60HZ Gaming On A 120HZ Monitor vs 60hz On A 60hz Monitor? The Same? Or Is One Better?

[Cassius101]

I thought I made a thread about this before but I can't seem to find it. Anyway, I recently purchased a Sony W800b for console/pc gaming and using my computer on. It turned out to be a major regret, the TV is great but on game mode the picture quality is not as good since I prefer a vivid picture setting and there is no vivid setting in game mode. The Input lag when not in game mode is 80-90ms while in game mode it is 22-24ms.

I was thinking about getting a refund and buying this Vizio instead since with Vizio TV's, it doesn't matter what mode you have it on, it always has low input lag, gaming mode or not.

http://www.rtings.com/reviews/tv/lcd-led/vizio/p-series

http://www.displaylag.com/low-input-lag-hdtvs-gaming-holiday-2014-edition/

It is the only TV that can do 120hz at 1080p on a HDMI port that is not HDMI 2.0.

The main multiplayer games I play on PC right now are Planetside 2 and Star Trek Online. In planetside 2 I play on very high graphics settings and I get 35-45fps in big battles and 50-60fps when I am not in a big battle so I won't be anywhere near 120fps.

So would playing on a 120hz screen at less than 60fps be any different than playing on a 60hz screen at that same framerate?

 

[WittyRemark]

So would playing on a 120hz screen
at less than 60fps be any different
than playing on a 60hz screen at
that same framerate?

Nope, it'll be the same ,assuming input lag on said screens is the same.

 

[Borealis7]

theoretically, the same.
in practice, when youre a hardcore Freecell gamer, the mouse in Windows moves smoother in 120Hz

 

[bystander36]

There are small differences, which may seem larger to some.

1) If you do not use V-sync, the 120hz monitor will have half the tearing, which to me goes from being very noticeable, to almost not noticeable.
2) With V-sync, the 120hz monitor will not have the latency issues with V-sync until you reach 120 FPS, and then it's half as bad.
3) With V-sync and when you are unable to reach 60 FPS, the 120hz monitor's refresh is twice as fast, so when your frame misses a refresh rate, it has half as long to wait for the next window.
45 FPS on a 60hz monitor will be something like this: 33.3ms, 16.7ms, 33.3ms, 16.7ms.
45 FPS on a 120hz monitor will be closer to this: 25ms, 16.7ms, 25ms, 25ms, 25ms, 16.7ms.

It really depends on how you find yourself playing. The only time things get close to being equal, is when playing at a fixed 60 FPS with V-sync enabled. At that point, using a 60 FPS frame limiter on a 120hz monitor, you'd get equal smoothness, but lower latency. If without the frame limiter, the 60hz monitor will have more consistent frame rates as the 120hz monitor will allow for the frame rate to rise and fall still, but without the added latency.

 

[Sunaiac]

It's not the same, it's better.
You have twice more frames drawn, so your tearing is halved.

 

[amenx]

There are small differences, which may seem larger to some.

1) If you do not use V-sync, the 120hz monitor will have half the tearing, which to me goes from being very noticeable, to almost not noticeable.
2) With V-sync, the 120hz monitor will not have the latency issues with V-sync until you reach 120 FPS, and then it's half as bad.
3) With V-sync and when you are unable to reach 60 FPS, the 120hz monitor's refresh is twice as fast, so when your frame misses a refresh rate, it has half as long to wait for the next window.
45 FPS on a 60hz monitor will be something like this: 33.3ms, 16.7ms, 33.3ms, 16.7ms.
45 FPS on a 120hz monitor will be closer to this: 25ms, 16.7ms, 25ms, 25ms, 25ms, 16.7ms.

It really depends on how you find yourself playing. The only time things get close to being equal, is when playing at a fixed 60 FPS with V-sync enabled. At that point, using a 60 FPS frame limiter on a 120hz monitor, you'd get equal smoothness, but lower latency. If without the frame limiter, the 60hz monitor will have more consistent frame rates as the 120hz monitor will allow for the frame rate to rise and fall still, but without the added latency.

Good points.