The Dark Side of Hardware Upgrade Forum

Introduction

120Hz panels are definitely still market newcomers - in fact, look no further than Newegg, where there still isn’t a 120Hz category, much less a refresh rate field for drilling down products. The necessity for 120Hz panels arose entirely out of the ongoing 3D obsession across the entire consumer electronics segment, something that remains a difficult sell for many gamers. On a technical level, the necessity for 120Hz arises from the need to drive two discrete 60Hz images - one 60Hz image for each eye. In its current incarnation, consumer 3D technology relies primarily on active shutter glasses - parallax barrier 3D displays are still too expensive, and I’ve yet to see passive polarization methods used outside the movie theatre. But you probably already know most of the 3D story.

Though the 120Hz refresh frequency does make games playable in 3D, there’s another important benefit of using a faster refresh rate - everything looks smoother, and you can now drive up to 120 FPS without tearing. The ASUS VG236H was my first exposure to 120Hz refresh displays that aren’t CRTs, and the difference is about as subtle as a dump truck driving through your living room. I spent the first half hour seriously just dragging windows back and forth across the desktop - from a 120Hz display to a 60Hz, stunned at how smooth and different 120Hz was. Yeah, it’s that different.

Conclusions

This was the first 120Hz desktop LCD I’ve gotten time with, and even before I opened the box I had heard from all around that it’s held in very high regard. Regardless of how you feel about 3D, the VG236H is an awesome choice even from the perspective of its 120Hz refresh rate. Side by side with a traditional 60Hz LCD, the difference is striking. Further, instead of getting tearing above 60 FPS like you would with vsync off on a traditional 60Hz LCD, you get smoother gameplay that just looks more fluid. I definitely can tell the difference, and now I don’t want to go back.

With the 120Hz display, you’re really getting every frame at or below 120 FPS drawn to the screen. At that high of a response time, you definitively can’t see flicker. The result is a similar kind of ‘once you’ve experienced it, you can’t go back’ to a solid state drive.

As for the future, the real draw will be to larger screens and higher resolutions. In the immediate future, we’ll see a move to LED backlighting on these 120Hz panels. Once you try a 120Hz display, it’s hard to go back.

...quindi mela leone non lo supporta...le schede video non lo supportano e i display non lo supportano...perchè hai aperto il thread?...

...leone supporta la frequenza si o no?...e che monitor mela supportano questa frequenza?...

è tutto spiegato nel primo post
e chi ha detto che tutti i mac sono collegati a monitor mela, anzi

è un thread essenzialmente dedicato a chi ha un macmini e deve scegliere il monitor esterno.
E' un'idea.

se sul mini sb con amd6630M si può fare 120Hz over DP (diretto, no adattatore DVI-DL) con i monitor che ricevono 120Hz over DP (es. samsung S23A750D o S27A750D), sarebbe una figata.

e non è detto che in questo modo non compaia la selezione "120Hz" su OSX.

il problema è scarsità di esperimenti e informazioni al momento sulla rete, per ora ho scritto quello che si sa di certo.

...quindi è robba da win e da monitor non mela...

...sezione errata...

.../thread...

stop allying

Froci del cazzo che non siete altro. I 120Hz non servono ad una minchia per degli sfigati crapple che stanno tutto il giorno su facebook o twitter a masturbarsi.

Servono solo nei giochi, dove i 60hz (e quindi 60fps) risultano stretti per gli fps. E' non parlo di fluidità visiva ma di....bah, che parlo a fare con voi che di non capite un cazzo di informatica!

...ma veramente leone non supporta i 120hz?...

First of all, the difference between 120 and 60Hz is perceptible even in the OS interface. The movements of the mouse pointer and application windows get much smoother, especially in Windows XP and Windows Vista Home Basic. The polished-off Aero interface of Windows Vista Home Premium is visually smooth even at 60Hz.

Second, the RTC artifacts are reduced considerably. I could clearly see white trails behind text in a moving window at 60Hz but there were almost none of them at 120Hz. The response time proper remains subjectively the same as at 60Hz, but dynamic visual content looks much better.

Third, 120Hz makes a difference for games if your graphics card is able to render so many frames per second. I wouldn’t say that it is a dramatic breakthrough (although hardcore gamers may talk about a few milliseconds’ advantage over the opponent), but it is much more fun to play at 120Hz than at 60Hz thanks to the smoother motion and the lack of RTC artifacts.

Frankly speaking, I had not expected the difference between the refresh rate of 60Hz and 120Hz to be so conspicuous. It is indeed clear to a naked eye and is always in favor of the higher value. Smoother motion and the lack of RTC artifacts leave a highly positive impression, making you unwilling to return to 60Hz.