Monitor 1080p/240hz vs 4K/144HZ/HDR

[Suzana Gamer]

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ATM im happy with my 1080p/144hz/1ms monitor. My specs are I7 7700k 4.8ghz, 16 GB ram DDR4 3000mhz, SSD 250 gb, GA-Z170XP-SLI motherboard, gforce 1080.

I have plans to upgrade my monitor to 1080p/240hz/1ms monitor this one: "Acer-Predator-XB272"

I dont have problems to keep 238+FPS in overwatch, heros of storm, l4d2. But in Gears 4 i just can't my game over 238 FPS. The frames jump between 170 to 240 FPS (even in low quality settings). Apparently is my CPU bottlenecking.

The questions come here:

With the 1180 Gforce coming in april 2018. If this GPU offers 20 Teraflops im gona upgrade my 1080. If this GPU is just a 10% - 15% improvement like 13 teraflops or 15 teraflops. Im not gona do the upgrade.

1.- Should i buy my monitor 240hz? even if i can't keep gears 4 over 238 FPS?
2.- Should i wait for 1180 then buy a 4k/144hz/HDR/ monitor?

After of look some benchmarks that seems a 1080 Sli is giving over 100 FPS at 4k in most of the games. So in confident a 1180 with 20 teraflops will be enough to play multiplayer games like "Overwatch" at 4k/144fps. Of course AAA games i will be lucky if i get 4k/80 - 90 FPS.

 

[gasaraki]

1. 240Hz monitors with sync technology benefits even if you are not running at 240FPS.
2. Do you see/feel the difference between 144Hz vs. 240Hz? Do you care more about the refresh rate or resolution?

 

[Phaaze88]

There's no real world difference going over 120+. 60 - 120, sure. But those that claim otherwise, are just being superficial.
Fraps may say you're getting 300fps, but you're really still seeing about 120. We're just not designed to see that many frames at once.
Why do such monitors exist? Simple. Marketing gimmick.

TL;DR: #1. No.
#2. I'd wait for reviews first to see if a SINGLE card exists that can handle such a monitor. SLI isn't widely supported, so has its risks.

 

[Solandri]

There's no real world difference going over 120+. 60 - 120, sure. But those that claim otherwise, are just being superficial.
Fraps may say you're getting 300fps, but you're really still seeing about 120. We're just not designed to see that many frames at once.

It varies from person to person. I can see PWM up to about 400-600 Hz. No it's not a great ability to have. It's a major annoyance in everyday life. A lot of LED car tail lights flicker far below this rate, and it drives me nuts driving at night nowadays. It needs to go up to about 1000-1300 Hz before I can't see it anymore. And for those of you wondering, yes the old style fluorescent tube lighting (flickers at 120 Hz) were a major pain. Thankfully the newer CFLs flicker at several kHz to tens of kHz.

Monitors are easier on my eyes since the image is usually pretty static. I'm content with 60 Hz for the most part. But if there's fast motion or the view is quickly panning, it's pretty obvious to me where the frame jumps are. My theory is that those of you without this "ability" have a more developed visual cortex, which is better at blending rapidly jumping images like this into seamless motion. Mine seems to interpret the visual world more literally. (An extreme case would be people who've been blind since birth but have been given sight through surgery - they're often unable to track moving objects because their brains don't "get" that an object that's moved in time is actually the same object.)

Unfortunately, because it varies from person to person, nobody can tell you what's better. You need to go to a store and try out a 144Hz vs 240Hz monitor, and see for yourself if it makes a difference to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQY8hSZ9xNE

 

[Suzana Gamer]

Thanks a lot for the answers

Im gona buy a XBOX-X for the moment (Yeah dont laugh). Then i will wait until the 1180 Nvidia show up the next month. Like i said:

If the 1180 offers 20+ teraflops im gona do the upgrade of my 1080. If this card offers 12, 13, or 15 Teraflops not gona upgrade =)

I really wanted buy the 240hz monitor, but like said even in 720p low-quality in graphics i can't keep solid 240fps on gears

 

[Phaaze88]

Welp, prepare to be disappointed: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-turing-graphics-architecture-delayed,36603.html