Cannot change 60hz to 144hz PLEASE HELP!!!!

[Ender Wiggins]

So I go to monitor settings and I press on 60hz....and it just stays there. There's nothing more and I have a 144hz monitor! Please please help! Is it my graphics card? (GTX 960)
I got this exact monitor.
https://www.amazon.com/GN246HL-Bbid...g_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MGR433WWJJY9GP43DMQR

 

[Intel_man]

Go to your Nvidia Control Panel and adjust the refresh rate to 144hz and hit apply.

 

[_Glitch]

I'll bet you are using ether VGA, or a HDMI 1,3 cable.
Make sure your use HDMI 1.4 or 2.0 (if using higher than FHD resolution) or Displayport or DualLink DVI.

 

[Ender Wiggins]

@Intel_man Yes. Tried that. Still 60hz.

@_Glitch I can't tell which HDMI it is. What's wrong with VGA? The Manuel said to put all the ports in. DVI, HDMI, VGA. And then I thought...well maybe it's the HDMI because it didn't actually come with the monitor. So I pulled it out (after I turned off everything and turned everything back on) and the display won't turn on. I pressed on the side under the monitor and changed the input settings to DVI (or tried) and it just changes back to HDMI...I WANT MY 144HZ

 

[Intel_man]

What's wrong with VGA

VGA is old tech. It doesn't support 144Hz refresh rate through the cable.

 

[Ender Wiggins]

Sooo take out the VGA? @Intel_man

 

[Ender Wiggins]

@Intel_man ok took it out. Nothing changed. Still stuck at 60hz.

 

[Laquer Head]

I read that it can only do 144hz thru DVI input. Read the comments about this monitor on Newegg, lots of info in the pros/cons

 

[Ender Wiggins]

@Laquer Head Well that's what I keep doing. I switch it to DVI input but it won't change, it goes back to hdmi. The monitor won't even turn on unless the hdmi is in. PLEASE help. I really want this to work.

 

[Laquer Head]

Do you have anything in the HDMI when you try the DVI?

 

[Ender Wiggins]

What do you mean? I mean. I can't see the screen unless the hdmi is in.

 

[Ender Wiggins]

Please someone help...

 

[Intel_man]

@Laquer Head Well that's what I keep doing. I switch it to DVI input but it won't change, it goes back to hdmi. The monitor won't even turn on unless the hdmi is in. PLEASE help. I really want this to work.

Because dvi-d is a different cable completely to hdmi. You can't just switch to dvi if you're connected via a hdmi cable.

 

[Ender Wiggins]

Well then what do I do???

 

[Intel_man]

Well... it's pretty clear that from previous posts from both myself and @Laquer Head, you need to connect your monitor to your video card with a DVI-D dual-link cable.

 

[Ender Wiggins]

OHHH VIDEO CARD! @Intel_man I'm so stupid. Thank you so much. Problem is, I dont have the thing to connect the DVI to my graphics card. So I guess I need to buy one?

 

[Laquer Head]

OHHH VIDEO CARD! @Intel_man I'm so stupid. Thank you so much. Problem is, I dont have the thing to connect the DVI to my graphics card. So I guess I need to buy one?

So all you were doing this whole time was trying to swap to other inputs but with nothing plugged into the corresponding ports??

 

[Ender Wiggins]

SORRY. Nope. I'm stupid. Figured it out thanks to you guys. I'm so dumb. XD thank you!!!!!!

 

[Laquer Head]

SORRY. Nope. I'm stupid. Figured it out thanks to you guys. I'm so dumb. XD thank you!!!!!!

The ironic part is I just noticed that on the original link you posted, if you scroll down to the questions about the product, the second one talks about the proper cable for the 144hz refresh...