How to set my monitor to 144Hz?

Hello all, I just bought a monitor that support 144hz refresh rate, but in the GUI display config there is only options 50/60/120 Hz.
I tried to run the following commands:

xrandr --newmode "3440x1440_144.00" 1086.75 3440 3744 4128 4816 1440 1443 1453 1568 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode DP-1 "3440x1440_144.00"
xrandr --output DP-1 --mode "3440x1440_144.00"

The commands ran successfully without error, but it doesn’t seem to work, the monitor is still running at 120hz.

here is the out put of xrandr -q

Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 3440 x 1440, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP-1 connected primary 3440x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 800mm x 330mm
   3440x1440    119.98*+
   1920x1440    119.97
   1600x1200    119.82
   1440x1080    119.92
   1400x1050    119.90
   1280x1024    119.83
   1280x960     119.89
   1152x864     119.77
   1024x768     119.80
   800x600      119.85
   640x480      119.52
   320x240      117.34
   1920x1200    119.90
   1680x1050    119.89
   1440x900     119.94
   1280x800     119.85
   1152x720     119.73
   960x600      119.74
   928x580      119.55
   800x500      119.47
   768x480      119.71
   720x480      119.65
   640x400      119.64
   320x200      117.55
   2560x1440    119.95
   2048x1152    119.96
   1920x1080    119.93
   1600x900     119.95
   1368x768     119.83
   1280x720     119.86
   1024x576     119.85
   864x486      119.69
   720x400      119.54
   640x350      119.24
   3440x1440_144.00 143.91

here is the output of inxi -Fazy :

System:
  Kernel: 6.7.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=4eccb87a-c76c-44cf-a5ac-a7072a6d1312 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    video=DP-1:3440x1440@144 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.0.0
    wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
... ...
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
    built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 3440x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir
    LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.7.9-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1638 memory: 500 MiB
    unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
    device-ID: 1002:1638 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
    type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics driver: amd v: (AMD
    proprietary shader compiler) device-ID: 1002:1638
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6
    256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.2-arch1.2 (LLVM 17.0.6)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
... ...

Please, follow the template and post garuda-inxi.
It contains additional, useful information about the status of your system.

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here is the output of garuda-inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 6.7.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=4eccb87a-c76c-44cf-a5ac-a7072a6d1312 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet video=DP-1:3440x1440@144 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.0.0
    wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: win element product: MoreFine S500+ v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: N/A model: N/A serial: <superuser required> part-nu: MoreFine S500+
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: S013_V1.2_P3C3M43_MoreFine date: 11/03/2021
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M585/M590 Multi-Device Mouse
    serial: <filter> charge: 10% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA50000C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2873 high: 4618 min/max: 400/4680 scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3707 2: 3659 3: 3648
    4: 400 5: 4618 6: 4579 7: 2510 8: 3652 9: 3650 10: 2210 11: 2509 12: 3650
    13: 400 14: 3650 15: 2731 16: 400 bogomips: 105401
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
    built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 3440x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
    renoir LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.7.9-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1638
    memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
    device-ID: 1002:1638 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
    type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics driver: amd v: (AMD
    proprietary shader compiler) device-ID: 1002:1638
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
    17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.2-arch1.2 (LLVM 17.0.6)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: N/A
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
    snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir,
    snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.5
    chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Realtek
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
    wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 1.31 TiB (70.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Fanxiang model: S500PRO 2TB
    size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SN10613 temp: 40.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.61 TiB size: 1.61 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.31 TiB (81.0%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 25.6 MiB (26.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.61 TiB size: 1.61 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.31 TiB (81.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.61 TiB size: 1.61 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.31 TiB (81.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.61 TiB size: 1.61 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.31 TiB (81.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.8 C mobo: 42.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.2 GiB used: 12.84 GiB (20.6%)
  Processes: 406 Power: uptime: 3h 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 24.86 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1546 libs: 400 tools: octopi,paru,yay
    Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash
    v: 5.2.26 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2023-06-20
  Last full system update: 2024-03-11 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:            systemd-vconsole-setup.service
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