Overclock.net › Forums › Components › Monitors and Displays › Looking for 120 Hz gaming monitor
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Looking for 120 Hz gaming monitor

post #1 of 36
8/24/12 at 10:50pm
Thread Starter 
I don't really know what makes a monitor good but it is for gaming only. My price range is $300-$350 but I honestly have no idea how much a 120 Hz monitor will cost. I can probably sell my current one for around $130. Screen size I would prefer would be 23-24 inches with a matte black finish. And does 60Hz vs 120Hz change anything with the FPS that you get?
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #2 of 36
8/24/12 at 11:00pm
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1615121&CatId=4420

Next to a good mouse and powerful video cards a 120hz monitor is the best thing to allow your gaming skills to be fully used. For me and many others 120hz will be a big jump for you. Really its the only way to be a true pro gamer. The new CS GO works great on 120hz as well. I play TF2 on a vary competitive level and everyone who has seen the game running on my 120hz monitor is blown away. No more getting killed by scouts because the screen can't keep up.
The RED Beast
(18 items)
 
HTPC
(19 items)
 
SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-H
(6 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.3GHZ Lapped Intel DX58SO 2x Nvidia GTX470 850/1700/1900 SLI with swiftec... Mushkin Enhanced Redline 12GB @ 1600mhz 7-9-8-24 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
3x 640 WD blacks Raid 0 Samsung 470 Series 128GB SSD XSPC Raystorm Windows 8 64bit 
MonitorMonitorKeyboardPower
PLANAR SA2311W Acer G245HQ Logitech G110 TX850 
CaseMouseAudioAudio
HAF922 Logitech G500 Creative Sound Blaster Z  Klipsch Synergy B-20 & Dayton Audio B652 (rear)... 
AudioAudio
Yamaha HTR-5640 Audio Technica ATH-A700 headphones 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Q9550 @ 4GHZ Gigabyte EP45 UD3P GTX465 OCZ Reaper 1150 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Blue 500gb LG Bluray Corsair H50 Windows 7 Home Premium  
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Vizio VL370M Logitech K400 Corsair CX500 nMEDIAPC 6000B 
AudioOtherOtherOther
Yamaha HTR-5063 Xbox 360 Elite  PS3 80GB BC PS3 with 250GB hard drive. Polk Audio Monitor 60s Bi-AMP Front 
OtherOtherOther
Polk Audio Monitor 30s Rear Polk Audio CS1 Center Polk Audio PSW10 
View all
CPURAMHard DriveHard Drive
Atom 330 Dual-Core 1.6GHz Wintec DDR2 2GB Hitachi 2TB Hitachi 1TB 
OSCase
Windows Home Server 2011 SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-H 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
The RED Beast
(18 items)
 
HTPC
(19 items)
 
SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-H
(6 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.3GHZ Lapped Intel DX58SO 2x Nvidia GTX470 850/1700/1900 SLI with swiftec... Mushkin Enhanced Redline 12GB @ 1600mhz 7-9-8-24 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
3x 640 WD blacks Raid 0 Samsung 470 Series 128GB SSD XSPC Raystorm Windows 8 64bit 
MonitorMonitorKeyboardPower
PLANAR SA2311W Acer G245HQ Logitech G110 TX850 
CaseMouseAudioAudio
HAF922 Logitech G500 Creative Sound Blaster Z  Klipsch Synergy B-20 & Dayton Audio B652 (rear)... 
AudioAudio
Yamaha HTR-5640 Audio Technica ATH-A700 headphones 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Q9550 @ 4GHZ Gigabyte EP45 UD3P GTX465 OCZ Reaper 1150 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Blue 500gb LG Bluray Corsair H50 Windows 7 Home Premium  
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Vizio VL370M Logitech K400 Corsair CX500 nMEDIAPC 6000B 
AudioOtherOtherOther
Yamaha HTR-5063 Xbox 360 Elite  PS3 80GB BC PS3 with 250GB hard drive. Polk Audio Monitor 60s Bi-AMP Front 
OtherOtherOther
Polk Audio Monitor 30s Rear Polk Audio CS1 Center Polk Audio PSW10 
View all
CPURAMHard DriveHard Drive
Atom 330 Dual-Core 1.6GHz Wintec DDR2 2GB Hitachi 2TB Hitachi 1TB 
OSCase
Windows Home Server 2011 SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-H 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #3 of 36
8/24/12 at 11:07pm
60hz-120hz will not effect your current fps as long as the resolution doesn't change.

