1440p@144hz or 1080p@240hz

[keinN4me]

I want to buy a new monitor and I dont know whether to buy an 1080p@240hz monitor or an  1440p@144hz monitor.

I have an i7 9700k@5ghz and a strix 2080. I play some competitive shooter like Overwatch and Cs:Go but also AAA and racing games.

What would you recommend ?

[Mateyyy]

I personally think that you would notice more of a difference going from 1080p to 1440p than going from 144Hz to 240Hz.

[Akira Shimazu]

1440P 144hz.

[Spakes]

1440p is worth those additional 96 Hz in this case, imo... Not many games can even pass 120 fps mark, not to mention 200...

[Anoraked]

Recently asked this same question and was overwhelmingly told 1440p 144hz. There’s a link to the topic below and a 1440p 165hz monitor for around $700 which is one of the best on the market if you can afford it.

 

 

[Crunken]

1440p will just look better, if you're playing competitively 240hz will be smoother and feel better when you play, resolution only looks nicer while 240hz feels nicer

[AndrewB121]

1440p @ 144Hz

[Jimjamesjimothy8]

1440p @ 144hz. It's a good sweet spot.

[SolarNova]

Go for 1440p 144hz.

 

 

 

240hz is 'currently' a marketing 'gimmick'.

 

Before 'certain' people jump on me read this.

 

Frame Time:  and difference between each figure

 

60hz/fps = 16.6ms

84            /     9.7     This is a noticeable difference, and the vast majority of people will very much notice this.

144hz/fps = 6.9ms

96            /      2.7    This is far less noticeable difference.

240hz/fps = 4.2ms

 

The frequency / FPS difference may be similar, but the frame time difference is so much smaller it results in a perceptual difference just as small.

 

Add on top of that , that technically even the newest and best TN displays cannot maintain ALL transitions below 4.2ms without having a terrible image quality. Those that supposedly maintain below 4.2ms dont include overshoot in the measurements, if they did , the time it takes a pixel to re adjust for overshoot brings the transition time way above 4.2ms. The result of overshoot visually is inverse ghosting ..aka overshoot.. which displays as a brighter ghosting image trailing moving objects. On top of that , current 240hz displays have terrible picture quality.

 

If choosing 240hz requires u to drop from 1440p to 1080p, its most certainly not worth it.

 

 

 

 

[ProfBrown]

I have been reading much of the same, and the sweet spot seems to be 27 inches for a 1440p monitor. Any good budget recommendations from those in this thread? Budget as in sub $350? Is it worth while, or just wait for prices to fall or save more money? Here is an example of a "budget" 1440p 144hz monitor that I found, the GFT27DB model number. Seems to tick all the boxes. Here is another that I had seen as a budget choice as well...