1080p 240hz vs 1440p 144hz?

[Memes]

My friend build is a Ryzen 3600 XT and a Nvidia RTX 3070 and I'm not sure if the 240hz or the 1440p would be better. My argument is that 240hz isn't big of a difference from 144hz so just get the 1440p instead. Which one should he get?

[mimizukari]

240Hz is a MASSIVE difference if you play FPS or twitch-reaction games. Dunno where you heard it wasn't as big of a difference. I use a 280Hz 1080p monitor and would never go 1440p or higher until they could reach those FPS on max settings.

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1440p 144Hz~165Hz IPS is generally the best monitor spec you can get in terms of getting an all-around good panel that doesn't really sacrifice anything. Good performance, good visuals, minimal drawbacks.

1080p 240Hz is often TN, so you're losing out on color production quality and getting a barely noticeable gain to performance. The only reason for 1080p 240Hz is more for serious competitive play than anything else because those panels can be even snappier and allow for a higher consistent framerate due to the lower resolution, but you still need around the same level of graphics as you would for 1440p 144Hz. If you play games that are easy to run at 240+ FPS like CS:GO, L4D, etc. then 1080p 240Hz can have a clear performance advantage over 1440p 144Hz.

TL;DR - 1080p 240Hz is all about performance and less about visuals, while 1440p 144Hz is a well-rounded combination of performance and visuals. Just make sure to avoid VA as they tend to have the worst ghosting.

It's also worth mentioning that you have more leeway at 1080p with resolutions when using NVIDIA DSR/AMD VSR to downsample 1440p or 4K onto that 1080p screen. You have the option to use 1080p without it looking like garbage if you go with a ~24" panel, whereas if you needed to run 1080p for some reason, it would look like crap on a 27" 1440p or 4k screen because upsampling stretches a resolution smaller than the native resolution onto that screen.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by 2B:

1440p 144Hz~165Hz IPS is generally the best monitor spec you can get in terms of getting an all-around good panel that doesn't really sacrifice anything. Good performance, good visuals, minimal drawbacks.

1080p 240Hz is often TN, so you're losing out on color production quality and getting a barely noticeable gain to performance. The only reason for 1080p 240Hz is more for serious competitive play than anything else because those panels can be even snappier and allow for a higher consistent framerate due to the lower resolution, but you still need around the same level of graphics as you would for 1440p 144Hz. If you play games that are easy to run at 240+ FPS like CS:GO, L4D, etc. then 1080p 240Hz can have a clear performance advantage over 1440p 144Hz.

TL;DR - 1080p 240Hz is all about performance and less about visuals, while 1440p 144Hz is a well-rounded combination of performance and visuals. Just make sure to avoid VA as they tend to have the worst ghosting.

ASUS TUF is a decent 280Hz IPS monitor 1080p, no real sacrifice there IMO. Not very expensive either, only about $300-$400 USD

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Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

Originally posted by 2B:

1440p 144Hz~165Hz IPS is generally the best monitor spec you can get in terms of getting an all-around good panel that doesn't really sacrifice anything. Good performance, good visuals, minimal drawbacks.

1080p 240Hz is often TN, so you're losing out on color production quality and getting a barely noticeable gain to performance. The only reason for 1080p 240Hz is more for serious competitive play than anything else because those panels can be even snappier and allow for a higher consistent framerate due to the lower resolution, but you still need around the same level of graphics as you would for 1440p 144Hz. If you play games that are easy to run at 240+ FPS like CS:GO, L4D, etc. then 1080p 240Hz can have a clear performance advantage over 1440p 144Hz.

TL;DR - 1080p 240Hz is all about performance and less about visuals, while 1440p 144Hz is a well-rounded combination of performance and visuals. Just make sure to avoid VA as they tend to have the worst ghosting.

ASUS TUF is a decent 280Hz IPS monitor 1080p, no real sacrifice there IMO. Not very expensive either, only about $300-$400 USD

300~400$ USD for a monitor is actually expensive to most people who can barely afford to build a system with a 3070 or 3080 in it right now, assuming they can even get one at MSRP value.

It doesn't seem expensive when you're literally using a 600$ CPU and a 3000$ GPU. Most people's limits for a gaming PC top off at around 1000~2000, not even including the display, and the more popular panels are cheaper brand models like AOC's 24G2.

[Chompman]

Once you go with a decent 1440p monitor it's hard to go back to 1080p.

Honestly if you have a good enough computer to take advantage of 144hz it will be plenty for games really as going from 60hz to 100hz is going to be the most noticeable and anything past that will be a lot less that most people will be able to see visually for the majority of games.

