hardware acceleration was my biggest concern but seems to still be having no effect on FPS with my current test, Freesync ON vs Freesync OFF.
 
Volfield said:
So far, it is working really well. Hardware acceleration was my biggest concern but seems to still be having no effect on FPS with my current test, Freesync ON vs Freesync OFF.
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This is good to know. Now I'd have to fork over $350 to help my same problems
 
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