Gigabyte G27Q monitor with Xbox one X

AdamPavia · Nov 2, 2020

So I've looked at all the specs for this monitor and it supports 1440p@120hz over HDMI but the xbox won't let me use both, either 120hz@1080p or 60hz@1440p... I'm hoping this will get updated for the Series X as it's the main reason I bought the monitor.
Does anyone have any more info on the subject, are more 1440p 144hz displays going to be supported? Thanks

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As2Bax

sure thing

GIGABYTE

G27Q

(the monitor that causes the problem)

[Farscape]

even the review here states he gets 1440/60 and 1080/120 so looks to be a monitor limitation or compatability issue with the xbox.

My monitor does the same and i only get the full benefits from display port even though the monitor has hdmi 2.0

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JunoA

seems to be a common problem amongst monitor users, MS posted a workaround for the moment which involves disabling Variable Refresh Rate and disabling adaptive sync on the monitor... hope this helps. Also hoping MS can fix this with a patch

Raz8911

seems to be a common problem amongst monitor users, MS posted a workaround for the moment which involves disabling Variable Refresh Rate and disabling adaptive sync on the monitor... hope this helps. Also hoping MS can fix this with a patch

Can you link this workaround?

Obsessive Power

Do you think, that Microsoft will tackle this issue someday?

I would hope so. It's not a massive technical issue. Unless a monitor has limited FreeSync Frequency (my GL27850 only goes up to 100Hz at 1440P) then it should be possible to fix.

And if not, are there even gonna be games which are playable on wqhd/120 hz?

Notable 120Hz games are the new Devil My Cry, Gears 5 (multiplayer only), Dirt 5 and Call of Duty Cold War (multiplayer only).

Some things to note. When you set the console to 1440P, games don't actually render at this resolution. On the Series X they will still render internally at 4K and then get down-scaled.

And there is another fact you need to consider that some are ignoring because they want the '120Hz mode' and this is VRR. Some people on other threads are mentioning how they got to 120Hz by turning off VRR (Variable Refresh Rate). Yes, that my well work,
but it will have a impact on the way games run and feel.

This is because without VRR your console may not show the next correct frame in sequence. Unless the game is running at a locked 120FPS and crucially not dropping frames, a dropped frame will show as a judder or a stutter, plus the screen will tear, which
can be unpleasant (it doesn't damage anything). VRR syncs the display with the game frame rate, eliminating the stuttering and screen tearing.

Gigabyte G27Q monitor with Xbox one X