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120hz is a common refresh mode for some monitors

Monitors have refresh rates measure in cycles per second, or hertz.

120hz monitors refresh at 120 times per second, or approximately 2x the standard AC cycle rate in the United States.

In general, a higher refresh rate indicates smoother playback.

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How can I tell if my graphics card will take advantage of a 120Hz monitor?

My specific hardware setup is that I have a GeForce GTX 580M in my laptop, and I'm considering buying an Iiyama Prolite G2773HS monitor. However, I would hope that answers to this question would be general, rather than make/model-specific. (I can…
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120fps video playback issues

Unable to playback the 120FPS video downloaded from http://www.blurbusters.com/hfr-120fps-video-game-recording/ For VLC it moves at 20fps and is all pixelated (with lots of artefacts) and broken In MPC-HC it moves smoothly at 60fps and everything is…
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1440p monitor at 120hz with only 1 DVI input port. Possible to output with HDMI through HDMI splitter and then convert to DVI?

I have a 27 inch 2560x1440 Xstar (Korean) monitor, overclocked to 120hz, and it has one dual DVI-D input. I would like to connect that monitor to my PC, Chromecast and Xbox by using a HDMI splitter like this one:…
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What impact do higher refresh-rate screens have on the laptop itself?

I understand that through a higher refresh rate, you can 'feel' the higher FPS and mouse movement in games and interactive applications. However, aside from human detection, what impact do higher refresh-rate screens have on the overal computer…
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Why the signal disappears when setting refresh rate to 120Hz?

Configuration: Monitor - Samsung RZ2233 GPU - nVidia GeForce 9800GTX nVidia GeForce 3D Vision glasses OS: Win7 x64 new drivers installed today The monitor itself is working fine at 1600×1050@60Hz. Whenever the refresh rate is set to 120Hz for 3D…
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Are there any monitors with little to no ghosting?

For example like on below image. Are there any monitors that have zero ghosting, or at least like 1 or 2 mouse trails like in the image I linked? I've never owned a 1 ms monitor, the lowest I've owned was a 144 hz 4 ms monitor, and it was full of…
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