Lowest refresh rate monitor caps all other monitors

[thmatrix]

I have an OMEN HP 144hz monitor that I use as my display and a really cheap 60hz dell monitor that I use as my secondary. But the issue is that the 60hz dell monitor seems to be capping the hz of my main display. Whenever I disable the dell monitor my main display is able to display at 144hz but not when it's enabled. Has anyone else had this issue before and does anyone know how to fix it?

[jonathon]

@thmatrix

Has anyone else had this issue before

Several people, and there are threads on the forum, e.g.

Dual screen refresh rates synced to the lower one

Hello all, I have a question about display refresh rates. I have a Dell 144 hz ultrawide screen with and a 60hz drawing display by xp pen I chose that one specifically because of native support of linux. My issue starts when both are active, as the refresh rate syncs to the lower one. meaning my 144 hz syncs to 60 hz whereas without the display it works normally and settings for the display do not seem to separate the two. Is there a possibility to fix this ? Kernel: 5.16.4-zen1-1-ze…

@thmatrix

does anyone know how to fix it?

Depends on your hardware and software configuration (which you didn’t include even though there was a request to include it). Possibly it will never work.

[Friezer]

That's a limitation with X11. I've tried this with success ( Nvidia, KWin ) 433094 – No way to disable tearing prevention