What happens with an IPS monitor when I go over the 60fps by a big margin?

[sammael1984]

Hello, guys;

I am at the point when I have to buy a gaming monitor and I amd torn between the IPS and the so called "gaming monitors" TN displays. I would like to have a nice quiality colored picture instead of a faster one but sacrificing the color quality and the general details, but I'm a little concerned about the tearing and the ghosting and that stuff. What would happen in the event that my graphics were way up the 60fps with an IPS monitor?

This is my build:

CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K
MOBO:Gigabyte ga-z97x Gaming 5
GPU:GTX 980 (Gaming versions MSI or Gigabyte, any would be cool I guess)
Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler
RAM: Kingston HyperX Savage 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1866MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM XMP
HDD: WD Caviar Dark 1TB
SSD: 850 EVO 120GB
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2
Case: Nzxt H440

I thank your help in advance

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Screen tearing, that's all. You can turn on V-sync in a game to prevent this from happening so the framerate won't go higher.

 

[bystander]

The same as any other monitor, you get more tearing. IPS struggles with higher refresh rates, and that can cause additional ghosting issues when at high refresh rates. High FPS is going to make ghosting more noticeable with high Hz.

 

[Vosgy]

A good quality TN panel like the http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/benq-xl2720z-gaming-monitor,3809-7.html which I have, have colour that come in very close to IPS panels, you are loosing typically Hz and Response time to get around 1-2% more accurate colour and the ability to view the monitor from 170 Degrees off center (which is pointless, why do you need to look at the monitor side on nearly makes no sense).
With around 1/3 of all male Humans being colour blind to some degree it isn't worth it IMHO.

 

[Vosgy]

Screen tearing, that's all. You can turn on V-sync in a game to prevent this from happening so the framerate won't go higher.

That depends, Vsync isn't great if your fluctuating around 60Hz, you'll keep getting drops down to 30FPS, which just sucks.

 

[mapesdhs]

A lot of this sounds like stuff from people who've never used an IPS display. I have several, never found the issues
people refer to as being a problem. If your FPS is well over 60 all the time, then just turn on vsync and you won't
get any tearing at all. If you have the occasional below-60 dip then you can use adaptive sync, which uses 60 when
it can, only turn vsync off when the app goes below 60.

I'm amused at the person who said off-axis viewing ability is pointless. Ah yes of course, but no gamer would ever
ask a friend to stand to one side of them and admire something they were doing on the screen. 😀 Try doing that
with any TN panel, from the viewpoint of the other person it looks utterly awful.

Vosgy is right though, it's not a good idea to turn vsync fully on if a game is consistently staying only 'around' the 60
mark, ie. it keeps dipping below that level. If it's mostly above 60 though then best to turn it on.

Note that I have a similar system in some ways, GTX 980, 5GHz 2700K, 850 Pro, etc. The games I'm playing never
drop below 60, so I have vsync on and no tearing at all.

Ian.

 

[bystander]

Of course the question was if he has way over 60 FPS, which means he doesn't have V-sync on.

 

[Somasonic]

As others have said tearing will occur at over 60 fps and it's up to you whether that's a problem or not; also if you're well over 60 fps just use vsync. I want to chime in on the viewing angles however and point out that with larger screens off axis viewing can be important even for you right in front of the monitor as the sides are far enough off that you are viewing them on an angle. The first widescreen TN panel I had the color shift was so bad that the colors appeared different on the sides of the screen compared to the center. I went IPS after that and have never looked back. That said I would love a high quality IPS, high refresh rate monitor. That would be nice