Looking to upgrade to 120hz, upgrades needed?

[shlemielo]

I'm looking to hop on the 120hz wagon with something possibly like this. Is my system capable of pushing the frames needed? System spec is in sig. I play mostly Dota2, SC2, and Diablo3, with the occasional shooter sprinkled in. What upgrade suggestions do you guys have, if needed?

 

[sxegloxx]

Each brand of 120hz monitor has a Native 120hz resolution. you need to start there.

Mine is @ 1680x1050 so all those games fly above 70FPS. and i have a 5850 with an I5@4.3Ghz

You can run many of these 120hz monitors @ different resolutions but glitchy things sometimes happen.

And 120hz is liking landing on the moon...SRS phuking jaw dropping.

 

[lehtv]

6950 2GB should be able to maintain 100+ fps in those games at slightly lowered settings. But in demanding games, it will barely achieve 100+ averages even at the lowest settings - battlefield 3 being a prime suspect here since high framerates become easily CPU bottlenecked and BF3 multiplayer is CPU heavy to begin with

possibly like this.

Expensive. I'd rather get a 24" monitor and save the rest for a GPU upgrade

Each brand of 120hz monitor has a Native 120hz resolution. you need to start there.

All current 120hz monitors are 1920x1080

 

[richaron]

I think of it this way: Your box should be able to pump out over 60fps a lot of the time. So a 120Hz monitor will remove one of your bottlenecks...

Later you can upgrade your GPU (& whatevs) if you want 120fps minimum.

 

[shlemielo]

All current 120hz monitors are 1920x1020

The one you just linked is 1920x1080...
I'm curious since I have two 1920x1200 screens right now.

EDIT: I misread your message as 1920x1200. I suppose you meant 1080.

I think of it this way: Your box should be able to pump out over 60fps a lot of the time. So a 120Hz monitor will remove one of your bottlenecks...

Later you can upgrade your GPU (& whatevs) if you want 120fps minimum.

Good point. I didn't really think about it that way.

 

[lehtv]

The one you just linked is 1920x1080...
I'm curious since I have two 1920x1200 screens right now.

EDIT: I misread your message as 1920x1200. I suppose you meant 1080.

yeah, fixed

Good point. I didn't really think about it that way.

60hz with vertical sync is far better than a framerate barely over 60 and no vertical sync. You're going to have to reach 100+ fps to get rid of screen tearing so you can't really think of 60hz as a bottleneck until you have hardware that can far surpass the limitation

 

[richaron]

60hz with vertical sync is far better than a framerate barely over 60 and no vertical sync. You're going to have to reach 100+ fps to get rid of screen tearing so you can't really think of 60hz as a bottleneck until you have hardware that can far surpass the limitation

[Insightful poster], you're the one who said OP should reach 100+ fps "at slightly lowered settings" in "those" games. A higher Hz monitor will never be worse than the current situation; But it will take advantage of extra fps in current games & provide a nice base for future upgrades.

No personal attacks
-ViRGE

 

[lehtv]

you're the one who said OP should reach 100+ fps "at slightly lowered settings" in "those" games

I was using "you" in the passive sense of "people generally"

 

[Chapbass]

[Insightful poster], you're the one who said OP should reach 100+ fps "at slightly lowered settings" in "those" games. A higher Hz monitor will never be worse than the current situation; But it will take advantage of extra fps in current games & provide a nice base for future upgrades.

Oh man, calling out lehtv, this just got interesting. Someone show me how to do the popcorn emoticon...

 

[mfenn]

Oh man, calling out lehtv, this just got interesting. Someone show me how to do the popcorn emoticon...

Yeah, really not cool of him.

 

[shlemielo]

I went ahead and ordered the monitor. Figured I'd enjoy the boost in the less demanding games I play. In case I do need an upgrade, what would you guys suggest? An additional 6950 for Crossfire, or something like a 7970/GTX 670?

 

[lehtv]

In case I do need an upgrade, what would you guys suggest? An additional 6950 for Crossfire, or something like a 7970/GTX 670?

I'd sell the 6950, they go for about $150-170 on ebay, then spend another $200+ on a GTX 670. It's nearly twice as fast in a lot of games, just as 6950 crossfire is nearly twice as fast, but in the same power envelope as a single 6950 and without the potential driver & crossfire profile issues