Hz and FPS question

sybaris

sybaris

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Ok this may sound a bit of a daft question.
The best way I can explain is like this.
Say I have a game that I can run at over 100 fps, my screen is limited to 60hz
Does that mean it will cap the FPS to 60 or on a 60hz screen (assuming my card is to spec) I can still
get 100+ FPS ?
 
That means I could have a decent card that is capable of 100+ FPS but a 4K 60hz screen that wont show anything above 60 FPS.
So either I get stuck at a lower refresh rate but higher detail, have a higher refresh rate but less detail or buy an expensive screen over £1500 for the best of both.
Why can't this be simple?
 
sybaris said:
That means I could have a decent card that is capable of 100+ FPS but a 4K 60hz screen that wont show anything above 60 FPS.
So either I get stuck at a lower refresh rate but higher detail, have a higher refresh rate but less detail or buy an expensive screen over £1500 for the best of both.
Why can't this be simple?
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It's the choice you have to make at this stage in GPU and monitor hardware. Personally the decision is easy: 1440p 144-165hz. You get the best of both a notably greater detail over 1080p, but not suffering playing at 60hz which is just awful once you're used to 100+.

I recently made the switch to 1440p 165hz and am fully satisfied. In 2-3 years when 4k 144hz monitors are affordable and the GPU generation can handle that properly, for me that's when the next upgrade comes and no sooner.
 
It gets very complex - depending on whether you use such technologies as V-Sync, FastSync, FreeSync or G-Sync or not. There are also trade-offs with latency which can affect how responsive a game feels.

If you have a 60Hz monitor ideally you want a GPU that can render a reasonable amount above 60FPS average so as to maintain as constant a 60 FPS output as possible.
 
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