Windows 11 users on PCs with compatible displays can manually change the screen refresh rate to get a better visual experience when scrolling through web pages or a long text document, for example. Depending on the monitor and video driver installed, it is also possible to enable the so-called Dynamic Refresh Rate, which will automatically adjust the screen’s refresh rate. See how to do this by following the steps in this post.
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How to change screen refresh rate in Windows 11
To change the screen refresh rate manually in Windows 11, click on the start menu and open the application settings:
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With the Settings app open, go to the category System and then click Video:
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Now click on advanced display:
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Within the Advanced Display area you will be able to select the desired refresh rate using the menu in the field highlighted in the image below:
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Observation: Windows 10 users can also do this by going to the Settings > System > Display > Advanced Display Settings app:
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What about the dynamic refresh rate?
If your monitor is supported and the video driver installed is of type WDDM 3.0* or later as shown in the image below, you will also see the option to use dynamic refresh rate in the menu. As the name implies, dynamic refresh rate in Windows 11 automatically adjust the screen refresh rate between 60Hz and 120Hz:
*Type it dxdiag in the Start menu search box to open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool and check the type of video driver installed.
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Still on dynamic refresh rate, Microsoft recently started testing in Microsoft Edge browser support for this feature with a focus on web browsing. Learn more by going to this post.
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