Should I upgrade to 1080p 75hz

[Wisman]

Currently for gaming I use a 1360 by 768 60hz TV, should I make the jump?

[Gru]

Is that a freesync monitor that you're looking to upgrade to?
What are your pc specs?
I'd probably say go for it since it's an increase on image quality provided by the 1080p monitor

[Cloudy]

You should save up more for a 1080p 144hz monitor, will be a more noticeable difference. But even a 1080p 75hz monitor will have better response time atleast.

At the very least go to your TV's display settings to improve gaming. Either it will have a spot that will say "Standard, Cinema, Sport, Game" and put it to game. Or somewhere in advanced settings youll see a "game mode" to enable. Won't make TV picture more crisp or allow higher framerate, but will decrease input delay.

[_I_]

1080p is about 2x the gpu load from 720p

if the gpu is weaker than a gtx 970 or 1060 stick to 1080 60hz

[Mikasa Ackerman]

i have a 144hz monitor, and honestly , i dont think hz below 120hz are worth it , can just stick with 60 immo

[Wisman]

Originally posted by _I_:

1080p is about 2x the gpu load from 720p

if the gpu is weaker than a gtx 970 or 1060 stick to 1080 60hz

All I play are easy to run games like CS:GO and Minecraft

Originally posted by Gru:

Is that a freesync monitor that you're looking to upgrade to?
What are your pc specs?
I'd probably say go for it since it's an increase on image quality provided by the 1080p monitor

I currently have my eyes on Acer SB230 Bbix which has freesync and is 1080p, at 75 hz. My specs are AMD FX 6300, RX 560 2GB model, and 8 gb of ddr3 1600 mhz ram.

[_I_]

get a real monitor and then think about upgrading

rx 560 is weaker than a 1050ti

but those games are more cpu demanding
source (cs/hl2) likes 2 fast cores, minecraft is still single thread dependant

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

stay with what you have and save till you are ready to do a big upgrade to 4k later

[Ad Hominem]

Originally posted by HypersleepyNaputunia:

stay with what you have and save till you are ready to do a big upgrade to 4k later

I wouldn't bother with 4k if you play your computer at desk distances. Even with 20/20 vision on a 27" screen you can't tell the difference between 1440p and 4k because pixel density is too small high to discern. The highest res I would do is 1440p and then go high refresh rate from there.

4k makes more sense if you have a giant display like gaming in your living room, but at standard desk sitting distance it's a waste, and you'd be better off using that extra compute power on a higher frame rate.

If you do go for a high refresh rate even at 1080p, be aware, you can never go back. You'll never be able to game on a console or even 60fps again. It changes you, man.

[Snow]

Originally posted by Ad Hominem:

I wouldn't bother with 4k if you play your computer at desk distances. Even with 20/20 vision on a 27" screen you can't tell the difference between 1440p and 4k because pixel density is too high to discern.

FTFY.
I agree on 4K for desktop monitors being pointless, high refresh rate 1440p makes way more sense. And that's what I'd recommend OP looking for, 75hz over 60hz is barely an upgrade, not to mention you can actually adjust your refresh rate and achieve 75hz on 60hz monitor if the monitor itself can handle that without skipping frames.
Edit: decided to check if mine can do that, and yeah, it handles 75hz no problems, despite it's a really old one with res below 1080p.

[Ad Hominem]

Originally posted by Snow:

FTFY.

Aha yes thank you. Also good point on 75hz display. I would go for at least 120hz personally if I was buying new, 144 would be better imo. I've never actually seen a 240hz display in action but for some reason I think that high refresh rate would also be nearly unintelligible from 144hz, but take that with a pinch of salt as I've never seen one in action.

The good thing about a high quality display is that it's an investment. The display is the only part of the whole setup that interfaces with your eyeballs. Even if you have the most beast rig, if you had a 480p CRT screen it would look bad. I was gaming on a 720p Insignia TV for the longest time while also spending all this money on PC parts because I didn't think it was that important, until I saved the money to get a decently nice display and learned how wrong I was. Going from 720p 60hz to 1440p 144hz was incredible. And even if your current machine can't push 144 fps right now, after some time and some upgrades it will.

