60hz monitor vs 120/144hz vs 200hz tv

[electric-funeral]

Hello, im planning to buy a new desk, chair and finally a monitor for my rather new build. At the moment im using my 32' samsung led tv which has got 200hz refreshing rate and 2 000 000:1 contrast ratio. Would a 60hz monitor be a big improvement? Which brands and models are the best ones out there? Ive read some good reviews about benq, asus and acer ones but are they?

Thanks in advance.

 

[-Lone-]

Well, 144Hz is the higher you can go and that's only for 1080p and 1440p. You can't go above that due to cable connector limitations, so anything about that like 200Hz, 400Hz, 1200Hz are just advertisement to get you to buy them. So it depends on your build, if it can produce a large amount of fps, I would say go with a 1080p or 1440p 144Hz monitor and make good use all of those fps.

 

[electric-funeral]

My pc specs are:
I7 4790k
2x4 ram
120gb ssd
780ti
Z97 mobo
I play all games maxed out with high fps. I dont know much about monitors though. Which 144hz monitors would recommend?

 

[-Lone-]

My pc specs are:
I7 4790k
2x4 ram
120gb ssd
780ti
Z97 mobo
I play all games maxed out with high fps. I dont know much about monitors though. Which 144hz monitors would recommend?

I usually recommend this one for the price and the features it has, but in rare occasions I see people complain about having to calibrate something about the colors, but that was only "rare".

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe

If this monitor had display port, I would have recommended it, but I believe you can still achieve 144Hz through DVI. The one that has it is $100 more.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/benq-monitor-xl2411z

You could give the Asus monitor a try through Amazon, their return service is free of charge to pick it up from your house, at least for me. So you don't even have to move out of your house to deliver it back if you don't like it.

Edit: My friend just confirmed that DVI works with 144Hz, so you should be okay with that as long as your GPU has DVI, which it should. So I would say go with the BenQ monitor if you don't want to take any chances.

 

[electric-funeral]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Can you recommend any 27' ones? Im thinking about getting something bigger.
Also, can i still use my tv as a second monitor?

 

[-Lone-]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Can you recommend any 27' ones? Im thinking about getting something bigger.
Also, can i still use my tv as a second monitor?

Usually people prefer 24 inches for 1080p, but there are people that also like a 27 inch 1080p display, so it's up to you if you feel you want the screen to be a bit bigger.

But here are the choices.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg278he

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/benq-monitor-xl2720z

The price difference is quite big for for just 1 less ms of response time, and yes, you can still use your TV as long as the resolution matches. From my looking around, I have seen threads where people are having issues with hooking up displays with different resolutions and it tends to cause problems.

 

[electric-funeral]

Thanks alot. Is there a big difference between 1ms and 2ms of response time? Same comes to contrast ratio. Asus has got 50 000 000:1 and benq only 1 000:1.

 

[-Lone-]

Thanks alot. Is there a big difference between 1ms and 2ms of response time? Same comes to contrast ratio. Asus has got 50 000 000:1 and benq only 1 000:1.

Real time difference? No, your eyes won't be able to see that. The contrast ratio just has to do with brightness, it won't matter as much as everything else.