High Hz monitors for low FPS gaming/multimedia? Should I rethink?

[Duvan]

So, I'm in line to get a 165 Hz Gigabyte M27QP as a good office/gaming/multimedia do it all monitor.
But recently starting seeing some articles on high hz monitors not suitable for low FPS gaming. I do play more demanding games mainly (casually) and I won't be having a high end GPU.
So my question is, would I actually be better getting a non-gaming monitor with 60 to 70 hz?? Is it that bad playing with low FPS on a high herz monitor?
Or does locking FPS to say 55 FPS or 82,5 FPS, remove most of the problem?
And/or does LFC (the M27QP has Freesync Premium and should unofficially work with Gsync) solve the stuttering issues at low FPS?

Also, does the same problem exist running e.g. youtube videos at 30 fps or 60 fps (they'd run better on a 60 hhz monitor)?
And if so, what is the best way around that?
Higher herz monitors also makes for example scrolling/browsing the internet in Windows smoother, so gaming isn't the only reason for being interested in higher herz, right?
But the issued mentioned above made me wonder whether getting a 60 hz color critical non-gaming monitor (like the Dell UltraSharp 27 U2722DE) might be better overall in the end for games and multimedia!

Looking for your opinions and experiences of the issue in general - not necessarily with the mentioned monitor.

 

[Duvan]

Thanks!
Hmm, I'd need to find somebody here with a M27QP then to ask

About limited hz range for adaptive synce... the display itself was specified as "48 - 170 hz Vertical frequency (digital)" on a website, and DisplayNinja's review said that "With AMD GPUs, FreeSync is supported over both DisplayPort (48-170Hz)". Does that mean that below 48 fps you get more risk of problems? Are some monitors not limited to adaptive syne herz?
Also the monitor is Gsync compatible but not officially, and the review doesn't mention a hz range for Gsync. Even more risk if a get a Nvidia GPU or how to relate to that?

Anyway, the higher herz for smoother Windows and general feel, could be worth the risk of a some small stuttering problems sometimes. I'm just a a casual gamer.

 

[Duvan]

Some monitors work poorly with VRR at low refresh rates because they have non-variable overdrive that can't be turned off. For instance look at TFTCentral's recent review of the X32 FP, which shows horrendous overshoot at 60Hz.

Oh okay, so it's important that overdrive can be turned off with VRR turned on? I would have thought most monitors had that option.
Anyway, since the monitor I mentioned has a variable hz rate... I could manually set it to for example 60 hz (or what does that "digital" thing mean?)? But is it generally so, that high hz gaming monitors, perform poorer when set to for example 60 hz than similar priced non-gaming monitors that has 60 hz as their max/default herz?

 

[Duvan]

Lower than 80 fps on my 144hz lg monitor looks like it’s skipping frames with vrr on or off, tried fixed refresh rate at 60hz, 72hz, 120hz or 144hz, same.

Anything over 80fps is fine.

Is that a IPS monitor? Not OLED?
It worries me that some people are reporting this! While others don't seem to acknowledge it. I probably still want a higher than 60 hz monitor, as I understand it would be a smoother experience when scrollig through websites and Windows apps....?

No - Even with a high hz monitor, you have the option of forcing a fixed 60hz if you wanted, which would perform identically to a cheaper 60hz monitor.

But as above ideally VRR/Adaptive Sync/Freesync/Gsync etc should be used to help improve things.

You also haven't mentioned what GPU you have, as this may have some bearing on your monitor choice

I don't have a GPU yet for the computer I'll use the monitor mentioned I do have an older computer with a HD 7850, which runs Battlefront 2 at maxed out settings more or less