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awesome! what card do you run it with? Would a 2080ti graphics card be overkill for this monitor do you think? they look really awesome and would surely provide loads of headroom.980Ti or newer with a Sunix adapter or equivalent. Oh and enjoy l have a P1115 and still love it
When you hear "144hz or bust", it's usually from some sweaty try-hards that are looking for every competitive edge they can find, including using the "black equalizer" feature most gaming monitors have that washes out the picture so they can see things in the dark better. And then most of the time they aren't actually maintaining 144fps, it's usually something like 90-130 or something. So their frame rate never syncs up with their refresh rate, unless they're using g-sync or freesync.
So on my CRT, I'm aiming to actually have my refresh rate match my frame rate. So, depending on the game, I'll use S-sync from RTSS, or a frame rate limiter, or use plain old vsync. With Apex, I want to play at a high-ish resolution, with a smooth frame rate, and on Ultra settings. I found 1920x1440@75hz as that sweet spot, with s-sync from RTSS to keep the frame rate synced with my refresh rate and my input lag as low as it can possibly go. And keep in mind, 75hz on a CRT looks WAY more clear than 75hz on a LCD panel, because of how CRT's scan in the picture.
Pretty much any refresh rate on CRT will look clearer in motion than any LCD.
I'd go for 100-120Hz and the highest resolution the monitor supports at that, probably 1600x1200. For me 100-120Hz is roughly the sweetspot for a CRT to experience a not noticeable flickering experience, it's hard to notice any obvious motion smoothness gains either when you go over that and resolution becomes more important at that point.
A CRT will look clearer motion-wise yes at low refresh rate than a LCD at low refresh rate but a CRT at low refresh rate won't look/feel smoother than a LCD with high refresh rate as the refresh rate obviously also plays a big role too and not just how much the picture smears but motion smoothness or fluidness of the motion percieved on screen is obviously affected by how high the refresh rate is even if there's zero smearing. I did notice changes up to 120Hz on a CRT, between 100 and 120Hz it's fairly small though already and it usually allows one step higher resolution so whichever becomes more important when you pick between 100 and 120Hz imo.
In my non-scientific test I'd say 144Hz on a modern day LCD with motion blur reducing technology turned on (ie. BenQ Blur Reduction, ULMB etc when it introduces flicker which helps to reduce sample-n-hold effect) is roughly equal to around 100~120Hz on a CRT in motion smoothness.
I'd go for 100-120Hz and the highest resolution the monitor supports at that, probably 1600x1200.
When you hear "144hz or bust", it's usually from some sweaty try-hards that are looking for every competitive edge they can find, including using the "black equalizer" feature most gaming monitors have that washes out the picture so they can see things in the dark better. And then most of the time they aren't actually maintaining 144fps, it's usually something like 90-130 or something. So their frame rate never syncs up with their refresh rate, unless they're using g-sync or freesync.
So on my CRT, I'm aiming to actually have my refresh rate match my frame rate. So, depending on the game, I'll use S-sync from RTSS, or a frame rate limiter, or use plain old vsync. With Apex, I want to play at a high-ish resolution, with a smooth frame rate, and on Ultra settings. I found 1920x1440@75hz as that sweet spot, with s-sync from RTSS to keep the frame rate synced with my refresh rate and my input lag as low as it can possibly go. And keep in mind, 75hz on a CRT looks WAY more clear than 75hz on a LCD panel, because of how CRT's scan in the picture.
You do realize that the vast majority of 144hz monitors also support variable refresh, so pretending that it's even an issue is a little disingenuous.
Depends on the resolution and game. With the 2080Ti you will need an adapter.
Thanks for the input. How would you go about when thinking about the rate (hz) when it comes to CRT monitors vs resolution. I have been taught that higher refresh rate is better (144hz, 240hz LCD monitors for example) is this still true with CRT's? 75hz would seem quite low vs 144hz and 240hz.