Switching to a monitor with lower refresh rate 240hz to 180hz, will I notice the difference?

[SpitfiremkII]

I have decided to finally replace my monitor wich although having a high refresh rate is not particularily amazing in any other areas. And the monitors with the specs I am after usually comes with a lower refresh rate than my current one wich has 240hz. I was thinking of upgrading to the AOC 27" Q27G3XMN wich tops out at 180hz. I mainly play story-driven games like red dead redemption 2, the last of us and ghost of tsushima where I usually top out at 80-90fps anyways so obviosly I won't notice the difference there. However I do occasionally play competitive games where I do utilize the full 240hz of my current monitor although very rarely. The step up in quality from my current monitor is massive but will the decrease in refresh rate justify it? 

[emosun]

10 minutes ago, SpitfiremkII said:

The step up in quality from my current monitor is massive but will the decrease in refresh rate justify it? 

this is a 100% subjective question.

you will never get an answer that isn't someones opinion. buy the monitor and YOU TELL US if you like it or not. 

[Dr. Will0hlep]

6 minutes ago, SpitfiremkII said:

I have decided to finally replace my monitor wich although having a high refresh rate is not particularily amazing in any other areas. And the monitors with the specs I am after usually comes with a lower refresh rate than my current one wich has 240hz. I was thinking of upgrading to the AOC 27" Q27G3XMN wich tops out at 180hz. I mainly play story-driven games like red dead redemption 2, the last of us and ghost of tsushima where I usually top out at 80-90fps anyways so obviosly I won't notice the difference there. However I do occasionally play competitive games where I do utilize the full 240hz of my current monitor although very rarely. The step up in quality from my current monitor is massive but will the decrease in refresh rate justify it? 

I don't expect you'll notice it too much if you go from 240hz to 180hz. Or atleast my experiance of 240hz v 144hz is that they feel very similarily smooth.

 

But I guess that makes sense when you remember that a 180hz frame only lasts 0.0013888 seconds more than a 240hz frame.

[Hinjima]

26 minutes ago, SpitfiremkII said:

I have decided to finally replace my monitor wich although having a high refresh rate is not particularily amazing in any other areas. And the monitors with the specs I am after usually comes with a lower refresh rate than my current one wich has 240hz. I was thinking of upgrading to the AOC 27" Q27G3XMN wich tops out at 180hz. I mainly play story-driven games like red dead redemption 2, the last of us and ghost of tsushima where I usually top out at 80-90fps anyways so obviosly I won't notice the difference there. However I do occasionally play competitive games where I do utilize the full 240hz of my current monitor although very rarely. The step up in quality from my current monitor is massive but will the decrease in refresh rate justify it? 

I personally went from a 165hz monitor to a 240hz monitor and I did notice a slight difference but only when I can get 240fps and the game has no stutter.

But I am completely fine going back to my 144hz monitor that I have on my simrig, I dont really notice it.

 

Its of course subjective but I think you will be fine going from 240hz to 180hz.

[SpitfiremkII]

2 hours ago, will0hlep said:

I don't expect you'll notice it too much if you go from 240hz to 180hz. Or atleast my experiance of 240hz v 144hz is that they feel very similarily smooth.

 

But I guess that makes sense when you remember that a 180hz frame only lasts 0.0013888 seconds more than a 240hz frame.

The frametime gives an entirely different perspective of it thanks!

[SpitfiremkII]

2 hours ago, emosun said:

this is a 100% subjective question.

you will never get an answer that isn't someones opinion. buy the monitor and YOU TELL US if you like it or not. 

I formulated it in a pretty retarded way to be honest, I just wanted information from anyone experienced to decide for myself if it's worth it or not

[emosun]

1 minute ago, SpitfiremkII said:

I formulated it in a pretty retarded way to be honest, I just wanted information from anyone experienced to decide for myself if it's worth it or not

and well again , their experience will be subjective.

For example , my experience is that i can literally play on any monitor , could be 30hz and that's fine with me. everyone is different.

[Doobeedoo]

Depends on you, I value high refresh rate, some don't think going lower than what they had will matter much but they get surprised when they try lower. For sure when playing fps games. Maybe try lowering Hz and see how it is to you to get some idea.

What the current monitor anyway is it really going to be an upgrade though. Or save more and get overall better with 240hz. All on you.

[DreamCat04]

I haven't experienced more than 144Hz so far, I can't imagine that you'll feel a meaningful difference going down to 180Hz. I'd definitely say you'd feel a big difference going back to like 60Hz

[Dr. Will0hlep]

2 hours ago, DreamCat04 said:

I'd definitely say you'd feel a big difference going back to like 60Hz

Oh yeah definately. Since getting my 240hz monitor, the game I use it for most is World of Tanks. However, doing this has meant that I literally can't play that game at anything less than 120hz now.

 

Occasionally, Windows will forget the framerates my monitors are supposed to be working at and set them all to 60hz. I'll then not notice on the desktop, start up tanks, head into battle, and as soon as I take a shot, I know what's wrong.