[Snow]

Originally posted by Ad Hominem:

Even if you have the most beast rig, if you had a 480p CRT screen it would look bad.

Weirdly enough, I'm planning to buy HDMI>RCA adapter exactly for an old 480p CRT TV. While old LCD displays like the one OP has are just technically inferior versions of modern LCD displays, old CRT TVs are just something else. Check what youtube says about Sony PVM ones - people still buy those for retro gaming purposes. A lot of old games, mainly console ones, were created with CRT in mind, so the graphical features used made games look on CRT really good. Not to mention fast-paced games like say Rockman series on Famicom might look a bit blurry on LCD, and Rockman ain't some modern slowpoke "hardcore" stuff like Dark Souls people end up playing on bananas and bongos and steering wheels, so the clearer picture is the better. Damn I remember first time playing on LCD when those were way blurrier than these days, it was Half-Life and it was an awful experience. It also was exactly the reason I left Half-Life and Quake 3 behind, those were unplayable. I know modern LCD displays are good, especially high refresh ones, yet the one I use is generally bad. It's 1680x1050 Samsung one with a high response time, and the only way to reduce the blurriness is to activate this stupid RTA thing, so instead of blur I get shadowing. If my vision wasn't that bad I'd say ♥♥♥♥ LCD in general and stick to this idea for the next 20 years, but at least I didn't end up blind so there's at least one good thing about LCD.

[erratic_gamer]

I would stick to 1360 x 768. it is a good resolution

[Ad Hominem]

Originally posted by Snow:

Originally posted by Ad Hominem:

Even if you have the most beast rig, if you had a 480p CRT screen it would look bad.

Weirdly enough, I'm planning to buy HDMI>RCA adapter exactly for an old 480p CRT TV. While old LCD displays like the one OP has are just technically inferior versions of modern LCD displays, old CRT TVs are just something else. Check what youtube says about Sony PVM ones - people still buy those for retro gaming purposes.

Yea I was gonna mention that CRT are actually superior in some ways and circumstances and that there is a pretty hardcore following that will pay high dollar for good ones, but I felt like it wasn't really in line with the theme of the thread, as I assumed OP was talking about a daily driver screen. Not that you couldn't use CRT as a daily driver, just that most people in most circumstances are going to use more modern tech displays.

[Snow]

Originally posted by Ad Hominem:

Originally posted by Snow:

Weirdly enough, I'm planning to buy HDMI>RCA adapter exactly for an old 480p CRT TV. While old LCD displays like the one OP has are just technically inferior versions of modern LCD displays, old CRT TVs are just something else. Check what youtube says about Sony PVM ones - people still buy those for retro gaming purposes.

Yea I was gonna mention that CRT are actually superior in some ways and circumstances and that there is a pretty hardcore following that will pay high dollar for good ones, but I felt like it wasn't really in line with the theme of the thread, as I assumed OP was talking about a daily driver screen. Not that you couldn't use CRT as a daily driver, just that most people in most circumstances are going to use more modern tech displays.

Well OP got enough answers already, and our discussion is somewhat relevant to the topic, so why not.

[_I_]

Originally posted by Ad Hominem:

Originally posted by Snow:

Weirdly enough, I'm planning to buy HDMI>RCA adapter exactly for an old 480p CRT TV. While old LCD displays like the one OP has are just technically inferior versions of modern LCD displays, old CRT TVs are just something else. Check what youtube says about Sony PVM ones - people still buy those for retro gaming purposes.

Yea I was gonna mention that CRT are actually superior in some ways and circumstances and that there is a pretty hardcore following that will pay high dollar for good ones, but I felt like it wasn't really in line with the theme of the thread, as I assumed OP was talking about a daily driver screen. Not that you couldn't use CRT as a daily driver, just that most people in most circumstances are going to use more modern tech displays.

that was before lcd monitors were getting good
first few lcds had horrible refresh/responce times and color reproduction
newer ones are much faster than crt and better dark and lights