Problem with Vizio E32-D1 60 Hz or 120 Hz

[Josiah23]

I'm new here so I'm still figuring things out. I bought a Vizio E32-C1 TV but they apparently shipped me a E32-D1 (not much difference) and It stated on Vizio's website, target's website, newegg, etc... that it was 120 Hz, but every game I run it on, the max it can go is 60 Hz with vsync on (Which limits my frames to the refresh rate of the TV). I ran a game such as Mortal Kombat X and it was limited to 1920 x 1080 @59.99 Hz. Am I doing something wrong? It's a HDMI 1.4 port on the TV and I believe a HDMI 2.0 port on my MSI GTX 970. Any help or should I contact Vizio?

 

[Vivendi]

This is what I found with a quick search. Basically Vizio uses the marketing term "120Hz effective refresh rate", it is really just 60Hz. Some models with the label "120Hz effective refresh rate" are 60Hz panels with backlight scanning and others are 120Hz panels. There might be a bigger difference between the C1 and D1 models.

 

[Josiah23]

What?? If I knew I was getting a 60 Hz TV I would've gotten a different TV. Thank you for replying really fast, that really devastated me, I'm trying to get a good 1080p 120 Hz 32-42" TV for my bedroom specifically for gaming over 60FPS, but it's whatever. Thanks again

 

[kalrith]

AFAIK, the only TVs that will accept a 1080p 120Hz source are 4k TVs, and a lot of them won't do that. rtings is a good resource for this: http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-usage/pc-monitor/best

Look at the 1080p @ 120Hz column, and you'll see that not many TVs have that option. The smallest appears to be the 43" Sony X830C. Another option for you might be a 32" computer monitor with high refresh rate.

 

[Aikouka]

Most TVs that advertise refresh rates greater than 60Hz aren't actually accepting a signal that's greater than 60Hz. They're mostly using frame interpolation to fake a higher refresh rate. This is the same thing that produces that weird "soap opera effect" on TVs.

Keep in mind that 1080p120 is not an official resolution supported by HDMI 1.4a, which is found on most basic, consumer HDTVs. Due to this, you won't see it as an option in Windows. HDMI 2.0 should provide the option, but this requires a compatible source (the video card needs HDMI 2.0) and TV (some TVs only include one "high speed"/4K HDMI port if any). Some say that you can manually jack up the refresh rate using third-party tools, but I've never done it.