TechonNapkins
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[H]ardOCP seems to have a more active monitor-enthusiast forum userbase, so I'm moving this...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4582652#post4582652
... here. Assuming I get more contributions here. Anyway, the second post will contain the list, which I will constantly update.
***UPDATE*** How to tell the tell if your monitor skips frames at a higher refresh
I set my camera to it's longest exposure time and drew a smooth curve with the cursor. This is the Acer X193W monitor at 60Hz:
Notice the relatively smooth spacing of the cursor images. Now, set to "75Hz":
Notice the frequent breaks in the curve. This is frame skipping in play. The monitor may be taking a 75Hz input, but it's dropping frames down to a level the monitor can actually handle. So, this is why pics such as these are needed to move a monitor from unconfirmed to confirmed. It's not confirmed until we all know it can do it's supposed supported resolution without skipping frames. If you find out a monitor in the unconfirmed list skips frames, please post so.
***UPDATE 2*** Getting a CPU to feed those high frame rates.
The Athlon X3 has been heralded as an excellent budget gaming CPU... and it is... but if you're going for a 120Hz monitor, pass on the Athlon X3. It won't hold most games back at 60Hz, or even 75Hz, but it will at 120Hz. I tried a comparison recently with an X3 vs a Phenom II X6, with 3 cores disabled, and overclocked to match the L3-cache-less X3's stock. It didn't matter what I did to the RAM timings and CPU-NB on the Athlon II, I just couldn't get it to make up for the L3 deficiency in games (when keeping core clocks the same). With that in mind, also note that a Phenom II gets firmly beat in games by Intel's competing chip unless you overclock it's CPU-NB (at the very least, you should have it at 2300, which shouldn't require any extra voltage).
So, if you intend to take advantage of all those extra possible frames, make sure you have the CPU to drive the framerates up past 100FPS... that's either any of Intel's current chips, or a Phenom II with overclocked L3 (determined by CPU-NB)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4582652#post4582652
... here. Assuming I get more contributions here. Anyway, the second post will contain the list, which I will constantly update.
***UPDATE*** How to tell the tell if your monitor skips frames at a higher refresh
I set my camera to it's longest exposure time and drew a smooth curve with the cursor. This is the Acer X193W monitor at 60Hz:
Notice the relatively smooth spacing of the cursor images. Now, set to "75Hz":
Notice the frequent breaks in the curve. This is frame skipping in play. The monitor may be taking a 75Hz input, but it's dropping frames down to a level the monitor can actually handle. So, this is why pics such as these are needed to move a monitor from unconfirmed to confirmed. It's not confirmed until we all know it can do it's supposed supported resolution without skipping frames. If you find out a monitor in the unconfirmed list skips frames, please post so.
***UPDATE 2*** Getting a CPU to feed those high frame rates.
The Athlon X3 has been heralded as an excellent budget gaming CPU... and it is... but if you're going for a 120Hz monitor, pass on the Athlon X3. It won't hold most games back at 60Hz, or even 75Hz, but it will at 120Hz. I tried a comparison recently with an X3 vs a Phenom II X6, with 3 cores disabled, and overclocked to match the L3-cache-less X3's stock. It didn't matter what I did to the RAM timings and CPU-NB on the Athlon II, I just couldn't get it to make up for the L3 deficiency in games (when keeping core clocks the same). With that in mind, also note that a Phenom II gets firmly beat in games by Intel's competing chip unless you overclock it's CPU-NB (at the very least, you should have it at 2300, which shouldn't require any extra voltage).
So, if you intend to take advantage of all those extra possible frames, make sure you have the CPU to drive the framerates up past 100FPS... that's either any of Intel's current chips, or a Phenom II with overclocked L3 (determined by CPU-NB)
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