Monitors with 60hz vs higher resolution

[Old Man]

I game at 1080p 60hz (and 1ms) and have looked a couple of times at the better refresh rate (happy with what i have, but..), but have wondered how many people see a major difference between more than 60hz refresh rate and if so, is it enough to buy (as an example) a 144hz or is the difference minimal.

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[Bazzards]

Provided you have the graphics card to run it, high hz gaming is night and day better. Everything is smoother l.

I have both 1080p 165hz and 1440p g-sync monitors. Fantastic to game on.

 

[Old Man]

Provided you have the graphics card to run it, high hz gaming is night and day better. Everything is smoother l.

I have both 1080p 165hz and 1440p g-sync monitors. Fantastic to game on.

I forgot to add that my graphic card is the Asus 1060 6gb OC (DUAL-GTX1060-O6G) and can handle anything so far on ultra.

 

[Marsman]

Unless the 1060 can put out close to and around 100 FPS at settings and resolution you want, then there wouldn't be much point in getting a 144Hz monitor, unless you are going to buy a new monitor anyway.

Refresh rate and FPS go hand in hand, so there would be no difference in going from a 60Hz monitor to a 144Hz one, if the GPU were to still output a maximum of 60 FPS. It'll work fine, but the benefit of what the monitor is capable of, wouldn't be seen.

I recently bought a new 1080P 75Hz monitor. I did look at 144Hz models, but I don't play that many games. I'm not a serious enough of a gamer to spend the kind of money on a GPU that would have made getting a 144Hz monitor a good purchase. I still have a Rx470.

 

[Ian Evey]

Just got a 1440p 144hz monitor after using 60hz on my 1060 gfx card for years and Every game is now super smooth, especially cod warzone, it’s like a whole new game even though I only get around 60 to 80 fps.

 

[bimbleuk]

So long as the monitor can refresh faster than the fps range you looking to achieve you should see a gain in smoothness. You can have a high refresh but if the panel just overshoots because it's being overdriven you'll actually get a degradation in visual quality. So 75Hz 60fps is still a good match as the screen should be able to draw all the frames that the GPU is generating.

So from having played with a few monitors myself recently any decent 100Hz+ capable monitor should be able to provide enough performance for most people. One caveat I have found though is VA panels can benefit if the panel is even higher as it tends to offset the inherent slow response of darker tones. I prefer VA over IPS it's just taken a while for VA panels to match the IPS/TN response times without smear.

So the Dell 32" 165MHz VA monitor I just bought this week is going to replace my trusty X34 Predator 100Hz for my gaming monitor. Even though I'm temporarily using an RX 5600XT which achieves 50-60 fps in Horizon Zero Dawn with high settings. I'm very happy with the smoothness and complete lack of VA smear. The VRR/G-Sync support is good to have but the HDR400 is total marketing garbage and won't be being used ever.

I'd have been just as happy with a 100Hz, 120Hz, or 144Hz refresh so long as the panel is not being overdriven.

 

[robj20]

I went all out and got a 165hz monitor, I can't see a difference from 60hz. I should have known really as I can't see a difference on my 90hz phone.

Happy with the 1440p over 1080p though I wish I'd gone for 4k at 60hz to be honest.