120Hz, GTX570 and 27" screen questions

AnastieByte · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:33

I own a GTX 570 GPU and Im considering this monitor:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-086-IY&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

Will the 120Hz be to much for my card in BF3 with this monitor?

Im using a 22" Samsung at present and I sit about 23 inches from my monitor. Will this be to close for a 27" screen?

I can sit further back but I wear reading glasses and need to close to read text and see what Im shooting!!

If 120Hz is to much for my card it helps with the decision making.

AnastieByte · 23 Oct 2012 at 16:00

I guess nobody knows

PCM2 · 23 Oct 2012 at 16:36

It depends on the settings you want to run. Turn 'Anti-aliasing deferred' off and use a mixture of high and medium settings and you'll cruise well past 60fps (reaching 120fps at times) and make good use of the 120Hz refresh rate. If you are looking to play with 'AA post' (regular anti-aliasing) then you would be asking too much from the card. You'd still get a smoother-feeling experience from the 120Hz refresh rate as the mouse movements are updated more frequently.

23 inches (60cm ish) is not uncomfortably close to a 27" monitor I feel. It will feel quite in your face at first but you'll get used to it. You might also find you can nudge yourself a few cm further back if you need to as all the content will be a little bigger for you compared to your current screen.

Geo-Gamer · 24 Oct 2012 at 17:25

It all depends on the settings 120 MHz monitor won't be good on a 570 on ultra . However, if you are playing on medium ish to high then yes it will do you fine.

Defy Belief · 24 Oct 2012 at 18:41

As said it depends on how good the settings you want, I run it on a mixture of ultra, high and medium with my 670 and it ranges from 120fps to 160.

Just lowered the settings and tweaked them so it was averaging 120fps to take full potential of the screen.

570 probably wouldn't be way out but it'll probably be a lot more medium settings. (bf3 still looks good in medium to be fair)

kissenger · 25 Oct 2012 at 20:22

There is no Single card that can max battlefield 3 at maximum settings with a frame rate of more than around 60 or 70 frames per second.

Defy Belief · 25 Oct 2012 at 21:51

kissenger said:
There is no Single card that can max battlefield 3 at maximum settings with a frame rate of more than around 60 or 70 frames per second.

Debatable, especially with AMDs driver updates.

SmokeKingGun · 27 Oct 2012 at 14:52

Monitor res. is 1080p you will be fine at that with a 570

As for the 120hz refresh rate it will put no extra stress on the gpu

AnastieByte · 27 Oct 2012 at 16:51

Thanks for all the advice, reassurances given