Your going to need more GPU horse power before you upgrade to a 120Hz monitor otherwise just get a real nice high end 60Hz. I would suggest a Catleap before a 120Hz monitor.
You don't know what you're talking about. I can go above 60fps in a lot of games. I don't know why you think I can't. You don't have to have 120fps to have a use for 120hz. What if I wanted to do 3D too sometime? 60hz can't.
The thing is. Vsync limits to 60 and when it drops it drops too much and gets a little stutter. Adaptive vsync helps but I still get screen tearing sometimes. Vsync off is best performance by far but screen tearing bad. If I had a 120hz monitor I could turn vsync on and never get screen tearing and not be limited to 60fps which again, I can go beyond in almost every game I've played. Yes even BF3 and Crysis 2 can exceed 60fps at times. Not as much as say...Max Payne 3 or Dirt 3, but yeah you get the idea.
You do NOT need to match your FPS to your refresh rate. That's FALSE! With a 120hz screen and vsync on you have a limit of 120fps that can be displayed. If you exceed that it will cap out, if you stay below there's no problem. Hell I could probably run with vsync off and it won't tear because I won't be hitting 120fps. Motion, even at 60fps will appear smoother on a 120hz screen vs a 60hz screen.
I'm not setting a budget but I'm also not going overboard either. I simply asked what were some of the better 120hz monitors. I'm not asking "what's the best if I won the lottery?" and I'm not necessarily looking for "best value". I'll pay for quality up to a point. I really asked because I don't see many reviews of monitors outside of things like screen quality and color accuracy. Maybe I just haven't searched the correct terms or looked in the right places, but 120hz doesn't seem to be mentioned a lot and when it is there's no rundown of which 120hz models are worth looking into.
I simply have a 24" max screen size limit. No room for big panels.