Recent content by SyntaxSocialist

Thanks. Definitely going for a local buyer and all in one piece if I can. In a few years this thing will be 10 years old and I think I'll want to start from scratch. Seems reasonable to think the market will have stabilized a bit by then...

I built a mid-range gaming PC back in 2014. I was planning to build a new one, but not for a couple years yet and I'm moving before then. That said, I keep hearing about a chip shortage and GPU prices being insane plus it seems like the prices for the components hasn't dropped much in 7 years...

I'm told AMD (Radeon) doesn't support >60Hz, though...

That seems pretty ridiculous, considering that the 7950 can do 3D 1080p @ 60Hz per eye (120Hz)... or am I missing something?

I want to buy a monitor for gaming that will sync up with a frame rate higher than 60Hz. It seems 120Hz+ is my only option, but I'm not about to shell out for one and then have it be completely useless. But I've come across such a ridiculous lack of information about whether these monitors...

Someone told me the other day that AMD graphics cards don't push beyond 60Hz... I want to get a sense of whether there's any merit to this claim. It seems pretty misinformed, as the 7950 (my card) can push 1080p 3D @ 60Hz per eye (120Hz total). Can someone settle this for me? I want to buy a...

Now we're cooking! So I've got a Radeon 7950. What you're telling me is that I can't run a monitor above 60hz? So even if I buy a 120hz monitor, it'll only run at 60?

Any insight into why the 1920x1080 resolution is always paired with 60hz? Is there a formula I can employ to determine what other frequencies might work with that resolution (say, 120hz, for example)?

Right, I thought so. So then what about questions 2 and 3?

I'm looking to buy a gaming monitor. I'm looking through a lot of specs and am thoroughly confused. I've read in a variety of places that LCDs don't have any such think as a "refresh rate." Please help me understand, then: Why am I seeing LCD monitors with refresh rates (or "vertical frequency"...