Originally Posted by
AOD_Tymplar
This :)
He did another video where he had someone else try and see if BF4 was running at specific refresh rates, and that person couldn't tell much.
Most people won't ever be able to tell the difference, but, the eye CAN see more than 60 FPS / 60Hz. It all depends on how "trained" it is.
This whole scenario is why I try and convince people that want to upgrade their GPU time and time again, but never go with a higher-end monitor, it's a HUGE disservice. It's like buying a $200,000 car to drive around the city with no intent of ever getting it out on the open road and experiencing what it's fully capable of (in other words, a complete waste of money).
Yeah - I can stick with a 1080p / 60Hz monitor and upgrade my GPU year after year, and while the gameplay itself may be capable of more and more FPS, the overall experience will never change.
When I made the jump to 144Hz in January, I felt it was the most significant change in overall gameplay experience since the introduction of 3D rendering back in the late 90's. Right now, nothing beats gaming at 144Hz, period. That's why I'm more of a fan of that vs. 4K at the moment, because we haven't yet gotten to the same type of fluid gameplay at 4K. Right now, the absolute best you can do at 4K gaming is 100Hz w/ G-Sync and there's really only one monitor that can do that right now (Asus PG27AQ). Asus has a new monitor coming soon (I hope later this year) that does 4K at 144Hz w/ G-Sync (and it'll be 27"). And before anyone references the Dell UP3017Q, that's in no way meant to be used for gaming, it still only supports HDR at 60Hz, and it's $5,000.
At the end of the day, if a monitor has a max refresh rate of 60Hz, your in-game FPS may get higher and higher, but your overall experience with, say, a GTX 1080 won't really be any different than if you were getting over 60 FPS on your GTX 770 or the like.
The biggest "LOL" I've seen, though, is someone that had bought two of the Maxwell-version Titan X cards and did a Youtube video trying to benchmark and showcase the setup using 1080p, 60Hz monitors.