cljustin, that is very true, but afaik that should not result in my monitor changing its max refresh rate setting on its own. Especially because with other games with a 60 fps cap (e .g. Skyrim, Fallout 4, The Binding of Isaac, etc.), this does not happen. To make it more clear what I mean: as soon as I start Dark Souls, it's as if I pressed the turbo button on my monitor so it sets itself to 60 hz max. Meaning, as soon as I get to the desktop or start another game with no fps lock, I need to press the turbo button again twice to get the ability to have 144 hz.