Please explain to me

[Toddskins]

I'm reading the ad from Asus new monitor, the following as you can see in the image below.

I do not understand why they boast a refresh rate of 144Hz, but then show 2 different rates on the side of the monitor (I circled these other rates in a red ellipsis).

If the monitor refreshes at 144Hz, what or why is there a 120Hz shown, too?  Is the 120Hz from the GPU?  If that is the case, how does the technology reconcile?  Obviously if the GPU is only capable of 120Hz, then the monitor cannot be fully utilized.  Am I getting this right?

 

Are there various GPU's that still are unable to go as fast as 144Hz?

Thanks to anybody for an explanation.

[spenser_l]

 

The GPU is responsible for rendering what is shown on screen. Depending on the resolution of the monitor, and the settings of the game, it will be able to render more or less frames. Higher resolutions and higher quality settings are more difficult to render, because there are more pixels/polygons to compute. (e.g. 1080p vs 4K)

 

The maximum viewable framerate however, is determined by your monitor. It is the bottleneck in most situations here due to its refresh rate. Most monitors have a 60Hz refresh rate. This means that the maximum number of frames per second you will ever actually is is 60FPS. It can update 60 times per second if your GPU has the horse power to render out whatever is on screen at 60FPS.

 

The advantage of higher refresh rate monitors is that you will see more information in the same amount of time compared to 60Hz monitors. This is desired in competitive scenarios like first person shooters such as CS:GO, where having a split second faster update can result in the player reacting sooner. 

[Lolzious]

Most likely an error ;P

[thorpj]

I'm reading the ad from Asus new monitor, the following as you can see in the image below.

I do not understand why they boast a refresh rate of 144Hz, but then show 2 different rates on the side of the monitor (I circled these other rates in a red ellipsis).

If the monitor refreshes at 144Hz, what or why is there a 120Hz shown, too?  Is the 120Hz from the GPU?  If that is the case, how does the technology reconcile?  Obviously if the GPU is only capable of 120Hz, then the monitor cannot be fully utilized.  Am I getting this right?

 

Are there various GPU's that still are unable to go as fast as 144Hz?

Thanks to anybody for an explanation.

It's not necessarily for your monitor, it's just marketing material they've made,

 

I assure you, 60hz doesn't look like a blurry mess. But they'd like it if you believed that

 

If you're GPU can run a game at 144fps (or higher), then you're fully utilising the refresh rate of that monitor.

[Virtual01]

GPUs can push games at 144 FPS, but not easily by any means. To get a smooth 144FPS on any given game, your GPU basically needs to be super overkill for the game you are playing, or you need to lower the settings a ton.

 

120Hz is basically indistinguishable from 144Hz anyway, and keep in mind the image is for marketing purposes. It's a stupid ad from a technical perspective, but its objective is to be simple and to sell a product.

[Weak1ings]

I'm reading the ad from Asus new monitor, the following as you can see in the image below.

I do not understand why they boast a refresh rate of 144Hz, but then show 2 different rates on the side of the monitor (I circled these other rates in a red ellipsis).

If the monitor refreshes at 144Hz, what or why is there a 120Hz shown, too?  Is the 120Hz from the GPU?  If that is the case, how does the technology reconcile?  Obviously if the GPU is only capable of 120Hz, then the monitor cannot be fully utilized.  Am I getting this right?

 

Are there various GPU's that still are unable to go as fast as 144Hz?

Thanks to anybody for an explanation.

The 120hz is probably used because of a more on hand comparison above other things...  Though given this explanation, why would they not use 144hz?

The GPU can put out as many frames as possible (This is limited by the display, 144 FPS is easy for GPUs to push out in older titles.)  They are very capable.

I do not know of any GPU that cannot physically push more than 144hz.

 

 

From a 144hz user, I can say it is great, but I found those ASUS picture ads to be utterly useless.

[XTankSlayerX]

I'm reading the ad from Asus new monitor, the following as you can see in the image below.

