Can't get above 60fps on a 144hz monitor

Hello,

I have a GTX 1080 and an i7 6700k processor and no matter what settings I select I cannot get above 60fps to my monitors refresh rate of 144hz. However, I can limit myself to 30fps with the Limit FPS option but I cannot get above 60.

My resolution is 1920x1080.

I can get above 60fps and/or stable 144fps in games like Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, World of Warcraft, War Thunder, Battlefield 5, Project CARS, Mordhau, Squad, etc.

I do not believe this to be a problem with my systems hardware, is there something I’m missing with my NVIDIA settings?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I’ve gotten used to 144hz and honestly cannot go back to 60hz, I loved this game and ever since my friends got back into it I wish I could join them and have fun while doing it.

EDIT:
Hey, please go ahead and delete this or mark as solved. Turns out I was only getting 60fps in the menu for some reason but in games I got my desired framerate, sorry for the misunderstanding.

The FPS is capped at 60 in the menu so your GPU doesn’t melt because you’re getting 2000 fps.

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