Quote from will2kThis is awesome, congrats man
Have fun building it
I had it build in the shop actually. Normally I'd do it myself, but just not this time 
Quote from General Vivinice man!
also: got a ps4 and now playing through Bloodborne. Great game!
Congratz! Played some GTA5 on PS4 at a friend's place yesterday. Looked really amazing (I'm sure his ginourmous TV helped)!
I've finally found a TV for my mancave. It's a 46 inch smart LED TV. Since the room ain't that big it looks humangous. Still have to connect everything properly and hook up my sound system but the end is near. This winter is going to be good!
Quote from SpronyI've finally found a TV for my mancave. It's a 46 inch smart LED TV. Since the room ain't that big it looks humangous. Still have to connect everything properly and hook up my sound system but the end is near. This winter is going to be good!
Great, now I really want a mancave in my first house.
I got myself a BenQ xl2420z, as if that would make me better at CS
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High refresh rate > excessive pixels
Everything will look buttery smooth! I noticed the improvement straight away and loved how slick it was. You'll notice immediately going back to 60Hz and it will never feel the same. Even the mouse movements on your desktop will look tasty 
Quote from jackophantHigh refresh rate > excessive pixels
Everything will look buttery smooth! I noticed the improvement straight away and loved how slick it was. You'll notice immediately going back to 60Hz and it will never feel the same. Even the mouse movements on your desktop will look tasty
It's true! I now just move my cursor in circles constantly. It's just a shame that most games do not support 144hz.
144hz gaming is the shit! tried doing a couple of rounds of cs at work with my 60hz plebmaster pleb monitor recently, and it felt laggy
Quote from Pampers144hz gaming is the shit! tried doing a couple of rounds of cs at work with my 60hz plebmaster pleb monitor recently, and it felt laggy
This.
It really does make a difference. I don't think I could ever go back to 60hz on my home machine.
Don't forget to set windows to 140hz otherwise games won't detect it! (Right click desktop> Screen Resolution> Advanced settings> Monitor tab> set the refresh rate to 140hz)
going from 60 to 144hz must have a significant performance impact, no?
Quote from tommgoing from 60 to 144hz must have a significant performance impact, no?
Not at all. If your computer is already churning out >144fps on a game, it just means that the screen now shows more of those previously wasted frames.
It's entirely a display thing, requires no more work from your computer.
Reading all this made me wonder what refresh rate my monitor has. It's not on the box though and I can't find it on the internet (I have a Iiyama XB2779QS monitor).
Is there a relation between refresh rate (Hz) and reaction time (ms)?
Quote from SquadReading all this made me wonder what refresh rate my monitor has. It's not on the box though and I can't find it on the internet (I have a Iiyama XB2779QS monitor).
Is there a relation between refresh rate (Hz) and reaction time (ms)?
isn't the refresh rate the number of frame it displays and the reaction time, the time it takes for the monitor to display the frame it is supposed to display? Meaning that you could have a huge refresh rate but a lame reaction time, and you'd have a clean animation, but with some delay?
Don't know if I'm clear?
Quote from SquadReading all this made me wonder what refresh rate my monitor has. It's not on the box though and I can't find it on the internet (I have a Iiyama XB2779QS monitor).
Is there a relation between refresh rate (Hz) and reaction time (ms)?
If it's not specified, then it's 99% likely to be a 60Hz monitor. And yes yours is at 60 Hertz.
The refresh rate is a frequency, it determines how many frame your monitor will try to display per second. If you have a 60 Hz monitor, each frame is supposed to be displayed during 1000/60 = 16.67 ms (1000 ms in 1 second) but it does not specificaly mean that the frame will have a delay to come or not, and how long it will be. But, because 120 / 144 Hz monitor are supposed to be "gaming" monitor, the reaction time is always good enough (less than 5ms is good).
yes minutederire, you're right it could be possible but it doesn't happen. These high-frequency monitors are expensive, manufacturers don't mess with them with a bad reaction time.
Quote from leplubodeslapinIf it's not specified, then it's 99% likely to be a 60Hz monitor. And yes yours is at 60 Hertz.
The refresh rate is a frequency, it determines how many frame your monitor will try to display per second. If you have a 60 Hz monitor, each frame is supposed to be displayed during 1000/60 = 16.67 ms (1000 ms in 1 second) but it does not specificaly mean that the frame will have a delay to come or not, and how long it will be. But, because 120 / 144 Hz monitor are supposed to be "gaming" monitor, the reaction time is always good enough (less than 5ms is good).
yes minutederire, you're right it could be possible but it doesn't happen. These high-frequency monitors are expensive, manufacturers don't mess with them with a bad reaction time.
My monitor has a 5 ms reaction time, but that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a 60 Hz monitor, right?
Thanks for the answers so far!
Quote from leplubodeslapinIf it's not specified, then it's 99% likely to be a 60Hz monitor. And yes yours is at 60 Hertz.
The refresh rate is a frequency, it determines how many frame your monitor will try to display per second. If you have a 60 Hz monitor, each frame is supposed to be displayed during 1000/60 = 16.67 ms (1000 ms in 1 second) but it does not specificaly mean that the frame will have a delay to come or not, and how long it will be. But, because 120 / 144 Hz monitor are supposed to be "gaming" monitor, the reaction time is always good enough (less than 5ms is good).
yes minutederire, you're right it could be possible but it doesn't happen. These high-frequency monitors are expensive, manufacturers don't mess with them with a bad reaction time.
I know it isn't likely, but it was a good example to show the difference between the two. (I just wasn't sure that I was right)
Quote from SquadMy monitor has a 5 ms reaction time, but that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a 60 Hz monitor, right?
Thanks for the answers so far!
Yes these are 2 different things.
Frequency -> Amount of frames per second displayed, also determines the duration for 1 frame to be displayed (in theory, because in reality it's not that simple and accurate, a frame doesn't change from one to the other instantly)
Reaction Time -> Time it takes for the picture to go from your graphics card outputs (DVI/Displayport) to finally be fully displayed by the monitor
5ms reaction time is very common for 60Hz TN monitors, but you have an IPS monitor so it's quite good (it's more common to see 8ms or 12ms reaction time on this kind of monitors). And yea it must be 60 Hz because there are actually only few possibilities of refresh rate :
For 99% of the monitors, it's 60 Hz. And high-frequency monitors don't exist on IPS monitors, IPS technology is too slow (but it has wayyyy better vertical viewing angles than TN)
http://www.blurbusters.com/how-does-eizo-…z-out-of-120hz/
just to confuse matters further benq have a 240hz monitor that's actually 120hz native.
Quote from leplubodeslapinFor 99% of the monitors, it's 60 Hz. And high-frequency monitors don't exist on IPS monitors, IPS technology is too slow (but it has wayyyy better vertical viewing angles than TN)
Yeah, it's noticeable that the monitor needs a few seconds to "boot", or when alt-tabbing between desktop and ingame for example. My second monitor switches instantly, but the colors on it are really crappy compared to the IPS one 
Thanks for shedding some light on this 
Got this beauty, goodbye intuos 5
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