Why Are my Games Stuck at 60FPS on my 165Hz Monitor??? | The Hidden Fix You Need to Know!

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Are your games stuck at 60FPS on your high refresh rate monitor? You're not alone! In this video, I walk you through the exact steps I took to fix Fortnite being locked at 60FPS on my 165Hz 1440p monitor—even with an RTX 4080! Whether you're using a multi-monitor setup or a single display, I cover all the key settings in Windows, the NVIDIA App, and NVIDIA Control Panel that could be throttling your performance. Plus, I reveal the hidden fix that finally solved it for me! What you'll learn: - Why Fortnite may ignore your monitor's refresh rate - Key display settings to check in Windows and NVIDIA software - The weird issue with multi-monitor setups - How disabling V-Sync made a surprising difference Works for NVIDIA GPUs (may also help others) Perfect for 165Hz, 144Hz, or any high refresh rate monitor users Get your FPS back and game the way you’re supposed to! If this helped, don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more PC gaming tips and VR performance reviews. If you appreciate the work I do here on the channel and would like to help me create more content like this, Super Thanks is a great way to help out. It allows me to purchase new products, GPU's and games making these videos possible. Thanks so much! ALSO... If you appreciate the work I do here on the channel, I invite you to check out my Amazon store where you can purchase many of the cool products I feature in my videos - United States - https://www.amazon.com/shop/maraksot78 Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/shop/maraksot78 United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/maraksot78 Yes, these are affiliate links. The price of the products in my store remains the same, Amazon just pays me a small commission for sending business their way. Thanks for helping support the channel. :) Wanna skip to a particular part of the video? Use the Chapters. :) Chapters: 0:00 – You used to work fine! What happened?! 1:23 – Why so many places for the same setting? 2:46 – making sense of why only 60fps 3:43 – this Windows setting fixed this for me 4:07 – of course! As soon as I start making a video something changes 5:32 – only Fortnite was giving me this problem 6:08 – do all the YouTube things! :D #60FPSIssue #HighRefreshRate #FortniteFix #NvidiaSettings #FortniteFPS #PCGaming #MonitorFix #VSync #MaraksotReviews