Will I get tearing on a 144Hz Monitor?

antonio108 · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:42

Hi Guys,

I have just built my rig (i5 4690k CPU & R9 390 GPU) and am now looking for a 144Hz monitor.

I should be able to get between 70-100 FPS on the games I want to play and am wondering whether I will see screen tearing on a 144Hz monitor? IF so,is it worth looking at 144Hz free sync monitors?

Any advice/insight would be really helpful.

Thanks,

Antonio

spot35 · 7 Dec 2015 at 16:20

Yes. Triple buffering should ease it though

Ayahuasca · 7 Dec 2015 at 16:22

It will be there but it should be less noticeable than a 60hz screen, I know when I first moved to 144hz it made it less apparent. The difference comes when you use freesync/gsync and realise just how obvious tearing is side by side with a normal 144hz monitor, unless you use lolsync (vsync) and don't mind input lag.

antonio108 · 7 Dec 2015 at 16:55

spot35 said:
Yes. Triple buffering should ease it though

What is triple buffering? At the moment I understand it to be the GPU supplying an extra frame to the monitor in order to correct tearing?

antonio108 · 7 Dec 2015 at 16:57

Ayahuasca said:
It will be there but it should be less noticeable than a 60hz screen, I know when I first moved to 144hz it made it less apparent. The difference comes when you use freesync/gsync and realise just how obvious tearing is side by side with a normal 144hz monitor, unless you use lolsync (vsync) and don't mind input lag.

Thanks for your reply. In your opinion is it still playable?

Its so difficult to make a decision without actually seeing the difference for myself. Do you know of any good simulators that are able to show the difference?

spot35 · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:04

antonio108 said:
What is triple buffering? At the moment I understand it to be the GPU supplying an extra frame to the monitor in order to correct tearing?

If the front buffer is sufficiently different from the back buffer, then screen tearing can manifest when the swap occurs. Having two back buffers somewhat shelters the monitor from this. Note that triple buffering will interfere with the frame rate reported to something like FRAPS.

Glanza · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:05

Are you planning on getting a gsync / freesync monitor or just a 144hz?

Relentless81 · 7 Dec 2015 at 18:11

I don't get tearing on a 120hz monitor, Vsync is always off

Razor Time · 7 Dec 2015 at 18:34

As you have an AMD card and you are concerned about tearing I would say go for a 144Hz freesync display.

shankly1985 · 7 Dec 2015 at 18:43

Relentless81 said:
I don't get tearing on a 120hz monitor, Vsync is always off

You do it's just you might not notice it..
If a display and gpu is out of sync screen tear happens not matter what you do..
Syncing them up is the only way to completely remove it.
Vsync, Gsync, Freesync they is a reason these of available.

Randall8686 · 7 Dec 2015 at 23:23

Cant comment on 144hz alone but i have just gone 144hz and gsync. Cannot recommend it enough. Im sure freesync will be the same

antonio108 · 8 Dec 2015 at 08:40

Glanza said:
Are you planning on getting a gsync / freesync monitor or just a 144hz?

Originally just a 144Hz, but then I discovered that screen tearing was a thing!

Not sure whether to opt for a free sync 144Hz monitor instead.

What do you have/play on?

antonio108 · 8 Dec 2015 at 08:42

Relentless81 said:
I don't get tearing on a 120hz monitor, Vsync is always off

Thanks for your reply.

What gpu/cpu do you have? Also what frame rates are you running games at?

If you are running games at 120Hz anyway I dont think you would experience any tearing. (Likewise if you are only able to push the monitor at 60fps I believe)

Neil79 · 8 Dec 2015 at 10:08

On a 144hz you get tearing, however this does depend on the game... For example it's not noticeable in H1Z1 or Battlefield 4. But in Fallout 4 you can notice it, but it's nothing compared to a 60hz monitor.

Relentless81 · 8 Dec 2015 at 16:45

antonio108 said:
Thanks for your reply.

What gpu/cpu do you have? Also what frame rates are you running games at?

If you are running games at 120Hz anyway I dont think you would experience any tearing. (Likewise if you are only able to push the monitor at 60fps I believe)

I have a 290X and BF4 runs anywhere between 70 and 120 capped depending on what's going on in the game