60 hz vs 120 hz

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So, I want to know if I am playing a game on a 120 hz monitor at 60 fps will it look worse than playing a game on a 60 hz monitor at 60 fps? How about 144 hz? I typically play with my framerate unlocked and actually get around 70 fps but it occasionally drops down to 60, so I kinda want to know if I upgrade to a 120/144 hz monitor if it will always be beneficial/the same, or if it won't look as good at 60 fps.
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Here are the two monitors in question (if that makes a difference)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236313&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236305&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
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You won't notice a difference, except the 120hz monitor will actually seem a bit smoother. If the game is running at 60fps on both a 60hz monitor and a 120hz monitor, it might look smoother on the latter.
If your game stays at 60fps there is no reason to get a 120hz monitor though. You should play with the FPS capped on a 60hz monitor. You won't notice the difference between 60fps and 70. If you play at 70fps on a 60hz monitor it will start to look sort of weird.

I have also heard of people overclocking their monitors, but I have never tried it. You could look up how to overclock from 60hz to 80hz so you can get true 70fps.

Hope this helps!
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Hz is more or less the the maximum frame rate you can reach before you get screen tearing. So if you play with an unlocked frame rate, the higher the refresh rate the better, but if you play at 60fps there is no reason to get a 120/144Hz monitor.
 
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Well that's the lowest I have gone(you know when shit hits the fan) i am usually at least around 70 fps, if not higher, I just want to know if the 60 fps on a 120/144 hz is identical to the 60 fps on a 60 hz
 
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You won't notice a difference, except the 120hz monitor will actually seem a bit smoother. If the game is running at 60fps on both a 60hz monitor and a 120hz monitor, it might look smoother on the latter.
If your game stays at 60fps there is no reason to get a 120hz monitor though. You should play with the FPS capped on a 60hz monitor. You won't notice the difference between 60fps and 70. If you play at 70fps on a 60hz monitor it will start to look sort of weird.

I have also heard of people overclocking their monitors, but I have never tried it. You could look up how to overclock from 60hz to 80hz so you can get true 70fps.

Hope this helps!
 
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Except that tearing will happen that at any point that the frame rate doesn't match the refresh rate. It's way easier to see on a 60hz monitor because the tear will be visible for 16.6ms, where on a 144hz monitor the tear is only visible for 6.9ms.

As for the OP, if you are really concerned about tearing, stuttering, and frame rate you might want to wait for a consumer G-Sync monitor so that the video card can drive the refresh rate of the screen. It solves pretty much all of the problems of having variable frame rates coming from the video card but having fixed frequency monitors.
 
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Well when I turned VSync on I started getting screen tearing, hence the unlocked framerate of around 70
 
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Oh I see. Didn't realize you had Vsync on :p If you don't get screen tearing at 70fps then you should keep it there. If your game wobbles from 70 to 60 FPS and you don't want screen tearing try overclocking your monitor then turning off Vsync.

Or you could just keep it at 60fps. That way you don't get screen tearing either way and you don't have to buy a completely new monitor.
 
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