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 ?
 
You can still render over 60fps but your monitor will not display any higher than 60fps so you wont see it
Some games let you cap it at 60, 120 etc.
 
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.
 
I have seen a couple of 27 4K but I don't think the details will be that noticeable and they are not cheap for the screen size.
 
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.
 
So the other thing is that display port 1.2 doesn't support 1440p over 144hz but display port 1.4 does?
Why are monitors advertised with 165 or 170hz but only have display port 1.2?
 
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