Any reason not to use 240hz monitor on a ps4?

[zsfv]

Hi, I have a ps4 pro and am planning on buliding a gaming pc. Is there any reason not to use 240hz monitor on a ps4? I am trying not to use dual monitor setup for the pc and ps4 due to budget constraint. Any input is appreciated. Thank you very much.

[BaconLord222]

If you were only going to use the screen for PS4 pro and nothing else, then it would be absolute overkill considering that consoles don't reach anything higher than 60hz (from what I know). However, since you're using it with a pc as well it should be fine.

[BaconLord222]

I forgot to add, my personal suggestion is to use HDMI for consoles and use displayport for your PC.

1. this allows easy source switching without having to buy extra HDMI switcher units
2. This allows the PC to take advantage of the full 240hz, as well as freesync/gsync if its supported

[zsfv]

Thanks for the reply. I am worried because there's someone on reddit that said he purchased Benq Zowie XL2546 only to find out that on ps4 pro it is practically unplayable. The image is laggy and choppy. I don't know if this is caused by ps4 running at 60hz natively and the monitor running at 240hz natively.

[Streetguru]

14 minutes ago, zsfv said:

 

It's just going to downclock to 60hz, dunno why it would cause issues.
 

What's the budget/country for your PC and what peripherals do you need?

[Augustin]

every monitor i have owned recently has been able to switch frequencies. I have an old one that has settings for 50 and 60hz. My current samsung has buttons to switch presets so its easy to switch between 144hz and 60hz.

[zsfv]

 

58 minutes ago, Augustin said:

every monitor i have owned recently has been able to switch frequencies. I have an old one that has settings for 50 and 60hz. My current samsung has buttons to switch presets so its easy to switch between 144hz and 60hz.

That's cool I actually am trying to find if either Asus XG258q or Aorus KD25F has that switch feature too.

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

It's just going to downclock to 60hz, dunno why it would cause issues.
 

What's the budget/country for your PC and what peripherals do you need?

I am from Indonesia, the usd convert rate sucks balls here lol. I am currently comparing between Asus XG258q and Aorus KD25F. Planning to build Ryzen 3600 with RTX 2070 super 16GB ram trying to get apex legends as close to 240fps as possible on low settings 1080p

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, zsfv said:

 

How much cheaper is an RX 5700? As it's not that much of a slower card maybe 15% and in the US at least it's half the price.

But even a 9900K can't hit 240fps in the wide open areas going by this low benchmark. Ryzen 3000 would be maybe 10% slower unless apex legends scales with RAM speeds well on Ryzen.

 

 

 

[zsfv]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

How much cheaper is an RX 5700? As it's not that much of a slower card maybe 15% and in the US at least it's half the price.

But even a 9900K can't hit 240fps in the wide open areas going by this low benchmark. Ryzen 3000 would be maybe 10% slower unless apex legends scales with RAM speeds well on Ryzen.

 

 

 

I'ts about 100 usd cheaper here. Do i need to lower my expectation and opt for 144hz monitor instead?

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, zsfv said:

I'ts about 100 usd cheaper here. Do i need to lower my expectation and opt for 144hz monitor instead?

Just get the 2070 or 2070 super then. Or maybe a used 1080ti if that happens to be cheaper or the same price. as that's the same as the RTX 2080 basically.

If you play like CS:GO or some other games that will run at 300fps it'll be worth it.

Otherwise ya 144hz is going to be fine anyways. Or maybe go for a 1440p 100hz Ultra wide for the best of everything, they're also cheap in the US anyways.

[zsfv]

37 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Just get the 2070 or 2070 super then. Or maybe a used 1080ti if that happens to be cheaper or the same price. as that's the same as the RTX 2080 basically.

If you play like CS:GO or some other games that will run at 300fps it'll be worth it.

Otherwise ya 144hz is going to be fine anyways. Or maybe go for a 1440p 100hz Ultra wide for the best of everything, they're also cheap in the US anyways.

alright thanks for the input

[SolarNova]

8 hours ago, zsfv said:

Hi, I have a ps4 pro and am planning on buliding a gaming pc. Is there any reason not to use 240hz monitor on a ps4? I am trying not to use dual monitor setup for the pc and ps4 due to budget constraint. Any input is appreciated. Thank you very much.

it will run fine .. but ofc the PS4 wont come close to utilizing the higher refresh rate.

 

That being said, you will notice the lower picture quality vs say a good TV.

240hz monitors have truly terrible image quality, sacrificign that quality for speed.

 

Due to consoles limitations its a better idea to use a display with a higher picture quality rather than being 'fast'.