Setting the right refresh rate is an essential part of ensuring everything looks good. Here’s how to do that on Windows 11.
Your computer’s refresh rate dictates what your display looks like, and more specifically, how smooth your Windows display appears. Windows 11 is stacked with new features, and the new Dynamic Refresh Rate feature makes your viewing experience smoother and better.
Refresh rate is simply the number of times per second an image refreshes on your screen, and it is measured in hertz (Hz). For example, a 144Hz display will refresh your screen with a newly drawn image 144 times per second; a higher refresh rate will make your graphics much smoother and improve your overall display experience.
As such, setting the correct refresh rate is an important part of getting a good visual experience. So, here’s how you can adjust the display refresh rate on a Windows 11 PC.
How to Change the Refresh Rate on Windows 11
If you’re on a Windows 11 PC, you can quickly adjust the refresh rate of your monitor/display refresh rate in a few clicks using the redesigned Settings app. To change the refresh rate of your display:
- Launch the Start menu, search for Settings and click on the Best match.’
- From the sidebar menu, click on System and then select the Display tab.
- Under the Related settings tab, click on Advanced display.
- You should now see a dropdown box next to Choose a refresh rate, select the desired rate, and your changes should apply automatically.
- If you want to adjust the refresh rates of different displays, then select the required display from the Select a display to view or change its settings dropdown box.
Changing Your Refresh Rate, Made Easy
While casual users won’t feel the need to change their refresh rate, gamers can experience considerable differences in their gaming experience with a higher refresh rate. No matter which camp you’re in, now you know how to properly adjust your systems refresh rate in Windows 11.
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