Question Monitor refresh rates - help!

[Helion776]

I'm in the market for a 1440p, 32 inch monitor, however, I'm running with a 3060ti which in the games I play (HLL, Arma etc) runs at about 80-90 fps on high at 1440p - i tested it using super sampling to roughly 1440p.
The question is, as all of the 32 inch monitors at this res. are 144/165 hz what are the implications for me using an 'underpowered' GFX card?
My son has a 144hz screen on his laptop with a 1660ti and doesn't have any issues but I've heard it can cause issues - outputting much lower frames than the screen refresh rate.
Can anyone advise/set me right? Does anyone have experience of a similar budget range/mid range card and a high refresh rate monitor?

 

[Aeacus]

what are the implications for me using an 'underpowered' GFX card?

None.

144 Hz monitor still refreshes the image 144 times per second, but GPU can produce 80-90 FPS, so this is what you'd be seeing.

Having less FPS than monitor refresh rate is actually preferred, since when you'd have more FPS than monitor Hz rate, you'd be seeing screen tearing (new image is loaded in faster than old image can be displayed. You'd also see frame skips, since monitor can't output as much as GPU would produce (e.g 144 Hz monitor with 260 in-game FPS).

 

[Helion776]

None.

144 Hz monitor still refreshes the image 144 times per second, but GPU can produce 80-90 FPS, so this is what you'd be seeing.

Having less FPS than monitor refresh rate is actually preferred, since when you'd have more FPS than monitor Hz rate, you'd be seeing screen tearing (new image is loaded in faster than old image can be displayed. You'd also see frame skips, since monitor can't output as much as GPU would produce (e.g 144 Hz monitor with 260 in-game FPS).

Great, thanks for the explanation.