Question Monitor refuses to run at 60Hz

[scipo1997]

I have an asus
VL249HE
which is specified to run at 75hz by default but modifiable to 60Hz. I want it to run at 60Hz. I am using a new HDMI cable that supports this resolution and refresh rate.

In windows settings I set my monitor to run at 60Hz.
So I run games with V-sync on but they still run on 75fps, which means that monitor is still refreshing at 75hz. If I turn V-sync off, games do run at 60fps but it looks like 20fps, most likely because monitor is still running at 75Hz and ignoring my settings.

How do I force it to run at the supported 60Hz refresh rate? I don't want the 75 one.

 

[mnewsham]

Try CRU (Custom resolution utility) to manually set your resolution and refresh rate.

Also, I'm not really sure why you'd prefer 60hz to 75hz in the first place. I personally would try to set it to 72hz because that's a multiple of 24 so when watching 24fps movies you get perfect playback without 3:2 pulldown that you get with a 60hz screen.