144Hz Questions

[zom247]

Forgive my ignorance on the subject but would my GTX780 still be good enough with 144Hz monitors? I do play lots of games from FPS to MMO's and the 2 I've been looking at are:

BenQ XL2720Z

Acer Predator XB270HA

The ROG Swift is more that I want to pay for a monitor so these 2 seem to fall into my price bracket for a 27" and the Acer would make sense at the moment as I have an Nvidia card.

I've read quite a few threads here about 144Hz but the more I read the more doubts and changes of mind I have as what to buy!

 

[wunkley]

If you're sticking with Nvidia, definitely get a gsync screen. I personally think it's a total revelation.

I currently game on a Rog swift with 780Ti's in SLI. It's a very sweet set up for 1440p, but even two Ti's don't often hit 144fps at that res.

However, because of gsync its's not all about hitting that. I find anything above about 80fps good, and the sweet spot for me is round about 100fps. The screens you're looking at are only 1080p so a lot less taxing on the GPU, so if you can't/ don't want to upgrade your graphics card the Acer would be a good choice (although I have reservations about Acer build quality etc from what I've read - never owned one though).
In many games you will see decent (and smoooooth with gsync) performance with one 780 at 1080p, especially if you overclock it.

 

[ScottiB]

144Hz is just an upper limit, your actual frame rate will depend on your game of choice and the settings you run it in. The advantage of a 144Hz monitor is that it enables the screen to display higher frame rates when your card is producing them.

Put simply will not see any difference between a 60Hz screen and a 144Hz screen if your frame rates sit around the 50-60FPS range, however if you are seeing FPS over 60Hz this is where the 144Hz screen will gain.

That said, if your FPS dips below 60FPS then you will see a big improvement by going for a G-Sync screen.

 

[Rroff]

I'm running the Swift with a single 780 and its fine - obviously your not always putting out 144Hz but you still get decently over 60fps and great benefits in terms of responsiveness and smoothness... without gsync or freesync though it depends how fussy you are about vsync - personally I usually play 120Hz with vsync off and framerate capped at 125fps to minimise the perception of tearing and happy with that but not everyone is in which case your going to struggle to properly utilise a 120+Hz panel.