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I am going to purchase an i7-4790k.

I have been looking at mobos. (I love Asus for OC.)

I just noticed that all the mobos I've looked at support up to 60hz if your res is 1440.

I also want a monitor that can do 1440 at higher than 60hz. (Not necessarily 120hz. maybe 96)

Questions: If the good mobos only support 60 hz at 1440 where is the benefit?

It is hard to find a monitor that can support more than 60hz, but now the mobos seem to have joined the fray, making us hold off higher than 60hz.

I know you can oc a few monitors, but not all. But can a mobo supoort over 60hz?

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The video card should be the limitation not the motherboard as far as I know. I use a Z87 board on a 27 inch 144Hz Gsync monitor with no problems whatsoever. 

 

 

If you go Z97 both ASUS and MSI make really nice packages. Overclocking will be limited more so by your CPU then the boards capabilities. 

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Disassociate yourself from thinking about motherboards supporting monitors over 60Hz, lol. It's not even something to consider with a motherboard, because it's not determined by the motherboard at all. That's determined solely by the monitor. Being able to go over 60 frames per second (FPS) is determined by your graphics card(s).

 

First, find a monitor that supports refresh rates over 60Hz. There are plenty that you don't need to overclock (mainly TN panels), that go up to 144Hz. The ones that are more difficult to find for the right price, and without dead pixels, are the 1440P Korean IPS panels that can get to 120Hz, but you need to overclock them (which is too much to explain, but you can google to find them).

 

Second, you need to find a graphics card (or two), that will be powerful enough to get that monitor to hit the frames per second to match. If you go for a 1080P 144Hz TN panel, you could get away with a single powerful card to get the FPS you need to benefit from a higher refresh rate monitor. However, you'll most likely need two decently powered graphics card in SLI (Nvidia) or Crossfire (AMD).

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Ivy, I buy from PCCasegear in Melbourne, Australia. (If it's me you are asking)

Fight Game, I might have misled you about refresh The Mobo manufacturer said it supports up to 60hz. (I did think it was strange, so I asked) I will check the ad to see what has been said. I'll be back ........

 

I'm Baaaack ........ I have confused you, sorry. The mobo supports onboard graphics at 60hz only.

All these good mobo's have onboard graphics and I keep getting confused. (To much for an old memory) Sorry guys.

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I'm Baaaack ........ I have confused you, sorry. The mobo supports onboard graphics at 60hz only.

All these good mobo's have onboard graphics and I keep getting confused. (To much for an old memory) Sorry guys.

 

Don't worry, PC marketing is there to convince everyone to buy their products, even if they're kind of misleading. Z97's do support onboard graphics, but via the CPU's iGPU, not the motherboards themselves as with previous chipsets. They also aren't limited to 60Hz, unless you have a 60Hz monitor. Most likely the iGPU's won't be able to get past 60Hz in games, but for non-gaming functions, could drive a monitor past 60Hz, although I've never heard of anyone trying that, since it's not a likely scenario.

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Two motherboards: Asus Z97 Pro Gamer $235 (Hard to get. Low stock in one outlet)

                                Asus Maximus V11     $245

 

Not a lot of difference between these boards. Do you people think I should grab the Pro Gamer?

My son has the Pro Gamer and we can swap help that way.

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