Why do you want a 120hz monitor and not an IPS?
i7 e762 classy gtx 480
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i7 920 4ghz 1.25v Evga Classified E760/E762 Evga Gtx 480 + Galaxy GTX 480 SLI 6GB Corsair Dominator GT 1600mhz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Samsung 7200rpm 320gb, 1TB and Crucial C300 256Gb Windows 7 64-bit Home premium Dell U2410 1920x1200 Wireless Logitech 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Antec Quatro 1200w Corsair 800D Razer Death Adder Office Depot thingy 
AudioAudio
Asus Xonar STX Sennheiser HD555's 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
i7 e762 classy gtx 480
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i7 920 4ghz 1.25v Evga Classified E760/E762 Evga Gtx 480 + Galaxy GTX 480 SLI 6GB Corsair Dominator GT 1600mhz 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Samsung 7200rpm 320gb, 1TB and Crucial C300 256Gb Windows 7 64-bit Home premium Dell U2410 1920x1200 Wireless Logitech 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Antec Quatro 1200w Corsair 800D Razer Death Adder Office Depot thingy 
AudioAudio
Asus Xonar STX Sennheiser HD555's 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #4 of 36
8/24/12 at 11:13pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Willanhanyard View Post

60hz-120hz will not effect your current fps as long as the resolution doesn't change.
Why do you want a 120hz monitor and not an IPS?
I honestly don't know what the difference is? I've only just heard of IPS monitors. Are they new or am I living under a rock?
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #5 of 36
8/24/12 at 11:23pm
As you are running nvidia I would suggest the benq xl2420 this is a full 120hz monitor but it is nvidia 3d ready with the new light for 3d and all that. The Samsung is also excellent but as you have nvidia I would go benq
Amd Rig
(16 items)
 
Media PC
(6 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
amd fx8350 Asus Crosshair V Formula-z powercolor vortex 2 hd7970 sapphire vapor x hd7970 GHZ edition 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveCooling
Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1866mhz Mushkin 120 GB SSD kingston 120gb ssd xspc 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 8 Benq xl2420t saitek Cyborg V7 1000W Mushkin Joule 80PLUS Gold Power Supply  
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Coolermaster Stormtrooper Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Razer Vespula Bose Headphones/ Asus Thunderbolt Soundcard 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
amd phenom 2 1090t asus m4a79xtd EVO XFX hd 6770 hyper genesis x  
OSMonitor
windows 7 samsung 47" tv 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Amd Rig
(16 items)
 
Media PC
(6 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
amd fx8350 Asus Crosshair V Formula-z powercolor vortex 2 hd7970 sapphire vapor x hd7970 GHZ edition 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveCooling
Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1866mhz Mushkin 120 GB SSD kingston 120gb ssd xspc 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 8 Benq xl2420t saitek Cyborg V7 1000W Mushkin Joule 80PLUS Gold Power Supply  
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Coolermaster Stormtrooper Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Razer Vespula Bose Headphones/ Asus Thunderbolt Soundcard 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
amd phenom 2 1090t asus m4a79xtd EVO XFX hd 6770 hyper genesis x  
OSMonitor
windows 7 samsung 47" tv 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #6 of 36
8/24/12 at 11:32pm
I got a BenQ XL2410T for $150 as a refurb sale. Works great, I am going to save for a Catleap I think though as I have 2 670's now. tongue.gif
Project "Alphonse Jr."
(15 items)
 
Lenovo X120e
(6 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 3570k ASRock Z77E-ITX Galaxy GTX 670 FTW Vengeance Low Profile 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingOS
Samsung 840 Series 256gb Corsair H60 Corsair H100 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Asus PB278Q Leopold Tenkeyless SILVERSTONE ST45SF Compact Splash 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Razer Mamba Steelseries Razer Tiamat 2.2 
View all
CPUGraphicsRAMHard Drive
AMD Fusion Processor E-350 AMD Radeon HD 6310 4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz Corsair Force GT 60gb 
OSMonitor
Windows 8 11.6" HD (1366x768) AntiGlare 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Project "Alphonse Jr."
(15 items)
 
