240 hz vs 144 hz

[Jouxy]

Is it worth upgrading from 144 hz to 240 hz? (Regardless price) 

Will it make you a better gamer? 

Will you notice the difference on games like fortnite? 

 

[Nocte]

I have not tried 240Hz myself, but given a lot of reviews I've seen regarding refresh rates, you can definitely notice a BIG improvement from 60Hz > 144Hz.

However, moving from 144Hz to 240Hz seems like it is not that much of an improvement to the eye.

 

Sure, it might slightly help to play shooters (albeit not as much as 60Hz > 144Hz), but I think that the advantage will be so minimal that you won't improve THAT much. There are really good players that play on 60Hz anyway. If you really want to improve in games you have to start improving in game mechanics and positioning. Hardware helps up to a certain point.

[Phentos]

Entirely subjective. 

 

My best friend IRL has a 240hz 1080p monitor since he's a semi-serious CS:GO and R6: Siege gamer and he swears by it. I have tried his monitor and compared to my 144hz panel I do see a difference, but imo it's not enough of one unless you are a balls deep competitive gamer eager to squeeze every bit of potential out of your setup.

[WereCat]

Personaly I havent tried 240Hz yet, I play on 165Hz monitor.

But you have to understand first that the FPS increase does not scale linearily. 240Hz is not twice as good as 120Hz for example.

 

30FPS (33,33ms) to 60FPS (16,66ms) = 16,66ms improvement (very noticeable)

60FPS (16,66ms) to 120FPS (8,33ms) = 8,33ms improvement (very noticeable)

120FPS (8,33ms) to 144FPS (6,94ms) = 1,38ms improvement (barely noticeable)

120FPS (8,33ms) to 165FPS (6,06ms) = 2,27ms improvement (a bit noticeable)
144FPS (6,94ms) to 240FPS (4,16ms) = 2,77ms improvement (a bit noticeable)

 

Basicaly the higher you go with the FPS, the less difference there is. Im sure there is a noticeable difference between 144Hz and 240Hz as thats still almost 3ms which should be still perceivable in terms of smoothness but you have to realize that we are talking about going from 6,94ms to 4,16ms (and that is assuming we are having the game run at a perfectly stable 144FPS vs perfectly stable 240FPS, good luck finding such game where the FPS and frame times wont fluctuate one bit as that will make the difference even smaller).

 

So in conclusion, its completely up to you. I personaly would not trade 144/165Hz IPS for a 240Hz TN monitor if I already had the 144/165Hz one. Its plenty, honestly.

[Bananasplit_00]

i wouldnt bother probably, i dont notice much of a diferance switching between them when i have tried

[generalpompeyo]

As other fellow forum users have said, there is a big improvement from 60hz to 144hz. Much less so from 144hz to anything beyond. Apparently, fighter jet pilots can sometimes distinguish individual frames in a 240hz image sequence, I can't and probably neither can you. 144hz is enough, even for competitive gaming.

 

It's actualy not a subjective issue, vision has biological limits and the brain has cognitive ones.

 

Another question you must deal with is: can your computer reach those frame rates anyway? Can it give you stable 240hz at playable settings?. And if so, in what measure is that experience worth it over a 144hz experience with much better settings, that you will definitely notice (contrary to the leap from 144hz to 240hz experience which you may not in a reasonable measure)?

 

Another thing to consider is resolution, I imagine that your using or planing to buy a 1080p monitor for this type of frame rate. If this is the case, the true major improvement is not 144hz to 240hz, but 1080p to 1440p (at 144hz). And again, even for competitive gaming.

 

So, in response to your questions:

 

Will it make you a better gamer? Not really, no.

 

Will you notice the difference on games like fortnite? No, you most probably won't.

 

Hope it helps.

[Doobeedoo]

Well, the answer to all your questions is a no. If you have 144Hz already you're more than fine. Can get a higher resolution and panel type as upgrade rather. So 1440p ips 144hz is currently the most balanced all around monitor. 

[Turtle Rig]

There is a difference between 144hz and 240hz when you move the mouse really super fast around the screen in a FPS game.  You will see much less motion blur with 240hz and see the graphics cleanly smoothly without motion blur.  Also I can personally tell a difference between 240hz and 480hz then there is 1000hz.  I mean its all so you don't see blur and see every frame smoothly.  The sweet spot is 144hz.  With this most people 80 percent.... will be happy.  Some won't and will want 240hz so when theres watching Avatar and the creatures fly and move around its smooth and no motion blur and what not.

[Velcade]

Nope.  If you have 144hz monitors just keep them.  You're doing just fine.

[Turtle Rig]

1 hour ago, Velcade said:

Nope.  If you have 144hz monitors just keep them.  You're doing just fine.

I never said anything bad lol.  Yes 144hz is the sweet spot..... no need for more,, I mean even 100hz monitors are good for lots of pro gamers so ya.....

[Velcade]

4 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

I never said anything bad lol.  Yes 144hz is the sweet spot..... no need for more,, I mean even 100hz monitors are good for lots of pro gamers so ya.....

 

I was talking to OP.  What in my response made you think it was about you?