Charas-Project
Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: zuhane on December 26, 2010, 08:33:01 PM
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Hey all! Just got a 400Hz monitor for my PC for Christmas. I was all excited to see games in 3D at 120Hz etc, but when I try and set the refresh
rate for my monitor in my control panel, 60Hz is the max it can reach. It's quite a big monitor and I need a better refresh rate for all those action-packed
games! Cheers :D
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Games should override that setting anyway, so it shouldn't be of too much concern.
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They don't! Screen tearing occurs at over 60 FPS. Any solutions?
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V-sync?
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V-sync is off. The actual NVidia control panel and monitor settings won't give me an option above 60Hz, despite this monitor being 400Hz. TV and stuff works fine,
but on the PC it's capped at 60! It's actually very noticeable on heavy games like Unreal Tournament 3!
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I meant that turning V-sync on could help with the screen tearing. That's pretty much the whole point of it.
So turn it on and see what develops.
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V-sync exists solely to eliminate tearing.
Only problem is that you won't get that mystical 400fps.
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Honestly, the human eye can't really detect framerates above 60 fps.
The film industry tells watchers that the eye can only detect framerates of up to 24 or 30 fps. Pure lie. You can definitely see a difference between 30fps and 60fps.
But beyond that? Hell, 60fps seems very silk-smooth to me, and I have near-perfect vision.
If you can manage to get your refresh rate higher than 60, try looking at this site to see the differences. (http://eapdesign.vndv.com/fps/)
Also, haaahaah. The bar tears for me on 60fps.
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Funny, that link was last updated on my birthday.
Anyway, the human eye is capable of detecting a difference in frame rate (up to about 120), but the difference is usually negligible. There are some cases where it can be important, but almost always, it's not. 60 FPS is an optimal number (it's similar to 100% in that it's desirable, even when a situation occurs where it's not a maximum (which makes the use of a percent seem dumb)), but many tech heads will want no less than 100 FPS. One good excuse for this is that, when the **** hits the fan, they will still be at a silky-smooth 70-80 FPS, while the 60 averagers will drop down to a choppier 20-30. Past that, it's just boasting.
Also, for no real reason, I feel like noting that the human eye sees at somewhere around 300 FPS. The brain can't exactly process it all quickly enough to make any use of it, though.
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I admit that them making a 400Hz+ TV is a real overkill. I can definitely see the difference between 60 and 120FPS
though. I keep V-Sync off because games where you need twitch reactions seem kind of bogged down by it. There's a bit
of mouse inertia and it feels like I'm playing on a console (which I dislike). I always disable V-Sync in every game. Some of
my games like Unreal Tournament 3 and TF2 reach frame rates of around 180fps, which is really noticeable on a big screen when
you turn around fast. It can blur and hurt your eyes now and again! I don't need V-Sync ever again with this 400Hz monitor, because
I doubt I own any games where I can get 400+ fps on max graphics. Therefore, I just need a way to enable at least 120Hz or something
with this monitor. You might not notice on smaller screens, but I have a very large monitor now, and screen tearing/motion blur become
very noticeable!