120 Hz monitors

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What is the advantage of 120 Hz over 60 Hz?

What are the disadvantages?

Is it worth the price for a 120 Hz monitor?

Is it better to wait until they have been around for a while?

What are the 120 Hz monitors available and which do you think is the best?
 
120Hz means it refreshes every 1/120th of a second, so if you have a game that can render above 60fps, you'll get smoother gameplay. They are also compatible with nvidia 3d games, if you get the glasses. As for disadvantages, 120Hz itself doesn't have any. However, the 120Hz LCD's right now are fairly new, and they may not be of the same quality as some of the 60Hz monitors of the same price. For example, the Dell 2209WA will have a better image quality than any of the current 120Hz screens, because it has a better panel.
 
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If the 3D tech takes off they'll certainly come down in price, though if you need a monitor now and don't plan to go 3D, just buy a decent 60hz panel instead.
 
disadvantages of 120hz itself there are none.
the disadvantage of the 120hz monitors available are...price/panel size/panel type

if you enjoy your first person shooters and take them seriously(game online) then you would have probably noticed the motion went straight downhill when changing from crt to lcd.
these monitors help in correcting that...also input lag seems a lot less, i dont know why but its just so much more responsive at 120hz.

i wouldnt want to go back to 60hz but it depends on the person and his uses...some would rather not go back to gaming on tn panels or 22"@ 1680*1050 but i dont mind the latter.

currently as monitors they only come in 22" tn panels.
 
I might seriously consider 3D gaming, if not for my eyesight. With one eye being considerably worse than the other i can't imagine it working very well, since it relies on a different image going into each eye. This seems to have been overlooked if you ask me...
 
Superewza said:
I might seriously consider 3D gaming, if not for my eyesight. With one eye being considerably worse than the other i can't imagine it working very well, since it relies on a different image going into each eye. This seems to have been overlooked if you ask me...
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But surely it would be no different to what you have to put up with normally? It's like saying that because you're deaf in one ear that computer games have overlooked audio by developing stereo / surround sound - it's nonsensical.

Anyway, I look forward to decent large panel 120Hz monitors becoming mainstream but that's a long way off. As for 3D gaming... I can't see it catching on until it's autostereoscopic (doesn't require 3D glasses), just like voice-com games haven't taken over the world - people don't like to feel stupid in front of others.
 
capriboy1978 said:
isn't there an option of running at 75hz on some lcd's?
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my other sammy 226bw does it but not at native res and tbh it isnt the same...also it looks crap when not in native res so its pointless

the 2233rz i have at the moment can do 1280*1024 and look pin sharp which is rare for lcd's...its only pin sharp at that res and 1680*1050 though.

monitors in the past always had the problem when gaming and not using their native res.....they would look pretty blurred which is crap if u had a widescreen monitor and wanted to play an old game which didnt support it (or u couldnt find a widescreen fix for).
 
I want that sort of 3d technology :p
Can be used with any panel, doesn't required 120Hz..
and it doesn't need any sort of silly looking glasses.
gonna be hella difficult to implement that to a proper good game though...

Oh, and for 400 for the 3d monitor + Nvidia glasses for a 22'' 3d monitor.. I think its a bit over priced tbh. not worth it now, but maybe a few years later we'll see some good deals..
 
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I heard that some of these new 120 Hz models don't have very good colour.. it differes from what the graphics card told it to show by quite a large amount. For example this Samsung: http://www.digitalversus.com/article-358-4495-36.html although in everything else it performs amazingy.

I am thinking I should definitely go 120 Hz given that I play so many online FPS games, but I would rather be getting one when the prices have come down and the technology has been around for a while, rather than one of the first on then scene.

The trouble is, I don't have a monitor right now. So I don't know how long I can wait... was looking at the new ViewSonic vx2268wm, but it might be the end of August when it comes out, and I don't even know how good it will be. Probably be very expensive though. :(
 
I believe that to get 120hz on a 1920*1200 resolution you need a dual DVI cable, and even then, that's pushing the limits of what it can do. I haven't seen any monitors at that res out yet... but I keep waiting :-D
 
Superewza said:
I might seriously consider 3D gaming, if not for my eyesight. With one eye being considerably worse than the other i can't imagine it working very well, since it relies on a different image going into each eye. This seems to have been overlooked if you ask me...
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I'm in the same boat

i've tested it and honestly, it looks no different to looking at the screen without the glasses i.e. it doesn't work! An ironsight on a gun in call of duty looks like a big square block of 2 images, the same as it looks without the glasses.

My left eye is dominant, my right eye is weak and blurred as a result of several correction operations as a child.

conclusion: unless you have perfect eye sight in both eyes, don't get it
 
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There are some people like yourself with a dominant eye disorder for who 3D just doesn't work, however, that is not the same as someone just having worse eyesight in one eye. If you have poor vision in one eye, you should probably be wearing lenses/glasses, and then the 3D vision glasses just go ontop of those.

You don't need 20/20 vision for 3D to work, you just need good vision when wearing your glasses/lenses.
 
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