60hz or 144hz

[darkskull]

hello everyone,
i recently bought a new pc and i am about to upgrade my monitor as well. currently i have a 7 year old monitor which doesn't even support FHD, i am on a budget and i am undecided on which monitor i should get. i have a gtx 970 and most of the games i play are pretty demanding ones, so i don't think i'll get to 120-140 fps or anywhere near that. i can however, usually pass 60. good colors and image quality are important to me, and i don't really know much about monitors or how to calibrate them (willing to learn though). given that information, which gaming monitors would you suggest?
thanks in advance!

 

[SBMfromLA]

Before deciding... you should ask yourself if viewing angles and colors matter to you. Those "faster" monitors come at a price (at least the budget ones) in that the display will become washed out with viewing from the sides.

 

[Rooster__]

I would recommend a 60hz ips monitor if you care about colour and don't play games such as counter strike- competitive and not very demanding. It is also important to note how nice high refresh rate feels, just moving the mouse around the screen it noticeably different!

 

[ccampy]

Higher refresh rates are subjective I can't say the look much better but others will disagree

 

[darkskull]

thank you both, any specific model recommendation? also, this screen is supposed to stay for quite a while (maybe even for the next pc), so if there are meaningful differences i can stretch the budget to 300$ or so. if i go for 60hz, should i spend that money on 1440p?
(and no, i don't really play competitive multiplayer, if there is a noticeable difference on how smooth other games are, that is important). also, colours are important, viewing angles too but not as much as the colours.

 

[SBMfromLA]

What size monitor are you looking to get? Personally, I wouldn't get anything under 27". There are so many options available.

 

[darkskull]

What size monitor are you looking to get? Personally, I wouldn't get anything under 27". There are so many options available.

I actually thought about 24, at 27 the resolution becomes more of a factor, and a good 1440p 27" is probably a bit over my budget. Up until now i had a 22" monitor. Any specific model recommendations?

 

[SBMfromLA]

What size monitor are you looking to get? Personally, I wouldn't get anything under 27". There are so many options available.

I actually thought about 24, at 27 the resolution becomes more of a factor, and a good 1440p 27" is probably a bit over my budget. Up until now i had a 22" monitor. Any specific model recommendations?

I've last week I found a decent deal on a BenQ 27" (2560x1440) for $350. In fact, both Best Buy and Amazon had them for that price... so I went ahead and ordered one. It's ok... not a vibrant as the 32" Samsung TV I was using but it's still not bad... It was advertised as 75Hz, but after receiving it and plugging in a Displayport 1.2 cable the monitor is only 60hz.

Originally, I was going to go for an LG 34" Super Widescreen Monitor (2560x1080) for $450 at Fry's... and Amazon had one for $415... but I chickened out and went with the normal aspect ratio.