What are the best settings for a 144hz monitor? 144fps exactly or higher?

[Percepticon]

I have finally got myself a 144hz monitor, or at least I will have it later this evening. I'm just wanting to know if it is best to cap my frames at 144 or should I have it higher or even just leave uncapped? Basicaly, is it better to have the same FPS as refresh, or is it better to go as high as possible? The monitor doesn't have gsync.

If anyone else has a similar setup - what settings are you runnning for best performance on a 144hz screen?

7770k, 32gb DDR4 3200, gtx 1080 ftw.

The monitor I picked up is a BenQ XL2720. Anyone got one of these?

[tizeY]

No , you cap your framerate if you want to cap with an 144hz display at 146 with nvidia inspector's "Framerate Limiter v2" which has less inputlag than the ingame and the normal limiter.

The reason for limiting the framerate 2 frames above your refreshrate is the prerendered frames which is optimally 1.X frames and therefore limiting it to 2 frames above will give you the actual refreshrate taking the prerendered frames out of the equation.

[Percepticon]

Originally posted by tizeY:

No , you cap your framerate if you want to cap with an 144hz display at 146 with nvidia inspector's "Framerate Limiter v2" which has less inputlag than the ingame and the normal limiter.

The reason for limiting the framerate 2 frames above your refreshrate is the prerendered frames which is optimally 1.X frames and therefore limiting it to 2 frames above will give you the actual refreshrate taking the prerendered frames out of the equation.

Ahh right. So thats why the frames are always a couple below the setting. Thanks, useful to know.

In your opinion, is it better to match the frames or run higher FPS if you can?

[Iron|Cu!]

I would not recommend capping it at 144Hz, you have great PC which can run the game on 200+fps. Capping it to 144fps will just give you more input lag.

[tizeY]

Originally posted by Iron|Cu!:

I would not recommend capping it at 144Hz, you have great PC which can run the game on 200+fps. Capping it to 144fps will just give you more input lag.

frametimes are worse uncapped than capped at refresh in QC , there's numerous threads on reddit about it over the course of 1 year.

[Percepticon]

I can run the game stable at 240+fps. So would it be best to cap at 242fps or 146fps?

[CozyCatte]

I always Cap my FPS to 60 in all games because I only have 3 60Hz Monitors and it reduces GPU load and GPU Temps (I live in an attic room with no AC so I don't need my PC to heat my room even more ^^)

[^4JB^7L^1ZR]

Originally posted by Iron|Cu!:

I would not recommend capping it at 144Hz, you have great PC which can run the game on 200+fps. Capping it to 144fps will just give you more input lag.

I dont belive its input lag I believe its just less accurate frames show so you feel it in your hand.

I would cap at 250 if anything, I certainly wouldnt cap below 200, unless 60hz

[Percepticon]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll try 240fps plus 2 to see how that works. I think I read somewhere that keeping in 24 intervals can stop any tearing, but not sure how true this is?

[Commander Keen]

Originally posted by Percepticon:

Thanks for all the replies. I'll try 240hz plus 2 to see how that works. I think I read somewhere that keeping in 24hz intervals can stop any tearing, but not sure how true this is?

in order to stop tearing you'll need a synchronisation. bad: vsync because of input lag, better gsync.
with high hz monitors tearing gets less noticable because you will see those teared frames for a very short time only.

btt: try capping your frames to a value which gives you less fluctuating fps.