Resolution vs Refresh rate?

[Divyank92]

I have a 1440x900 16:10 Widescreen 60hz Monitor. Planning to buy a new one nut here's the problem...i'm confused at resolution and refresh rate

Should i go for 1920x1080 @120Hz or 2560x1440 @60hz as have neither experienced FHD.

i dont usually get games at 60fps or more. i still have core i5 650 of 1st gen with DH55TC mobo, 8 gigs 1333hz 8GB RAM.

I planning to upgrade with this...

Core i5 6500 or i7 6700
Asus H170 Pro Gaming
Hyper X fury 16GB(for now)
Already have Asus GTX 960 2GB OC

I have been told that a lot of new games won't run smooth in my pc as the processor is till 1st gen(5 years old)

My question is this if i upgrade my PC to the one mentioned above will i get 60fps or more in games? And if yes then what monitor should i go for with resolution or Frame rate. I'm not a hard core gamer so expensive monitor won't come to my mind Like Acer predetor etc.

 

[sizzling]

The 960 is going to struggle to maintain 60fps at 1080p without really dropping the settings in modern games. 1440p is far too much for that gpu.

 

[Swinginking]

I agree with Sizzling, 1080p on ULTRA on games such as Witcher 3, you will struggle to maintain a 60fps on 1080p.
My 970 GTX wasnt able to maintain 50 fps on 1080.
If I were you get the full hd monitor instead of the QHD monitor, unless you are thinking of upgrading your GPU in the foreseeable future.

But dont forget the benefits of having more pixels, it will improve your general viewing experience outside of games, such as watching movie or surfing the web. There is a difference between the two, for example, I game on a QHD monitor but when i look at FHD monitor, I find it blurry.

 

[aylafan]

Depends what kind of games you will be playing, but I'll give you an estimate on what I have with my ASUS PB278Q 1440p monitor + old GTX 570. I get around 125FPS (very high settings) in CS:GO and 70FPS (low settings and 75% rendering) in Overwatch. In Overwatch, changing to medium settings or rendering to 100% lowered my FPS from 40-60 FPS which was unbearable for me since the FPS wasn't consistent and quite laggy. Since your GTX 960 is more powerful than my GTX 570 then you will get higher settings than me on 1440p, but I wouldn't expect ultra high settings on more demanding games like you have on your 900p monitor.

If you don't mind lowering your graphic settings on a 1440p monitor then I would definitely get it over the 1080p for the extra real estate, viewing angles, and more accurate colors since it will most likely be some type of IPS panel at 60Hz. I'm guessing the 1080p monitor at 120Hz is a TN panel so the viewing angles will be bad and colors will be washed out. Also, you can turn off AA on a 1440p monitor (to gain more FPS) since the pixels are much smaller than on a 900p & 1080p monitor.

Ultimately, it's your choice and what you prefer.

 

[Divyank92]

I got it. I would buy both. 120hz 1080p TN monitor for games and 60hz 1440p IPS monitor for movies, editing, color work.