tom95521 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 I have always used a 60 Hz LCD monitor with PTE. If the GPU and the monitor are capable of higher refresh rates or variable refresh rate (g-sync or freesync) will PTE operate at other than 60 Hz refresh rates? Is there a noticeable difference in pans, zooms, or transitions? Thanks, Tom Quote
Igor Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 Hi Tom, All versions of PTE always use current refresh rate of your monitor. In the preview and in EXE shows. If you have a special monitor with 120 Hz and Windows was configured to use 120 Hz, PTE will render animations at 120 frames per second. Don't forget about a good video card to be able render fast these 120 frames per second. Quote
tom95521 Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Posted January 30, 2019 I will definitely buy a faster computer monitor next time. There are so many options now. 4K, refresh rate, response time, HDR, Freesync/G-Sync, IPS, ... Thanks, Tom Quote
Igor Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 Yes, and PTE supports 4K rendering. Quote
tom95521 Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Posted January 30, 2019 Is 10 bit HDR something I should consider in my next monitor? Thanks, Tom Quote
Igor Posted January 31, 2019 Report Posted January 31, 2019 It would be difficult to find a monitor with 10 bit HDR. And I think it's useless for now. Quote
tom95521 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Posted January 31, 2019 I think you are right. There are 4K 10 bit monitors, but without video HDR support. I like this AOC monitor. If I buy a monitor now I will try to by one that will be compatible for at least 3 years in the future. It is not true 10 bit because it is 8 bit with temporal dithering.https://www.amazon.com/AOC-Q3277FQE-32-Inch-2560x1440-Mountable/dp/B01N8ZIWM3/ In the future if AV1 becomes the common video format then maybe AVIF will also become popular.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#AV1_Image_File_Format_(AVIF) I realize there are other licensed formats like HEVC/HEIC/HEIF that require additional software installed at least on Windows 10. Thanks, Tom Quote
Igor Posted February 1, 2019 Report Posted February 1, 2019 Tom, When you purchase any monitor make sure that it contains a feature "Flicker free". It's important. I hope that open formats AV1 and AVIF will become popular. We plan to support both formats in future. Quote
tom95521 Posted February 2, 2019 Author Report Posted February 2, 2019 Igor, Thanks for the information. Still doing research. Some of the BenQ monitors look interesting and are flicker free. Tom Quote
Igor Posted February 2, 2019 Report Posted February 2, 2019 Tom, I use 3 Dell monitors: U2417H, P2317H, and old P2314H. Also I plan to try a NEC monitor. Quote
tom95521 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Report Posted October 15, 2020 New information about changing future Windows 10 refresh rate. I'm still using 60 Hz. I don't know if my 64 year old eyes would notice a difference at 120 Hz. https://mspoweruser.com/screen-refresh-rate-coming-to-windows-10-modern-settings/ Tom Quote
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