Hello everyone. I’ve read some posts before about Linux behaving poorly when using multiple monitors that have a different refresh rate.

Does anybody here know if X11 + AMDGPU + Mesa + Gnome handles this correctly? I’m thinking of getting a high refresh rate monitor (120hz+) while keeping my secondary at 60hz.

  • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have a 144Hz between a 60 Hz and a 75 Hz monitor.

    It’s not perfect, but does the job decently. In your ~/.profile:

    export KWIN_X11_REFRESH_RATE=144000
export KWIN_X11_NO_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=1
export KWIN_X11_FORCE_SOFTWARE_VSYNC=1

    If you enable TearFree, it makes the lack of proper vsync less noticeable and fixes the tearing caused by software vsync.

    OP’s probably SoL for Gnome though, because Gnome.