~200fps on CS:GO with 60Hz monitor.

[SkirLou]

Hi everyone, I am confused a bit about new computer, which I'm going to buy. So, in the youtube, there were some CS:GO gameplays with exactly same PC as I'm looking for and that PC managed to get about 200fps. The problem is - I have pretty old 60Hz monitor. Will I have problems in the game? Smooth gameplay is all I need, no lags by the smokes or molotovs, etc. Biggest part of this - I don't really have enough money for normal sized 120Hz monitor. Need your thoughts guys and ladies. 😉

 

[basroil]

FPS and monitor refresh are totally different things (unless you have v-sync). Lag and such is dependent on FPS alone, so as long as your PC is fast it doesn't matter if you have 60hz or 144.

 

[techgeek]

Essentially what happens when your GPU is rendering more frames than your monitor can handle is that it throws away the extra frames. Meaning when the monitor has completed displaying a frame it takes whichever frame is rendered next. So for instance the monitor just finishes displaying frame_0, and is ready to accept the next frame, the GPU finishes rendering frame_4 and sends it to the monitor, in this example in the time it took for the monitor to display frame_0, the GPU rendered and discarded frame_1, 2, and 3. This way you have the "freshest" representation of the game space being displayed on the monitor.