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Limp Gawd
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I've used it all.....used 120hz 1920x1080, used 60hz 2560x1600\1440.
Currently I'm back to 60hz 2560x1440 .232 dot pitch PB278Q. I do like the immersion of triple screen but it's intensive on the vid cards and it's low rez (1080p and usually .31 dot pitch monitors)
Thinking about getting the new 34" 34UM95 LG monitor for that wide view immersion, high rez. You ask anyone what the best gaming monitor is and usually they say some 120hz model. And here's my question:
I've used 120hz, played BF3 on it for awhile. Yes, it was smoother, but not like 60hz (with adaptive vsync) was bad......120hz was just butter smooth. BUT it was also only smooth in BF3, just first person shooters basically.
So gamers only play shooters? I'll go over the games I play/played and how 120hz did:
BF3 or 4 - very smooth
New Xcom - no difference but low 1920x1080 rez and bad TN colors
Borderlands 2 - hardly any smoothness change, and again, low rez and TN colors
D3 - Already smooth, 120hz made no change, low rez and TN colors
Sins of Solar Empire - no change for 120hz, low rez, and TN colors
Company of Heroes - no change for 120hz, low rez, and TN colors
WoW - no change for 120hz, was already smooth, low rez and TN colors
yada yada yada, I'm sure I'm forgetting some games
This was on SLI'd NGTX580 Lightning Extreme 3GB vids, more than enough to push 100-120fps in these games at 1920x1080, so it's not a vid card issue. Yes, I turned off vsync while on the 120hz
MY POINT IS........are you guys really getting 120hz screens just for shooters? Just for that one game? Sure, moving things around on the desktop is smooth, but big deal.
I guess I just don't get why more don't share my view. 120hz isn't the end all be all of gaming. I feel that you get more fun out of triple screen, or a 21:9. Run with vsync on and 60hz isn't a big enough drawback to deal with a TN panel and low 1920x1080 rez.
Disagree? I'm not here to flame 120hz, for shooters, no question, smooth, but anything else?
Currently I'm back to 60hz 2560x1440 .232 dot pitch PB278Q. I do like the immersion of triple screen but it's intensive on the vid cards and it's low rez (1080p and usually .31 dot pitch monitors)
Thinking about getting the new 34" 34UM95 LG monitor for that wide view immersion, high rez. You ask anyone what the best gaming monitor is and usually they say some 120hz model. And here's my question:
I've used 120hz, played BF3 on it for awhile. Yes, it was smoother, but not like 60hz (with adaptive vsync) was bad......120hz was just butter smooth. BUT it was also only smooth in BF3, just first person shooters basically.
So gamers only play shooters? I'll go over the games I play/played and how 120hz did:
BF3 or 4 - very smooth
New Xcom - no difference but low 1920x1080 rez and bad TN colors
Borderlands 2 - hardly any smoothness change, and again, low rez and TN colors
D3 - Already smooth, 120hz made no change, low rez and TN colors
Sins of Solar Empire - no change for 120hz, low rez, and TN colors
Company of Heroes - no change for 120hz, low rez, and TN colors
WoW - no change for 120hz, was already smooth, low rez and TN colors
yada yada yada, I'm sure I'm forgetting some games
This was on SLI'd NGTX580 Lightning Extreme 3GB vids, more than enough to push 100-120fps in these games at 1920x1080, so it's not a vid card issue. Yes, I turned off vsync while on the 120hz
MY POINT IS........are you guys really getting 120hz screens just for shooters? Just for that one game? Sure, moving things around on the desktop is smooth, but big deal.
I guess I just don't get why more don't share my view. 120hz isn't the end all be all of gaming. I feel that you get more fun out of triple screen, or a 21:9. Run with vsync on and 60hz isn't a big enough drawback to deal with a TN panel and low 1920x1080 rez.
Disagree? I'm not here to flame 120hz, for shooters, no question, smooth, but anything else?
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