B1rd wrote:
it is definitely noticeable and worth it. it probably doesn't make you play better, but 144hz makes everything from approach circles to scrolling through songs look super smooth and amazing. 60hz is a slideshow in comparison.
IMO it's not that important for osu! standard. But that's my opinion (I have a 144hz). I had a 75hz CCFL LCD before this and I don't really feel the change was superior for osu!.
You won't be using lightboost @120hz either, the feature most people rave about high refresh-rate monitors for. You'll want the full backlight frequency, because the nature of this game is too fast and you'll just give yourself eye-strain trying to focus on notes between refresh cycles.
The Asus VS248QE backlight frequency of PWM at 864hz is already noticeable as I look away from the screen and see a blackness like Venetian window blinds across my field of vision. This probably has something to do with it's low pixel response technology and brightness affecting the light-persistence of my eye, causing a "burn in". It happens even while reading, and in games at low and high brightness levels alike. The 60hz/75hz monitors at lower PWM's don't do this to me, and are more comfortable on the eyes for reading static images and such. For the most part osu! is static (aside for approach circles which no one uses anyway), so the benefits are not that awesome. Playing something like taiko however... the difference is AMAZING. FPS games are also amazing now.
PWM-free is obviously better if you can grab it. So BenQ would be best. Unfortunately BenQ isn't really affordable here (50% more expensive).