General Question(s) about 144Hz Displays (VG248QE)

simmons33

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Thinking about finally ditching my Plebeian 60Hz HP 2311x in favor of the Asus VG248QE, but I have a few questions. Never really educated myself on the topic, other than whats obvious, because I never figured I would make the jump.

Anyway,

Im well aware of the positives of 144hz panels, but how exactly is V-Sync, or to be more specific games with 60fps caps, such as any Unreal Engine game handled on a Display set to 144Hz?

Does the game still lock itself to 60fps?
Does it run at 144fps because the display is set to 144Hz? I would assume this would only be the case if Actual V-Sync, not just a forced FPS cap, were in place
Does the game run considerbly worse due to be locked lower than the monitors native refresh rate? i.e Stutter.
Is it possible to run the display at 120Hz then force Half V-Sync through NVCP?

Im mainly interested because I find myself playing quite a few games with 60fps locks..

Dead Space Series, Batman Arkham Series, Mass Effect Series , Fallout 4 etc

 

soldier5637

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I have the Philips 242G and I really like it. Whats programmed into the game is programmed into the game, you cant change things like FPS caps (Except in some cases you can modify the ini file). I find unless you have a powerful enough GPU, you wont be able to reap the benefits anyhow, so make sure you can. Also, Fallout 4 does not have any locks.
 

simmons33

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Thats what I figured, but was unsure how a game, any game would treat a 144hz display. Just wanna be sure before I drop $200 on it.

Fallout 4 does have a 60fps, or at least on my 60hz panel, lock. Yeah, you can disable it in the games .ini, but doing so can break terminals and lockpicking and cause the games physics to go mad just like Skyrim.
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Fallout_4#Vertical_sync_.28Vsync.29

Thanks for the response
 

soldier5637

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I run Fallout at a constant above 70 frame rate. I see you have a 970, same as me. Itll run most things above 60 FPS and therefore youll technically reap any benefits however much above 60 it may be youll be able to at least actually see those extra frames.