The issue with "competitive fps games" is they downgrade their settings more often to not to lower resolutions and graphical settings that going for the expense of a quality 1440p monitor wouldn't make sense and if that's the case you would stick with a much cheaper 1080p tn panel usually.

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Originally posted by Chompman:

Once you go with a decent 1440p monitor it's hard to go back to 1080p.

Honestly if you have a good enough computer to take advantage of 144hz it will be plenty for games really as going from 60hz to 100hz is going to be the most noticeable and anything past that will be a lot less that most people will be able to see visually for the majority of games.

The issue with "competitive fps games" is they downgrade their settings more often to not to lower resolutions and graphical settings that going for the expense of a quality 1440p monitor wouldn't make sense and if that's the case you would stick with a much cheaper 1080p tn panel usually.

In games like CS:GO and CoD series where more FPS has an advantage, lowering resolution can be necessary and beneficial, provided the CPU can actually keep up. It's just that, if you care about visuals, 1080p on a 1440p or 4K native panel looks like absolute trash.

You can always use DSR/VSR to downsample 1440P or 4K onto a 1080P panel and get a similar experience (though not as good as the real deal but it's there)

[Memes]

Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

240Hz is a MASSIVE difference if you play FPS or twitch-reaction games. Dunno where you heard it wasn't as big of a difference. I use a 280Hz 1080p monitor and would never go 1440p or higher until they could reach those FPS on max settings.

ahhh i see. I mean I researched about the differences on forum and most of them said that not a huge difference while other said depends on the user. He mostly play FPS Games as well so yeah he would benefit from the 240 as well. Kept an eye on that Asus monitor so I'll just recommend him that

[sebo]

after 144Hz it becomes hard to tell the difference.. as a person who has been using 120Hz monitors since they started becoming available 10 years ago. i would go with 1440/144Hz over 240Hz in a heat beat, especially if the monitor is 27" or bigger.

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Originally posted by sebo:

after 144Hz it becomes hard to tell the difference.. as a person who has been using 120Hz monitors since they started becoming available 10 years ago. i would go with 1440/144Hz over 240Hz in a heat beat, especially if the monitor is 27" or bigger.

Keep in mind that going above a certain screen size (based on the resolution) is a bad idea because you get pretty bad pixel density the larger the screen size is. With larger panels you have to sit farther away from the screen or you'll notice it really bad, and you should only be a fair distance away from the screen with 32"+ screens

For 1080p, nothing should be higher than 24 inches, period. Having used several 1080p monitors over the years, anything above 24" just looks awful.

For 1440p, the sweet spot is 27 inches.

[Memes]

Originally posted by Nines:

Originally posted by sebo:

after 144Hz it becomes hard to tell the difference.. as a person who has been using 120Hz monitors since they started becoming available 10 years ago. i would go with 1440/144Hz over 240Hz in a heat beat, especially if the monitor is 27" or bigger.

Keep in mind that going above a certain screen size (based on the resolution) is a bad idea because you get pretty bad pixel density the larger the screen size is. With larger panels you have to sit farther away from the screen or you'll notice it really bad, and you should only be a fair distance away from the screen with 32"+ screens

For 1080p, nothing should be higher than 24 inches, period. Having used several 1080p monitors over the years, anything above 24" just looks awful.

For 1440p, the sweet spot is 27 inches.

How bad are 27in on a 1080p monitor? I heard you can see the pixels ands its a major turn off. Can you see the pixels while gaming?

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Originally posted by Memes:

Originally posted by Nines:

Keep in mind that going above a certain screen size (based on the resolution) is a bad idea because you get pretty bad pixel density the larger the screen size is. With larger panels you have to sit farther away from the screen or you'll notice it really bad, and you should only be a fair distance away from the screen with 32"+ screens

For 1080p, nothing should be higher than 24 inches, period. Having used several 1080p monitors over the years, anything above 24" just looks awful.

For 1440p, the sweet spot is 27 inches.

How bad are 27in on a 1080p monitor? I heard you can see the pixels ands its a major turn off. Can you see the pixels while gaming?

If you're close enough, yes, I have a 27" 1080p panel

[EliteGamer]

1440p @ 27 inches is the sweet spot.

100% scale is perfect at 1440p 27 inches. Scale @ 1080p icons look too big , the screen real estate on 1080p is crap.

1080p = icons @ 100% look to big
4K = icons @ 100% look too small
1440p = icons @ 100% look perfect.

1440p is perfect IMO. So my answer is 1440p anyday over 1080p.