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60 vs 120 vs 144 hz

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BikerBoy1225
I have a 24'' 60 Hz monitor but I find myself wanting more information. Is it worth it to save and get a better monitor? I would have to work for about 1 month just to get $100.

Edit: Clarified because 15 year old me was on the right track but for very wrong reasons. VG248QE lasted just over 6 years before being handed off to a friend still on 60hz. Was just getting into gaming and have since put 6k+ hours into FPS games. Thanks for the suggestions. Turned out perfectly.
Aurani
Throttle it down a bit and think about what you're about to do. Buying equipment for one thing and one thing only means that you're dedicating yourself to that thing - a serious hobby. Will you be playing Osu to such an extent that you'll need equipment worth hundreds of dollars? Fuck no.

So, unless you have a very, very specific reason why you'd want to upgrade your monitor BESIDES clicking circles, don't do it.
B1rd
Stop replying to threads in the wrong place.
BrokenArrow
144hz is worth it for the vastly superior desktop experience alone already, using anything below 60hz after having used a 144hz monitor for some time feels so weird and the cursor is laggy

I would say go for it but keep in mind that it's not gonna magically make you play better. if your financial situation doesn't allow for a good model, get a used one
AshbeII

BrokenArrow wrote:

144hz is worth it for the vastly superior desktop experience alone already, using anything below 60hz after having used a 144hz monitor for some time feels so weird and the cursor is laggy

I would say go for it but keep in mind that it's not gonna magically make you play better. if your financial situation doesn't allow for a good model, get a used one
idk man my setup ; 5$ rubberdome 5$ 1500dpi mouse and 75Hz monitor, and the only thing that holds me down is my skill, i don't think anything will make u better up untill 8k pp or smth no idea
Mahogany
I guarantee you're nowhere near good enough to be able to remotely notice a difference between any of those, or at least have it impact your skill level, in any way.
Aurani
BrokenArrow is just full of money. :p
BrokenArrow
Might as well spend some money on something that I look at for almost 10 hours a day and can easily last a decade, better than paying twice the amount on a new phone each year that becomes obsolete two years into the future just for some silly incremental updates. OP asked for opinions, I gave him my opinion. In the end it's up to him to decide whether it's worth it or not.

You can get a decent one for less than $250, even cheaper if you buy a used one
Asus VG248QE
Benq XL2411Z

rakuenslove wrote:

idk man my setup ; 5$ rubberdome 5$ 1500dpi mouse and 75Hz monitor, and the only thing that holds me down is my skill, i don't think anything will make u better up untill 8k pp or smth no idea
?? that's literally what I just said??
dung eater
Finding a 19''+ working crt could solve your problems, people don't usually ask a lot for them (or let you take them for free). You'll get 100-160hz at a low resolution and less input lag compared to 144hz lcds.

Smaller screens (17'') might be more limited on hz and give eyestrain because of that.
KONATAonPC
TL;DR
If you play a lot of FPS games too, yes.
If you don't, no.

There are not many game genre's that really benefit from 144hz, FPS is the only one that comes to mind. If you don't play those a lot, it's not really a good investment. No point in having it if the refresh rate is pointless once you quit osu!.

Not to mention, if you get used to the smooth feel in desktop use, you'll hate yourself because upgrading your monitor later on becomes way more expensive if you need the refresh rate. I could have a 4K monitor right now but I needed 144hz so bad I needed to settle for 1440p on a XG270HU instead (for more money than 4K!).
Kert
Even desktop use is a lot more comfortable with 144hz
60hz is so disgusting I am out of words
And FPS are very nice when you enable Lightboost@120hz
Just go for it and you won't have to change your monitor for years (unless some cooler technology appears)
Aurani

BrokenArrow wrote:

Might as well spend some money on something that I look at for almost 10 hours a day and can easily last a decade, better than paying twice the amount on a new phone each year that becomes obsolete two years into the future just for some silly incremental updates. OP asked for opinions, I gave him my opinion. In the end it's up to him to decide whether it's worth it or not.
Thing is, he can get a 144 now and it'll be obsolete within 4 years (before his warranty even expires if it's new) and he would've spent money for something he ultimately doesn't even need. I bought the 60hz monitor I'm on now 5 years ago and I'm about to replace it in a few days - did I specifically NEED a 144? No, of course I didn't. Even now good 144hz monitors are overpriced as fuck compared to your standard 60 or 120 ones, and my point is that I'd rather buy a top of the line 60hz one than a shitty, cheap 144hz that's going to self destruct within 2 years.

I know that futureproofing is a serious problem nowadays and that you should ALWAYS get the thing that's going to be viable the most, but in this case, OP neither needs the 144hz for gaming nor work, so I don't think he should buy one until he can reliably make enough money to buy one within a month. Currently, the poor bugger would need to work for a good half a year to afford one of the better 144hz out there, for what, Osu? Having a bit of a smoother cursor? Those kind of reasons are why we have people like our Russian friend here. Buying shit we don't need, just because we have the capability for it.
Remember mate, you might have a perfectly good reason to own a good piece of technology, but if OP's entire reasoning is to play Osu, then no, he does not.
Kert
I had to switch to 60hz because my 7year old 100hz@1024x768 CRT died. Very painful transition.
I was lucky that a 144hz appeared almost in the same year. So I bought and I have no regrets
Not sure what cheap and shitty 144hz you mean but Asus or Benq are good ones.
IppE

Kert wrote:

Not sure what cheap and shitty 144hz you mean but Asus or Benq are good ones.
He was probably referring to the fact that most 144Hz monitors use cheap TN panels that have terrible colour reproduction and viewing angles.

Thankfully AHVA panels that support 144Hz exist.
Kert
All panels apart from TN have quite a lot of input lag though
Aurani
>Spends 10 minutes writing an essay on the topic
>Refreshes the page and sees IppE's two-line post that sums it up
Well fuck. But yes, pretty much what IppE said.
IppE

Kert wrote:

All panels apart from TN have quite a lot of input lag though
Response time and input lag are not the same thing.

I have IPS monitors with a 8ms response time but with no distinctive input lag.
Endie-
If you have the money, buy one.
Cherry Blossom
60Hz 1ms monitor is very good, to be honest. I have both 144hz and 60hz. I don't really feel any huge difference between them.
AncuL
i use a laptop monitor lmao

you can sell your 60hz one and buy the better if you are desperately wanting it. you can also buy unused one
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