Hello,

A couple of key points have been missed so first consider, what FPS is.
When playing a game suppose your GFX card can maintain 200fps.

If you were to use a 60Hz monitor, would you see and feel the 200fps?
- No, your FPS to an extent is wasted.

If you were to use a 144Hz monitor, would you see and feel the 200fps?
- No, your FPS to a smaller extent is wasted.

Smaller as your monitor will have the ability to show you at least 144fps, Hz and fps are linked.
- So by using a 144Hz monitor you get smoother game play.

If you choose to use Vsync with a 144Hz monitor you get to cap the fps to 144.
If you choose to use Vsync with a 60Hz monitor you get to cap the fps to 60.
So go for a higher Hz monitor if you want a smoother gaming experience.

Next point, TN monitors like the BenQ have a lower response time than IPS.
Gaming, go for for TN.

The eye strain you see on flat screens is not quite related to the Hz as it was on the older CRT monitors.
- Eye strain is caused by the backlight, older flat screens used a fluorescent tube = 50Hz/60Hz flickering light.
- Now most use LED back lighting but most (times are changing) are using a method which causes the light to flicker, PWM. (pulsing voltage)

- Eye strain free LED monitors, try to apply a fixed steady voltage to the LED backlight. (no flicker)
And you also have some marketing on blue light vs natural light.

So all in all, the BenQ monitor is a better one.

To answer your question on GFX performance, 60Hz vs 144Hz.
No and it depends on the game / your GFX options.

If a game is running 200fps, you have vsync off, your GFX card is still doing 200fps.
- 60Hz monitor, you will only see 60fps with 140fps being invisible.
- 144Hz monitor, you will only see 144fps with 56fps being invisible.
Both setups, GFX card is doing the same work.

Only if you enable Vsync there will be a physical cap to fps.
- 60Hz monitor, Vsync enabled = GFX card renders 60fps.
- 144Hz monitor, Vsync enabled = GFX card renders 144fps.

🙂

SlackROG wrote:
I thought based on the HZ, this is to the level of FPS you can go in the game?

60hz = 60fps
144hz = 144fps

Yes, no?

60Hz = what you will physically see, what the monitor is able to draw.
144Hz = same, what the monitor is able to draw.

Hz does not force or cause a game to render at the same speed.
so you can have 300fps by the cpu/gpu and use a 60Hz monitor.
You will still get the gpu working hard.

Only if you cap the fps or the game has a limit it will cause the gpu to do less work.
The monitor does not change this outcome unless you enable the vsync option.

Vsync causes the gpu to render at the refresh rate.
So if this were enabled, then yes 60Hz = 60fps or 144Hz = 144fps.

Check the games you are playing, do you have the vsync option enabled?
What fps are the games running if the vsync option is disabled?
Anything higher than 60, go for 144Hz.
If you only want 60fps, go tor 60Hz.

What is the concern over gpu workload?
Yes if the game has an uncapped fps limit, your gpu will try to render as much as possible regardless of the monitor being used. Unless you enable the vsync option, which causes input lag.

Korth wrote:
@SlackROG -

1Hz = 1 cycle per second, as the horizontal refresh spec on monitors it means how often the panel "draws" the entire screen each second.
1fps = 1 frame per second, as the measure of GPU performance

A 60Hz monitor can only display up to 60fps, even when the GPU outputs >60fps.
A 60Hz monitor doesn't equal 60fps when the GPU can only output <60fps.
A 144Hz monitor is no better than a 60Hz monitor when the GPU can only output <60fps.

But if your GPU can output >60fps (up to 120Hz/144Hz/165Hz) then a 120Hz/144Hz/165Hz monitor will be able to properly display ("draw") each discrete frame and the overall experience will appear smoother than it would on a 60Hz monitor.

Ok...

It's my understanding that anything over 60fps, the higher you go, the more demanding it is on the gpu?

Thanks