[SOLVED] Gaming monitor and FPS

[Karmasutra]

For 200FPS gaming will a 144 GHZ monitor be sufficient?

 

[mrmez]

Yes

 

[Chugalug_]

What do you mean 200fps gaming?
That's variable between games and quality settings, 144Hz monitors don't meant that you have to cap your FPS at 144 all the time.
It can go over fine, it just won't render the rest.
What's your budget? I'll choose a panel.

 

[photonboy]

Uh... sort of.
The panel only updates a full frame 144x per second. No matter what.

If you turn off VSYNC then the monitor still updates 144x per second (unless it's GSYNC or Freesync in asynchronous mode), however it's MIXING different frames together which results in SCREEN TEARING (sometimes bad, sometimes not very obvious depending on many factors).

So you DO get newer parts of frames mixed in with older parts which CAN be a benefit, but the ENTIRE FRAME isn't new. Just parts.

If VSYNC is ON then the GPU is throttled down to match and only outputs a maximum of 144FPS.

*There ARE advantages to gaming over 144FPS on a 144Hz panel in case I'm not clear. However, I personally can't tell the difference between 200FPS (VSYNC OFF) and 144FPS (VSYNC ON) in terms of lag/latency. I just see the screen tear.

It's really for "twitch" shooters like CSGO.

OTHER: you can also enable FAST SYNC for NVidia cards (per game) if you can output at least 2x the FPS (thus about 300FPS) which still updates at 144x per second but there's less lag (if you can even tell). It only displays the most recent frame and SOME PEOPLE have said they can tell but I've tried.. and I can't.

(IMO the best way to game is to use GSYNC, maybe Freesync if AMD GPU, with a 144Hz+ panel then CAP the FPS to stay in asynchronous mode... or you revert to VSYNC ON or OFF at the top FPS. The main advantage of 200FPS+ is reduced latency but I doubt many people could improve upon a locked 130FPS GSYNC experience. No screen tear, very, very small latency... with a new frame every approx 8milliseconds.)

 

[Chugalug_]

I could never get fast sync to work or I couldn't tell if it was working or not, gave up with it. 😛

 

[photonboy]

I could never get fast sync to work or I couldn't tell if it was working or not, gave up with it. 😛

It works perfectly for me, but your FPS must be just over 2x the Hz (or higher). I have a 60Hz monitor so when I applied that to an older game my FPS would show up as multiples of 60. Mostly 120FPS and 180FPS. Sometimes 240FPS.

The monitor still updates at 60Hz, but only the latest frame is drawn so at 240FPS you are dropping over 75% of the frames created by the GPU.

But yes, it can be hard to tell if it's working aside from looking at an FPS counter like FRAPS. It's BETTER than normal 60Hz/60FPS but it's not as good as a true 120Hz/120FPS experience.

 

[photonboy]

BTW, many of the SLUGGISH issues in games aren't directly related to FPS. I can lock HALF LIFE 1 to 60FPS and move my mouse around and it's buttery smooth. Many modern games have stutter, judder, pop-in and so on that negatively affect the game smoothness in a way that a higher FPS won't fix.