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chefatwork

60hz Curved vs. 144hz straight panel, who needs it more?

Open | Hardware

So! I pulled the trigger on a 144h 24" flat panel, it arrives tomorrow. I've also got a guy interested in selling me a 24" curved unit that runs 60hz. Obviously the 144hz is better but... I don't game competitively. I kick around Borderlands and a few other AAA's but it's all pretty laid back. My Son on the other hand plays like 6 games in tournaments etc. as well as with friends. I'm probably going to wind up with two monitors. Do I need the 144hz for my application or can I safely give that to my kiddo and be satisfied myself with the other at 60hz? Thanks!

We both run Windows 10, he has an i5 5750? I think and a 1050ti, 16gb ram. I run a Ryzen 5 2600 with 16gb ram with an R9 390 GPU.

Posted Jul 15, 2020, 10:39 PM UTC

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DJHypnotik•

Give the kid your 144hz and keep the 60hz trust me he will love you

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chefatworkOP•

He already does! Hah, I've a great relationship with both my kids but I get what you're saying. I don't need that kind of firepower and it might actually help him out. Thank you!

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BananaLumps•

Sounds like you are a similar gamer to me, although I do play a few competitive games, and I'm fine with 60.

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chefatworkOP•

Okay thank you!

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KSebring314•

If you are just using it for like simple apps and not games, 144 hz is not gonna help you at all, you probably won't even notice it. In games, practically the whole screen is mofing, but in apps, the mouse is the main thing moving. also, for multitasking you will benefit from the curved display because well I mean you have everything surrounding you, and the only thing it does in games is basically make it feel more realistic, but also offers no statistical advantage unless you have an issue with people sneaking up on you in the game you play.

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chefatworkOP•

Well I do game, but like I said not competitively online. The closest I get to that is BL3 playing coop with my kids. But from the responses it definitely seems he'd benefit more than I from the 144. Which kind of awesome, because the 60hz is curved and that just looks cool lol

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KSebring314•

Yeah he's probably gonna benefit from it the most, but like dude make sure he thanks you, I wish my parents would buy me a 144hz monitor, instead I bought them a monitor.

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chefatworkOP•

r/buildapcsales

Scored that 144 for $160 plus tax. The stand is ugly as hell but hey, freesync?

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KSebring314•

Damn, that's pretty good.

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DUDEABIDES723•

Keep in mind that your son will need a pretty powerful gpu to successfully game at 144hz most of the time. Otherwise you wont be using the monitor to its full potential

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