Some help with 120HZ monitors

MrRussellLuther

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Hello peoples! Id like to thank you all in advance, for reading this. To start off, our family had just bought a 240hz Samsung Smart TV, and i immediately fell in love. The picture seemed incredibly smooth and i loved it. Currently im using a pretty old AOC monitor i picked up off an old friend (http://us.aoc.com/monitor_displays/e2343fk) Its done it job decently, but as it was pretty beat up when i got it, theres some screen tearing that goes on and id like to correct that.

This summer, i am going to be saving up around 500$ and with nothing to spend it on, this is what i have decided to blow it on. The rest of my setup, i already have the money to spend on (New GPU Haswell processor and what not)

Anyway, most of that was useless information, but to cut to the chase Im in the market for a 120HZ monitor, prefferably over 23in-27in (dont want to go to 30in) and my last few days of internet browsing, have led to nothing of that i would trust. Can someone give me a 120HZ monitor that is good for Fast Paced FPS games.


TL;DR 120HZ monitor for FPS games and what not Plox
 

drtoast

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screen tearing is usually a hardware issue rather than monitor.

What hardware will be powering your screen? Do you intend to do 3d gaming? What graphic levels do you expect?

Honestly, Name your purpose and you may even get better value than your current build. I.e what your upgrading from and what your going to. It's fairly likely the users of this forum can save you a hefty whack or increase your performance per dollar.
 
Well screen tearing is because you are trying to run the game at a refresh rate your hardware can't handle or you have vsync turned off when it should be on. If you are trying to run a game at 120fps and your hardware can't do 120fps you are going to get screen tearing. That is the main reason I have stayed with my 3 Asus 27" 60Hz monitors because every game I have can handle 60fps vsync'ed with no problems and there for they all play very smooth with no issues. Going to 120Hz at 5760x1080 I am not sure I would be able to achieve the same results.