60hz vs 50hz for my low end graphics card

X_DroiD

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Okay, ive done some googling and i cant really find much... my thinkpad t410 can display at 1440 x 900 at 50hz and at the same resolution 60hz and im just wondering will i get a perfomance increase from using 50hz over 60hz?? currently using 60hz and for some reason in the past monthmy computer has slowed down a lot so im just trying to improve where i can!:) thanks in advance
 
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Yes, you won't see much of a difference. If it is 50 Hz, it will display 50 fps, no matter what the graphics card is outputting. Now, if it is 55 fps that your graphics card is putting out, you would get stuttering (displaying same image twice) on the monitor at 60 Hz, but at 50 Hz, you would instead get some screen tearing, which is when 2 frames are on the screen at once.

X_DroiD

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so for general use on my computer its better to output to 50hz not 60hz? will i see a huge difference?and for gaming whats better tooooo..:p thanks :) and i know gaming on a thinkpad is kinda sad ...;/
 

Andrew Buck

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Yes, you won't see much of a difference. If it is 50 Hz, it will display 50 fps, no matter what the graphics card is outputting. Now, if it is 55 fps that your graphics card is putting out, you would get stuttering (displaying same image twice) on the monitor at 60 Hz, but at 50 Hz, you would instead get some screen tearing, which is when 2 frames are on the screen at once.
 
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X_DroiD

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ahaha not my laptop atleast but i just bought a pc to game on but im pretty sure all id be able to use is the case maybe the gpu and psu ahaha but i think for 'not to much' will be to much for me :p btw how what amount of watts do you need for your system?
 

Andrew Buck

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Mine pulls around 600 Watts at full load, so 650 is pushing it, 750 is just right.
 

X_DroiD

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ah cool!, mines a 400w psu ahaha and right now ive still got to get my system running let alone upgrade it ahaha still havent got a hard drive, for not to much ahah :p