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This monitor is going for big bucks because its one of the best. I have a 240hz Alienware but the IPS panel drives me nuts. So I use a 144hz VA instead.
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The quest to 1000hz
These kinds of monitors are for competitive FPS games. You can consistently hit 400 FPS on a strong rig in games like CSGO, Overwatch, and Valorant. Its a niche product, just like the 1600 Nit HDR monitors are niche products for niche segments of consumers.Who is this for? It's in the ultimate extreme overkill category.
Even if I dropped my resolution to half this at 720p (in terms of pixels not width) - I would likely not even get the frame-times to fill 250fps.
Pricing this at $500 seems silly when <1% are going to have a CPU and a GPU combo fast enough to push this many frames at any resolution at any visual quality. It might as well be $5000 for all the good it will do. Even then a lot of this is moot with 100ms ping.
I'd love to see their test setup in any game actually showing 390 frames getting rendered a second in any modern game - this is a recipe for getting hyper CPU limited.
EDIT: So I watched the video, and he didn't bother to show if any of his games on his setup actually is hitting the top refresh. Even assuming he is, the games he mentions that are capable of hitting these frame times are few.
Oh no, I see that. I just think it's crazy to buy a monitor for maybe 5 games.These kinds of monitors are for competitive FPS games. You can consistently hit 400 FPS on a strong rig in games like CSGO, Overwatch, and Valorant. Its a niche product, just like the 1600 Nit HDR monitors are niche products for niche segments of consumers.
To a lot of people those 5 games are their life.Oh no, I see that. I just think it's crazy to buy a monitor for maybe 5 games.
At least with people buying an HDR monitor capable of 1600 nitts + local dimming, there is new HDR content being made all the time for it.
I can definitely tell the difference between 120hz and 144hz on an IPS monitor.I am curious if I would be able to tell difference between 120Hz and 240Hz and 360Hz in mouse responsiveness and motion clarity.
5 games! I wish there were 5 games released in the last two years I enjoy. I've purchased dozens of games and 99% are story driven nonsense. Literally half a billion gamers want one thing, competition sweat fests in the form of Battleroyales. I'm at 1400 hours in Warzone with no signs of slowing down. We are the people that monitors like this are made for.Oh no, I see that. I just think it's crazy to buy a monitor for maybe 5 games.
At least with people buying an HDR monitor capable of 1600 nitts + local dimming, there is new HDR content being made all the time for it.
I call bs on this.I can definitely tell the difference between 120hz and 144hz on an IPS monitor.
Big difference, actually.I call bs on this.
I know its SUPER difficult to believe at first, but honestly, I've caught myself MULTIPLE times turning on my FPS counter in games because the game didn't "feel right" only to find that it was running at ~100FPS instead of my monitor's 120Hz max (With GSync enabled, BTW).I call bs on this.
LTT did a video on this:
To sum up their findings: Yes it makes a difference. But it actually made a bigger difference for the casual gamers than the pros. The pros have their timings, movements, etc. already developed and things are more like reflexes to them, whereas the casual gamers are playing more off the cuff and any extra information from the higher FPS helps them more because they're making constant adjustments instead of one quick reflexed response.
So higher FPS is always better, but yes there are diminishing returns. But higher FPS isn't just for pro gamers, it actually helps out casual gamers a lot more.