With Windows 11, Microsoft has greatly improved the functionality of numerous high-refresh rate monitors. The software mammoth has begun testing a version of Windows 11 that automatically adjusts refresh rates across numerous displays based on the content being shown. This update should save power consumption and may even lead to some GPUs’ fans spinning less frequently.
According to a recently published Windows Insider blog post, Microsoft says, “We have improved refresh rate logic to allow different refresh rates on different monitors, depending on the refresh rate for each monitor and content shown on the screen.”
“Refresh rate-dependent multitasking, like playing a game and watching a video at the same time, will benefit the most from this.”
Nvidia Cards
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Running numerous high-refresh-rate displays at their full capacity will frequently increase the power draw on your GPU. Additionally, the Founders Edition Nvidia RTX 30- and 40-series cards have a zero RPM mode that will keep the fans at zero even when you’re viewing video material on a single monitor. When you install a second high refresh rate display, the zero RPM mode is frequently disabled. If you use both high refresh rate displays, the GPU’s fans will continue to spin.
With Microsoft’s innovation, it should be possible for these specific GPUs to continue operating in zero RPM mode while only occasionally switching to higher refresh rates on various monitors, depending on the application or display of the content. Currently, manually decreasing the refresh rate of the secondary monitor is the workaround for maintaining 0 RPM mode on multiple monitors.
Dynamic Refresh Rate
Improvements to Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) for laptops are also included in the most recent Canary Channel releases of Windows 11. The refresh rate of a laptop’s screen will now be reduced if battery saver is enabled by Windows 11 until battery saver mode is turned off.
These refresh rate enhancements are now being tested by Microsoft in Windows 11 test releases, and they ought to become accessible to all Windows 11 users.
