60 hz vs 144 hz monitor - fps difference?

[L0rd_CSVeteran(only HS)]

Hello,
Just wondering if a 60 hz monitor can bottleneck the fps?

I.eg. GPU gives 200 fps but monitor only can show 60 hz (60 fps?)

Thanks

[ReBoot]

You cant see more FPS than your monitor can display.

[wuddih]

a 60hz monitor will only display 60 fps, no matter how many fps you throw at it. if the fps differs from the hz it can result in screen tearing, since the content on your screen is drawn linewise vertically. so the top of you screen is newer then the bottom. depending on the response times the screen has and some other stuff this can be a visible annoyance.

there is a function to prevent screen tearing, named vsync.

[L0rd_CSVeteran(only HS)]

I'm using an laptop right now and in games with steam fps counter it's showing beyond 60 fps sometimes like 90-120.

And thanks for the reply, i just made my choice for a monitor, the ASUS VN247H.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by s p e c t r e:

I'm using an laptop right now and in games with steam fps counter it's showing beyond 60 fps sometimes like 90-120.

And thanks for the reply, i just made my choice for a monitor, the ASUS VN247H.

The FPS the game displays is irrelevant. If your montor only has 60hz then even if your gpu is out putting 90 or 200 frames only 60 of thoses are actually being shown, the rest are bing lost between refreshes.

As for the difference. There isn't much. differenc for most appliucations. Unless you're doing motion graphics and film editing. You might notice an increased smoothness but there's a reason many montors cap at 60, the ability for the human eye to the perceive the difference between 60 and 90fps is greatly limited in short, there's not that much difference to the eyes.

The frame rate issue comes up because some games use display timing for then input timing as well.

[L0rd_CSVeteran(only HS)]

Thanks for the thural and informative reply, i understand it now!

[Andrius227]

For me personally, upgrading from 60hz to 144hz made a MASSIVE difference. I could not go back.

[ReBoot]

For reaction-heavy action games, that's a heavy difference.

[Andrius227]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

For reaction-heavy action games, that's a heavy difference.

Even for desktop, the difference is clear. Just the mouse cursor smoothness is extremely nice to look at, compared to 60hz i have been using before.

But ofc the actual games at 144 hz is the main reason i upgraded and thats where the difference is most noticeable. Doesn't even need to be fast first person shooters either. Even 2d top down sprite based games benefit clearly from high frame rate. Because things still scroll on the screen and high refresh rate makes it very smooth.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes the difference is night & day; your jaw drops at just how fluid everything is.
As long as the system can keep up. Peaking well above 60 FPS, your system would do fine on a 120 / 144 Hz display. Once you do it, 60Hz screens will probably make your eyes bleed.

[˜lokkandload˜™]

144hz like a BOSS!!!!

[[AU] Tabris:DarkPeace]

These people are confusing vertical sync with frame rate.

At 180fps a 60Hz monitor will display 3 partial frames with Vsync disabled.

Most monitors have an effective horizontal sync of 64,000 Hz.

Yes, 64 KHz, so having Vsync off with triple buffering is the way to go.

A 144Hz monitor will display 2 partial frames at 288fps with Vsync disabled.

Vsync enabled looks better at 85Hz to 144Hz+.

There is also AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA Gsync to check out.

:-)