CRT does best picture and response but that day I bought 144hz and was able to get my old CRT and shitty square LCD off my desk - never looked back.
And I was so nervous - I tried 144hz at a freinds and was convinced it did not lag but until I got my own at home and really got to test it out after paying $450 - so glad I didnt regret the purchase because if it did lag I would have wanted my money back or smashed the thing.
Well, maybe it's just a placebo effect but playing with higher frequency does feel smoother.
I've been playing on 240Hz for almost 3 months now (was on 60Hz before that) and switching to down 144Hz (just for this test) felt different. Visually you'll barely notice the difference but i'm guessing the reduced input lag, albeit just a few ms, still has a small affect on your aim.
Perhaps someone that went from 144Hz to higher Hz can weigh in on how that affected his aim and general experience.
Yeah the difference is insane... i wasn't even shooting for the first few minutes of playing QC.. i was just so amazed at how smooth animations and model movement was.
IMO you want a monitor with Gsync if you have an Nvidia card purely for the ULMB mode. Quake in ULMB is so nice (ULMB is only available on Gsync monitors) I am looking at buying an Acer xb271hu IPS model, as I want the higher res 2560x1440 27'' with good quality colour and ULMB. It seems to have excellent reviews.
i am deeply looking into monitors right now. here is my journey.
240hz
It was ROG Swift PG258Q vs BenQ ZOWIE XL2540.
G Sync vs none: Some say, you do not need G Sync because it does not do anything about motion bluring. And for Quake Live it would not make sense anyway because it runs at 250fps. So what matters is blur reduction.
ULMB motion blur reduction, DyAc vs none: It works through strobing which adds input lag and can cause strobe crosstalk. Also i read that the pixels are not fast enough for 240hz refresh rate anyway. https://www.blurbusters.com/faq/motion-blur-reduction/
Price: They cost around 500 Euro.
Conclusion: These are the first generation 240hz monitors. One should wait for the next generation and then again thinking about the price one will come to the conclusion that they will be expensive, probably more expensive than the current generation.
144hz-180hz
It is ASUS VG258QR vs ViewSonic XG240R
Input lag: The Asus has the shorter input lag than the ViewSonic.
Motion Blur: The Asus uses a motion blur reduction technique which resuts in ghosting around dark objects on light backgrounds. Thus one needs to reduce it to a value where input lag comes close to the one of the ViewSonic. User here https://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5018 state that the bluriness of the ViewSonic is way less than the one of the Asus.
Price: around 250 Euro
So i go for 144Hz because of the price and the not ripe technology of the 250Hz monitors.
I go for the ViewSonic because of the sharper image in fast games.
They also state that they found the image of the ViewSonic clearer than the one of the Asus.
The only downside for me is that the ViewSonic only has FreeSync because i use Nvidia. I want VRR for other games where the framerate is less than 144Hz. Luckely Freesync now can be used with Nvidia too. I would need to upgrade to GTX10 or GTX20 series because the needed driver was only done for those models. https://www.viewsonic.com/library/gaming/nvidia-graphic-cards Also the ViewSonic is not listed as GSync compatible https://www.blurbusters.com/gsync-loves-frees...monitors/. The ViewSonic would still be able to have VRR via the Nvidia graphics card but if it is not listed that means that the monitor did not pass Nvidias quality checks or it was not tested. Thus i wonder if the quality is not as good as it should be. Also i do not want to upgrade to a Freesync graphics card.
So i am still undecided.
edit:
Plus i would need to upgrade to Windows 10 for using Freesync with Nvidia because of the driver. *bruuuhh*
Nah i got the ViewSonic and i am veeery satisfied. Excellent monitor. I read your post and it was influencing me. I did not take the Asus because those Hz it has more are mainly for targeting the esport kids.
Every high refresh rate monitor is targeting e-sports kids in terms of marketing (on the box) and pixels (in the game).
Your XG240R's RGB-lightning also isn't for workstation users. :)
Considering that the XG240R is also rather on the higher end of the price spectrum, I would have invested 50 Euros more for the VG278QR; it has ELMB up to 165[Hz], a couple of extra inches in diagonal, one more year of warranty and is roughly 1[ms] faster (oioioi).
But when image quality is your main concern and the XG240R beats the Asus models there, it appears to be a reasonable choice, because at the end the XG240R isn't a bad monitor.
I have done quite a lot of research on this subject recently. I would say 144hz is the Viewsonic XG240R/XG2402 and 240 hz is the Asus XG258Q with the settings Notty_pt from blurbusters recommends.
The viewsonic has great colours and both have the lowest input lag in their segment without having any excessive errors like overshoot or ghosting.
Edited by Conditioned at 04:20 CDT, 17 August 2019
I read the lg 38LG950G and 27GL850 should be the best IPS panels regarding inputlag/reaction time.
This means great colors and still able to play competetivly.
Ofc TN panels are faster and got 240hz but you get noticable colors disadvantage.
LG also has a good quality control so you dont have to rely on luck to get a proper panel. I read a lot of people had to try out up to 10 lcds to get a proper panel at other brands.