how much of a difference does 120Hz have on gaming?

[veedubfreak]

refresh rate = frame rate
Your video cards might be able to produce 400 FPS but the monitor can only disply 60 fps.

 

[solidsteve]

got you

then the question comes up why do we need a 120Hz monitor when a 100Hz is more then ample

 

[veedubfreak]

because 120 60x2? Heck, i dunno. My guess is theres some fuzzy math going on and it just worked out to be twice the old refresh rate.

 

[solidsteve]

to be honest i'm look at something like this at the min

YouTube - Triple Screen Oblivion

going to cost a LOT of £ to set up a nice sli system and 3 huge monitors but it should be amazeing

YouTube - Crysis SP Demo on Triple Screen

 

[veedubfreak]

Thing is, you cant set up 3 monitors using SLI

Unless its one of those wierd new concave monitors that is 3 lcd's glued together to work as one.

 

[ricanflow]

Thing is, you cant set up 3 monitors using SLI

Unless its one of those wierd new concave monitors that is 3 lcd's glued together to work as one.

You can.

You just need the matrox triple head to go which splits the signal into three signals. But it doesnt work with all games, and it only outputs in vga and the thing is pretty expensive ($200+).

 

[veedubfreak]

It also only supports 17" 4x3 LCD monitors which is just crap.

 

[Mobius]

You can.

You just need the matrox triple head to go which splits the signal into three signals. But it doesnt work with all games, and it only outputs in vga and the thing is pretty expensive ($200+).

the head itself is another video card....a decent one as well

 

[ricanflow]

It also only supports 17" 4x3 LCD monitors which is just crap.

Agreed.

The dual one is better, but still both are flawed.

the head itself is another video card....a decent one as well

Not really, its a video splitter. It doesnt actually render graphics, it just
manipulates the output and splits it among two or three screens.

 

[Akubane]

as far as refresh rate goes on tvs.. i can't stand 120hz lol. been watchign old tv's for so long.. my parents just got a 120hz 1080p 52" and when it's running at 120hz to movement is so smooth it almost looks fake. makes all the camera work and acting really annoying looking. i won't even watch it heh.

as far as video games go, i imagine it'd be pretty sweet, since it's not like theyre using real actors and camera work.