Do you need to find the screen refresh rate for your Windows 10 PC, laptop or tablet? Do you want to reduce the refresh rate to 60Hz or lower? Maybe you own a gaming monitor and you want to increase the refresh rate to another value like 120Hz or 144Hz? Here’s where to find the refresh rate in Windows 10 and how to change it to the value you want:
How to find and change the refresh rate from the Settings app
In Windows 10, the best place to view and manage the refresh rate is the Settings app. Open Settings. Then open the System.
In the left column, make sure that tab display selected. On the right, scroll down to the link Advanced display settings and click on that link.
CAT: You may also want to know how to change screen resolution and make text and icons bigger in Windows 10.
Window Advanced display settings is opened. If you have multiple monitors connected to your Windows 10 computer, select it from the drop-down menu “Choose display”. Then in the Display information, you will see the current refresh rate in Hz, as highlighted below.
To change the refresh rate, click or tap the drop-down menu Refresh rate and choose the speed you want. Depending on your monitor, it could be 144Hz, 120Hz, 60Hz or lower. The values you see depend on the monitor model you are using and the drivers installed in Windows 10 for the graphics card and the display.
After choosing a new refresh rate, you will be asked if you want to keep your new display settings. To apply the new refresh rate, tap Keep changes. If you press Revert or wait for the confirmation dialog to disappear, the screen will automatically revert to the previous refresh rate.
How to view and change the refresh rate from the Display Adapter Properties window
This method was present in the old Control Panel of Windows 7 and it still works in Windows 10, although sometimes you are not allowed to change the refresh rate but only view it. First, open the window Run (Windows + CHEAP), copy and paste the following command:
rundll32.exe display.dll, ShowAdapterSettings 1
Then click OK or press Enter on the keyboard.
The properties window for the video card is opened and it should look like the screenshot below.
Go to tab Monitor, where you see the field Screen refresh rate Show current speed. To change the refresh rate, click on it and select a new value from the drop-down list. Then press OK to apply it.
IMPORTANT NOTES: Microsoft has made a point of replacing the old Control Panel with the Settings app. This method will work on less and less computers and devices running Windows 10. In the near future, it may be completely phased out and rendered useless.
How to see Windows 10 refresh rate from CMD or PowerShell
If you love using commands, you can quickly see the refresh rate by opening Command Prompt or starting PowerShell, depending on what you want. Then run the following command and press Enter on the keyboard:
wmic PATH Win32_videocontroller get currentrefreshrate
You will see the value CurrentRefreshRate is shown as shown in the screenshot below.
Unfortunately, Windows 10 doesn’t have a command that you can run to set the refresh rate to the value you want.
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