Lenovo X120e
(6 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 3570k ASRock Z77E-ITX Galaxy GTX 670 FTW Vengeance Low Profile 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingOS
Samsung 840 Series 256gb Corsair H60 Corsair H100 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Asus PB278Q Leopold Tenkeyless SILVERSTONE ST45SF Compact Splash 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Razer Mamba Steelseries Razer Tiamat 2.2 
View all
CPUGraphicsRAMHard Drive
AMD Fusion Processor E-350 AMD Radeon HD 6310 4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz Corsair Force GT 60gb 
OSMonitor
Windows 8 11.6" HD (1366x768) AntiGlare 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #7 of 36
8/25/12 at 1:52am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoffie View Post

As you are running nvidia I would suggest the benq xl2420 this is a full 120hz monitor but it is nvidia 3d ready with the new light for 3d and all that. The Samsung is also excellent but as you have nvidia I would go benq
It's 5ms response time though. I thought 2ms was the only way to go for gaming?

edit: I see that it says 5ms but it's 2ms GTG?
Edited by SharpShoot3r07 - 8/25/12 at 1:58am
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #8 of 36
8/25/12 at 2:02am
Thread Starter 
I am actually liking this monitor. Anything wrong with it? I've never owned BenQ. And can somebody explain why it says 5ms but then it says 2ms GTG?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824014270
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #9 of 36
8/25/12 at 2:02am
Quote:
Originally Posted by SharpShoot3r07 View Post

It's 5ms response time though. I thought 2ms was the only way to go for gaming?

I don't know the answer to that, i have never tried 2ms. All I can say is the image quality and response is excellent. It is branded as a gaming monitor and its the best monitor i have ever used, i also bought from a shop that literally had hundreds of monitors for sale but the benq just stood out for picture quality. Having said that if i went back in time id buy the samsung as i have an ati card and the benq monitor only supports nvidia 3d. The samsung is a ati approved 3d monitor. But like i say in your position benq would be excellent for you. I know the reason you want 120hz is for gaming but you might aswell get futue proofed for anything that comes out in 3d
Amd Rig
(16 items)
 
Media PC
(6 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
amd fx8350 Asus Crosshair V Formula-z powercolor vortex 2 hd7970 sapphire vapor x hd7970 GHZ edition 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveCooling
Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1866mhz Mushkin 120 GB SSD kingston 120gb ssd xspc 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 8 Benq xl2420t saitek Cyborg V7 1000W Mushkin Joule 80PLUS Gold Power Supply  
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Coolermaster Stormtrooper Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Razer Vespula Bose Headphones/ Asus Thunderbolt Soundcard 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
amd phenom 2 1090t asus m4a79xtd EVO XFX hd 6770 hyper genesis x  
OSMonitor
windows 7 samsung 47" tv 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Amd Rig
(16 items)
 
Media PC
(6 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
amd fx8350 Asus Crosshair V Formula-z powercolor vortex 2 hd7970 sapphire vapor x hd7970 GHZ edition 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveCooling
Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1866mhz Mushkin 120 GB SSD kingston 120gb ssd xspc 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 8 Benq xl2420t saitek Cyborg V7 1000W Mushkin Joule 80PLUS Gold Power Supply  
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Coolermaster Stormtrooper Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Razer Vespula Bose Headphones/ Asus Thunderbolt Soundcard 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
amd phenom 2 1090t asus m4a79xtd EVO XFX hd 6770 hyper genesis x  
OSMonitor
windows 7 samsung 47" tv 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #10 of 36
8/25/12 at 2:08am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoffie View Post

I don't know the answer to that, i have never tried 2ms. All I can say is the image quality and response is excellent. It is branded as a gaming monitor and its the best monitor i have ever used, i also bought from a shop that literally had hundreds of monitors for sale but the benq just stood out for picture quality. Having said that if i went back in time id buy the samsung as i have an ati card and the benq monitor only supports nvidia 3d. The samsung is a ati approved 3d monitor. But like i say in your position benq would be excellent for you. I know the reason you want 120hz is for gaming but you might aswell get futue proofed for anything that comes out in 3d
What games support 3D? I mostly play WoW, BF3, TF2 and CSS. And what 3D glasses would I need to buy?
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Rig #4
(18 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K 3.3 GHz ASUS P8P67 PRO EVGA 580 GTX SC 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
640 GB WD Black Samsung 830 256 GB ASUS 24X DVD Burner COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Asus VG236H 23" 1080p 120 Hz Saitek Eclipse 2 Corsair 750TX 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Logitech G5 Roccat Taito Mini M Audio Studiophile AV 40 
AudioAudio
Sennheiser HD 555 Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Monitors and Displays
Overclock.net › Forums › Components › Monitors and Displays › Looking for 120 Hz gaming monitor