please help

[maximus_tom]

I'm trying to figure out what monitor is best and weather the pc I have ordered can run high Hz during games.

 

Can i run 4k gaming with decent frames or is 144hz better with higher frames?

 

I play games such as: COD, csgo, rb6s, skyrim and will be getting escape from tarkov.

 

PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-9600K CPU, 6 Cores / 6 Threads, 3.7 - 4.6GHz
Power Supply: Fractal Design 80 PLUS 500W PSU
GRAPHICS CARD: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB Graphics Card

Ram: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks)

 

(I'm brand new to gaming on pc so idk what I need to be telling you, apologies) 

[KenTees]

Considering you are playing a lot of first person shooters, 144 Hz is way more valuable than 4K at decent frames. If you want to have the best of both worlds, 1440p@144 Hz is where you want to be. 

[Mateyyy]

What's your budget for the monitor?

[maximus_tom]

Depends on what ill be getting for the money, but 500£ would be the limit, preferably around 300. Unless there's a big benefit 

[maximus_tom]

5 minutes ago, KenTees said:

Considering you are playing a lot of first person shooters, 144 Hz is way more valuable than 4K.

is 144hz really good? Or is there a better option that my pc is able to run

[maximus_tom]

I currently have a benq 4k monitor thats only 60hz, should I trade it for another??

 

[KenTees]

26 minutes ago, maximus_tom said:

is 144hz really good? Or is there a better option that my pc is able to run

You can get a pretty good 2560 x 1440 @ 144 Hz monitor for under £500, since I'm not all too familiar with the British pound, I'm looking at Amazon.co.uk, and your options look very appealing. You can probably even find much better deals on another online shop or at your local computer stores.

 

144 Hz is ideally what you want for first person shooters because that means your monitor shows a new image 144 times per second, so for example, a scenario in which 144 Hz could be useful is AWPing mid doors on de_dust2. On 144 Hz, your enemies cross that gap much smoother. Whereas on 60 Hz, enemies can sometimes skip over, provided that they're quick enough.

 

Also, since we are indeed on his forums, here is Linus' take on 4K gaming.

 

[maximus_tom]

21 minutes ago, KenTees said:

You can get a pretty good 2560 x 1440 @ 144 Hz monitor for under £500, since I'm not all too familiar with the British pound, I'm looking at Amazon.co.uk, and your options look very appealing. You can probably even find much better deals on another online shop or at your local computer stores.

 

144 Hz is ideally what you want for first person shooters because that means your monitor shows a new image 144 times per second, so for example, a scenario in which 144 Hz could be useful is AWPing mid doors on de_dust2. On 144 Hz, your enemies cross that gap much smoother. Whereas on 60 Hz, enemies can sometimes skip over, provided that they're quick enough.

 

Also, since we are indeed on his forums, here is Linus' take on 4K gaming.

 

Okay awesome, so something like 240hz isn't something I would need for those titles?? 

 

What are good examples of what id need, im not sure what I need to be looking for! 

 

Hahahah no way, ill have to have a look at rhay video when im home from work.

[KenTees]

41 minutes ago, maximus_tom said:

Okay awesome, so something like 240hz isn't something I would need for those titles?? 

 

What are good examples of what id need, im not sure what I need to be looking for! 

 

Hahahah no way, ill have to have a look at rhay video when im home from work.

240 Hz and 360 Hz is when you are either, absolutely serious about going pro or have money burning a hole in your pocket, and even at such high refresh rates, eventually the difference becomes imperceptible, because 144 Hz is already so fast.

 

Not to mention, your computer has to be able to push the 240/360 frames, or else the monitor doesn't serve its full capability.

 

Some 240 Hz monitor owners have said that, they can only really tell the difference between 144 Hz and 240 Hz, if there were two monitors placed size by side running their own respective refresh rates. The difference going from 144 Hz to 240 Hz is very minuscule compared to going from 60 Hz to 144 Hz.

 

Here is another LinusTechTips video for you, when you get home from work.

 

[e22big]

1 hour ago, maximus_tom said:

I'm trying to figure out what monitor is best and weather the pc I have ordered can run high Hz during games.

 

Can i run 4k gaming with decent frames or is 144hz better with higher frames?

 

I play games such as: COD, csgo, rb6s, skyrim and will be getting escape from tarkov.

 

PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-9600K CPU, 6 Cores / 6 Threads, 3.7 - 4.6GHz
Power Supply: Fractal Design 80 PLUS 500W PSU
GRAPHICS CARD: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB Graphics Card

Ram: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks)

 

(I'm brand new to gaming on pc so idk what I need to be telling you, apologies) 

seem like somthing you should be post on a display topic than here is it not?

 

but generally, for the majority of your game, higher refresh rate would be better by far - the only game you may want to run at 4k is Skyrim (because the engine can't go further than 60 fps) but even so you will be limiting the modding potential of your game (Skyrim with heavy mod don't even run that well at 1080p) 

 

it also depends a bit on the size of your monitor, for 32in and above, 4k is a requirement imo, even 1440p contents look like crap on 32inch monitor