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As long as you are not bottlenecked, two 660ti cards will give you more than 60 fps on many games, especially older games. They will yield more than 60 fps on many newer games, too---on medium to low settings. Also, on a 120+ hz monitor, you get less input lag if you are playing at above 60 fps. Unless you only play the most graphically demanding games at highest settings, I’d say yes, get a 120hz monitor. But just remember, you will be sacrificing perfect/accurate color reproduction for high speed.


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you wont get 120fps in all games if you don't upgrade your GPU when the next gen GPUs hit the market as I can't, I have GTX 580 SLI.
If you upgrade your GPU regularly then go for it :)
disable v-sync and use a FPS meter to make sure you get +90 fps in games you play before buying the new monitor.
 
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Can u include a link so i can check it out thanks
 
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As long as you are not bottlenecked, two 660ti cards will give you more than 60 fps on many games, especially older games. They will yield more than 60 fps on many newer games, too---on medium to low settings. Also, on a 120+ hz monitor, you get less input lag if you are playing at above 60 fps. Unless you only play the most graphically demanding games at highest settings, I’d say yes, get a 120hz monitor. But just remember, you will be sacrificing perfect/accurate color reproduction for high speed.


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i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PS / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms 24-inch Asus monitor
 
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scottd9

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I was told that this is up for debate
 
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helz IT

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That is flat wrong, and 5 minutes of research will prove it.

As far as getting a 120hz monitor versus a 60hz, it comes down to smoothness versus visual quality. The majority of 120hz monitors are TN panels with inferior color quality and viewing angles, and lower resolution. For the same price you can get a larger 60hz IPS monitor which is better in every category but its refresh rate.

Personally, I grew up playing on CRTs and I've never been happy with 60hz LCD monitors. 120hz is worth the slight sacrifice in visual quality to me, but its definitely a personal preference.

BTW you don't have to get exactly 120fps to have a good experience. I find around 90fps is a lot better experience than 60, and its a lot easier to achieve on demanding games.
 
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Im only using one card at the moment i have not yet installed the second, but on BS Infinite im playing on ultra with no v sync and get 100-120 fps but get horrible screen tear, with v sync on im getting sustaind 60 fps. But cyrisis im only getting 30-40 fps on max settings. Im using an i5 3570k and 8 gb ram
 
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Yep, I'd get a 120hz monitor.
 
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Play with this, and then stop spreading false info.
http://frames-per-second.appspot.com/
 
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