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MSFS 2020 Monitor: 120hz or 220hz?

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Is it worth another $400 to get a 220hz (49" Odyssey OLED G9 240Hz) versus 120hz (49" Odyssey CRG9 DQHD 120Hz)?

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With a 4090 you should be looking at a 4K display. The G9 is only 1440 vertical pixels. 4K is 50% more at 2160.

Ask yourself if you can get 120fps with either display. Unlikely and is it required outside of VR?

If you have the space consider this LG with a 75Hz display.

LG 40" 40WP95CP-W 5120x2160 NANO IPS 72Hz 5ms FreeSync Curved Widescreen Gaming Monitor.

Ray (Cheshire, England).

System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant.

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I don’t think the refresh rate will be very noticeable. HOWEVER - the newer G9 is also OLED which is very noticeable in terms of display quality - better blacks, more contrast, better HDR range - and just a superior display technology overall. That’s probably worth the $400 and the refresh rate is just a bonus. 
 

There are a bunch of good OLED panels out now from LG and Samsung - so you might also be able to find one on sale. Great time to buy a new monitor - good luck! 

I don't think the refresh rate is an issue, as none of the sims can reliably crank out frames at 120Hz anyway.

I am more focused on variable refresh rate and display tech.  I have opted against OLED displays for the time being, as I have serious concerns about how current-technology OLED panels experience image quality degradation over time.  As a result, when looking to upgrade my MSFS/XPlane machine a few months ago, I decided to go with the Alienware AW3821DW 38 inch, 3840x1600 (21:9) display, which is an IPS LED panel with hardware G-Sync Ultimate.  I use a 55-inch 4K TV for my primary (P3D) sim system, and if I could find a large-format 4K display with hardware G-Sync, I'd be all over it.

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Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE
Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro
Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case

Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090
Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz,
3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU
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PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box

Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090
Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus,
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, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case

  • 1 month later...

I have a 55 Inch Sony X90K which is natively 120Hz, I run the TV at 100Hz with GSYNC on and then Low Latency - Ultra & VSYNC - On on NVCP. I cap my fps to 80 using RTSS and the result is so smooth it is incredible. I even run the sim in TAA with a render scale of 110 and my 4090 still has headroom.

I really do not see the benefit of going above 120Hz, I did a lot of testing when I got my TV & 4090 last year and with the latest drivers and the awesome AutoFPS app the sim is the most fluid I have ever seen. I went with this model as I know Sony TV's have very good motion processing and GSYNC works beautifully. 

I personally would choose a decent 4K TV over a monitor any day.

 

Richard

i7-12700K | Noctua NH-D15S Black Version | MSI Pro Z690 - A | 32 GB DDR4 3600 | Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090 | 1TB WD Blue NMVe (MSFS 2020) | 500 GB WD Black Gen 4 NVMe | 4TB WD Black Conventional | Fractal Design Torrent Case | Seasonic 1000W Gold Plus PSU | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Honeycomb Throttle | Airbus Side Stick | Virpil Rudder Pedals | Sony X90K 55 Inch TV |

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I agree with everything Bob said above.  

5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW  and 2  22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU,  360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next

You can get a 4K 48inch OLED TV 120hz that will not break the bank under £900 in the UK.

PS Samsung use LG manufactured OLED TV Panels but don`t tell anyone it`s a secret.

Edited by G-RFRY

 

Raymond Fry.

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On 3/14/2024 at 12:28 AM, G-RFRY said:

My new desktop monitor will be an LG OLED 42inch EVO C3 TV

 Would be interested to hear what you think about your upcoming 42inch evo.   I'm currently using a 49 LG-C1 Oled (2020) as a monitor,  I just watch tv and some light work,  Its great but its too big though.  So I'm deffo gonna downsize into a smaller oled TV when i get myself new pc.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Poppet said:

 Would be interested to hear what you think about your upcoming 42inch evo.   I'm currently using a 49 LG-C1 Oled (2020) as a monitor,  I just watch tv and some light work,  Its great but its too big though.  So I'm deffo gonna downsize into a smaller oled TV when i get myself new pc.

It was late arriving Monday instead of Saturday, spent the day setting it up, the 4K 42inch in OLED is amazing the colours just pop out of the screen. retired my 28inch ASUS 4K LED monitor to my grandson. As well as flight sim I am into gaming, racing sims and FP shooters on steam, the response time at 120hz is great. Plus, I just installed a few weeks ago an MSI 4080 SUPER GPU. The latest racing sims run at 4K ULTRA no problem. In game mode it runs in G-sync and VRR and full HDR.

It`s the max size I can fit in my PC room just over 3.5ft from the screen, and just switch over to the TV for sky sports and F1 racing. And I have Game Pass for PC.  

 

Raymond Fry.

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  • 3 weeks later...

i just got a TCL 50" QM8b 4K120hz with VRR ALLM and freesync , absolutely blown away with it coming from a 43" 60hz , simply night and day with a 4090

ROG Crossair Hero X670e , 9900X, TUF 4090 , X4 NVME's. OS  2TB 980 Pro , MSFS  2TB WD Black , Kington Fury 64GB ram ( 6000) Corsair RM1000 PSU, Artic Freezer iii 360 AIO  . Phanteks P600s Case ,TCL QM8B 50" 120 Hz  TV,second 24 inch screen for charts you tube etc, and 11" touch screen for the EFB. Warthog Stick and TCA Captains throttle ( full pack)  Velocity 1 Rudder Pedals , extreme3D for the Tiller,Streamdeck XL x2 / Streamdeck +/Streamdeck mini because i like pressing buttons 

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