I do not understand why they boast a refresh rate of 144Hz, but then show 2 different rates on the side of the monitor (I circled these other rates in a red ellipsis).

If the monitor refreshes at 144Hz, what or why is there a 120Hz shown, too?  Is the 120Hz from the GPU?  If that is the case, how does the technology reconcile?  Obviously if the GPU is only capable of 120Hz, then the monitor cannot be fully utilized.  Am I getting this right?

 

Are there various GPU's that still are unable to go as fast as 144Hz?

Thanks to anybody for an explanation.

Seems to be an error on their part.

 

The GPU outputs in frames, which need to match up with the monitors refresh rate in order to get the proper effect.

 

So 60FPS with 60Hz and 144FPS with 144Hz

[Lolucoca]

They compare the image quality of a 60hz and a 120hz monitor and put them in "splitscreen"

[YT2002]

I'm reading the ad from Asus new monitor, the following as you can see in the image below.

I do not understand why they boast a refresh rate of 144Hz, but then show 2 different rates on the side of the monitor (I circled these other rates in a red ellipsis).

If the monitor refreshes at 144Hz, what or why is there a 120Hz shown, too?  Is the 120Hz from the GPU?  If that is the case, how does the technology reconcile?  Obviously if the GPU is only capable of 120Hz, then the monitor cannot be fully utilized.  Am I getting this right?

 

Are there various GPU's that still are unable to go as fast as 144Hz?

Thanks to anybody for an explanation.

i think its because its extra headroom from 120hz

[Toddskins]

Thanks, all.  

Allow me to ask further -- if 60Hz has been normal, it would make sense that doubling the speed of the monitor to 120Hz would be an evolutionary step.  But what's special about 144Hz?  Why does a monitor company choose that number as a capability?  Why not 146Hz or 142Hz?

Also, if you had a super GPU from the future (capable of 1000Hz at 4K, let's say), and the 1440p monitor is only capable of 144Hz, do the monitor and GPU do the maximum capability of 144Hz on their own, or is this something I would have to set manually in the GPU software, or in the firmware of the monitor?

Is it advantageous as a buyer, to buy the highest Hz rate possible on a monitor for possible upgrades of GPU cards?

 

Thanks again for any answers.

[Sam Z Man]

Well what GPU do you have currently?

[Toddskins]

Well what GPU do you have currently?

 None yet.

[Glenwing]

Thanks, all.

Allow me to ask further -- if 60Hz has been normal, it would make sense that doubling the speed of the monitor to 120Hz would be an evolutionary step. But what's special about 144Hz? Why does a monitor company choose that number as a capability? Why not 146Hz or 142Hz?

Also, if you had a super GPU from the future (capable of 1000Hz at 4K, let's say), and the 1440p monitor is only capable of 144Hz, do the monitor and GPU do the maximum capability of 144Hz on their own, or is this something I would have to set manually in the GPU software, or in the firmware of the monitor?

Is it advantageous as a buyer, to buy the highest Hz rate possible on a monitor for possible upgrades of GPU cards?

Thanks again for any answers.

It is because 144Hz is a higher number than 120, and will therefore automatically look better for sales even if it has no real effect. Just as if two items are exactly the same, but one is for $99.99 and the other is $100.00 people will tend towards the lower price. 144Hz is the next highest multiple of 24 after 120, movies are at a fixed 24Hz framerate so generally they try to stick to those rates, though 60Hz is a famous exception.

[Toddskins]

It is because 144Hz is a higher number than 120, and will therefore automatically look better for sales even if it has no real effect. Just as if two items are exactly the same, but one is for $99.99 and the other is $100.00 people will tend towards the lower price. 144Hz is the next highest multiple of 24 after 120, movies are at a fixed 24Hz framerate so generally they try to stick to those rates, though 60Hz is a famous exception.

 Thanks so much for that well-written paragraph.  Much appreciated.

[Sam Z Man]

None yet.

What are you planning on buying for a GPU?