Any advantage with 120Hz monitor when NOT gaming?

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As the title asks. I fancy a 3d 120Hz monitor.I very occasionally game. Just occasionally. So, I have difficulty justifying the cost of a 120Hz monitor solely for gaming. I'd mainly be using the computer for watching films, web browsing or office tasks. Does 120Hz offer any advantage other than when gaming?

Thank you.
 
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what is your current monitor?

if it's really only on occasion, i wouldn't go for a 120Hz. the cost cannot be justified outside gaming (in my opinion).

but let me tell you this: i had a 120Hz monitor at home for a week and went back to a 60Hz and i thought i had motion blur on in BF3. turns out it was ghosting which i immediately noticed lol.
 
im on 120hz desktop usage etc feels smoother but its game where it all comes alive!

120hz in gaming is mindblowing!

but its defo not worth it just for desktop use! get a good IPS panel instead!
 
Well the fairly obvious one is, you said you mostly watch it for film watching, so 120hz 3d = 3d films, no 120hz = no 3d films.

That is entirely a personal choice, I got the Samsung 700D(the 750D is almost identical, different stand and the 700d has dvi instead of display port, both have hdmi), I rarely use 3d, it works fine, it works well and Avatar looks a bit better in 3d, still an utterly awful film though. I'm surprised by 3d, I bought almost exclusively for 120hz in games, smoother gaming and less tearing/stuttering feel in faster games partially as I suffer migraines and anything to reduce the eye strain can help. But 3d isn't half as bad as I thought it was, some people hate 3d, some people love 3d.

If you love it, then for films you'll have an entirely different option for those films that are done in 3d. 120hz also means for almost all screens, better response rate, less ghosting, less over drive issues which helps for really ANY moving picture which will include films for sure.

In terms of quality, the 700D over my older cheaper Benq led/60hz standard screens was mindblowing, its a stupidly higher quality panel and being a glossy screen rather than matt, its FAR clearer on text, reading, image quality, everything.

I can't see a reason to not go 120hz tbh.
 
hey drunkenmaster - the 700D is 23 inch though, right? i got excited for a while there, thinking samsung would make a 27 inch monitor with a normal stand, dual link DVI and 120Hz - probably not ey? :(
 
Thanks for the replies. Drunkenmaster, you make a good argument and make it tempting. I have a 24" monitor at present and want to upgrade to 27". But spending an extra £300 to get 3d, 120hz is making me cringe a little. I want one. Yes. But do I want one enough to pay the extra £300? Well, maybe. I'm hovering over the buy button on Asus or Samsung. But, truth is, I myself, don't believe the extra cost is justified by my minimal need. Heck it isn't a need. It's a gear acquisition symptom. (GAS). Then again, I do like new toys.

I might just try the 2nd hand market. That sounds like a good compromise.

:)
 
120Hz CRT or even a 85Hz CRT would be better for quake live due to almost non-existant residual imaging however a 120Hz LCD these days is pretty acceptable for FPS gaming.
 
Curious about this as well, i currently use an old va panel benq fp241w. It's used for general windows, games and blu ray playback. The viewing angles are excellent, as is black depth. But its only a 60Hz panel. Im thinking of getting a 120Hz screen, (maybe the new benq xl) as gaming is my main use.
 
Well, gaming is my main use. But most gaming monitors are garbage for anything else, due to the poor viewing angles on tn panels they use. Moot point for me as ill use my current benq, only thing is monitors use 1900x1080 nowadays. A cheap backward step tbh.
 
Rroff said:
120Hz CRT or even a 85Hz CRT would be better for quake live due to almost non-existant residual imaging however a 120Hz LCD these days is pretty acceptable for FPS gaming.
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While reading intot 120Hz LCD's I've read that a 120Hz LCD is about as responsive as a 100Hz CRT.

Clearly then it's responsive enough for any game including Quake :)
 
I also have the same monitor as DM. Bought it just for games, but the 3d was a nice suprise. Not really had chance to test it on anything but games though.

The built in 2d->3d conversion works pretty well also. One thing I will say though is that I get some crosstalk when using the splitscreen 3d mode.

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Drunkenmaster: Do you notice any crosstalk (I.e. ghosting) when using this monitor in games?
 
Stonedofmoo said:
While reading intot 120Hz LCD's I've read that a 120Hz LCD is about as responsive as a 100Hz CRT.

Clearly then it's responsive enough for any game including Quake :)
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Its not tho - the pixels on a 100Hz CRT will change to the value they should be almost instantly whereas you will have some decay even on a good 120Hz TFT - try spinning around 180 degrees very fast on a CRT the image will stabalise very very quickly, on a 120Hz TFT it will be slightly blurry for a moment and on a 60Hz TFT it will be quite blurry for a longer moment... which results in a slight extra delay while your brain works out whats going on which for an FPS game were you want to be taking the scene in as quickly as possible isn't ideal.
 
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indeed. I'm convinced most people have simply forgotten just HOW GOOD a fast CRT is and HOW BAD just about every LCD is for FPS games. Just because that's what they're used to now.
 
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