How to make high refresh rates work in Xorg - Lemmy.world

This concerns a multi monitor setup with different refresh rates (e. g. 1 with 60hz and 1 with 144hz). The text below is part of the linked article. If you have both nvidia and picom installed, check both sections. ## NVIDIA (propietary) * Open nvidia-settings * Go to ‘X Server Display Configuration’ * In the bottom right, Click on ‘Advanced…’ if it says ‘Advanced…’ * Make sure anything regarding ‘force composition pipeline’ is checked off * Make sure you selected the highest refresh rates possible. You can either select it through the settings, configure it with xrandr or with your DEs Display Settings, is applicable ## picom * Make sure to start picom with --no-vsync ## Misc If it still doesn’t work, try settings these environment variables: CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<your highest refresh rate> __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<your highest refresh rate display> __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0 Find the DISPLAY_DEVICE name with xrandr | grep connected Add the text block above to /etc/environment (Tip: Use EDITOR=<your editor, if EDITOR is not set anywhere else> sudoedit instead of sudo nano or sudo vim) -> sudoedit /etc/environment