Are 75Hz Monitors any better than 60?

[RockSolid1106]

Do 75Hz monitors have any noticeable difference to the human eye? I am not looking to buy a monitor for gaming. Just normal typing and regular browsing. AFAIK, 75Hz isn't a big difference compared to 60Hz. But that one part of the brain says "75 is a larger number than 60 right?"

 

Thanks!

[Levent]

I would look at panel properties instead of refresh rate. If panel is better overall and monitor has extra features, $20 is worth it. If its the identical panel and has no extra features, keep your $20.

[WereCat]

The difference between 60Hz and 75Hz is bigger than between 144Hz and 240Hz.

 

60Hz is 16.66ms between each frame

75Hz is 13.33ms

 

so 3.33ms improvement.

 

144Hz is 6.94ms

240Hz is 4.16ms

 

so 2.78ms improvement.

 

That said, as was mentioned above... If I had to decide between two fairly low refresh rate monitors, I would probably pick the one with better image quality rather than the one with a slightly higher refresh rate.

And you can try to OC the 60Hz monitor if you pick that instead (not guaranteed it will work though).

[Bobbysixjp]

You will notice the difference - 60Hz looks choppy as hell compared to higher Hz. Even 75 Hz looks better but if you can afford it go for a high refresh monitor (144 Hz) and you’ll never look back.

[DSD27]

Yes, and the jump from 60Hz to 75Hz is more noticeable than 75Hz to 120Hz.

I still think that 75Hz is the sweet spot, especially with freesync/G-sync, unless you play FPS games competitively. Being on a budget, I prefer 1440p 75Hz to 1080p 144hz.