Advise on external monitor for gaming please!!

Hi all. I have a gaming laptop which is pretty good, having good gpu, cpu and all that stuff. But the monitor is an IPS panel with 60 Hz refresh rate and some visible input lag. I have gotten into the FPS genre and really gotten heavy into quake champions game which is a fast paced shooter. I think it will be really good for me if my monitor was a TN panel with very low input lag and 120 Hz(atleast), not to mention a bigger screen. I wanted to buy an external monitor because of this, but this is the first time I'm dealing with external monitors to my laptop so I have a few questions in mind..
1. Will having an external monitor in itself add some input lag? I want as little of an input lag as possible.

2. Will the GPU be able to work on the same level on an external monitor as well? will the framerates be smooth enough?

3. Will I be able to connect 120 Hz monitor to a 60 Hz laptop anyway? and will it really display 120 Hz ? For some reason I have a doubt that a laptop with 60 Hz monitor wont be able to run 120 Hz on an external device or something.

4. What cable etc shd I use? my laptop is alienware 17.

5. Kindly suggest me some good gaming monitors with good refresh rates and low input lag.

I'm sorry if the questions are dumb but I am completely new to the external monitor thing. I do know a few basic things about computers so any information about external monitors will be greatly useful to me, things like how exactly do they work, do they only serve the purpose of displaying laptop contents on a different monitor? things like that. It will enhance my knowledge a bit.

Thanks.

 

1. Its pretty much the same as having a desktop with multiple ports being used, as long as you're using the 2nd as an external display and not duplicate or extended then you should be good, otherwise it would be wise to have both have similar frequencies.

2. You can have the external monitor be your main display if you'd like and it should have no problems.

3. You can run 60, 70, 120, 240Hz or whatever you want on the unit just as long as the GPU is rated to support the specific resolution, frequencies etc... If the GPU is powerful enough you should be able to make full use of the higher frequencies, remember the game/GPU has to be able to produce around 90+ for 120/144Hz to see a noticeable difference, if you're producing low FPS then you will kinda feel a slow or laggy feel, unless you have GSYNC (NVidia) / Free Sync (AMD) to lower the frequencies to match the frame rate.

4. Check the ports for your specific unit, if it has dual DVI, or DP, HDMI etc...

5. You can easily jump onto Amazon or Newegg or other online retailer and do a search, price will be based on brand, size, refreshrate/resolution, w/ or without gsync/free sync, the panel type, bezel, glossy/nonglossy etc..

I currently am living overseas so I don't have my gaming monitor but I use my TV as my external display and game on the laptop's 120Hz panel and its works just fine. If your GPU supports it you shouldn't really have any issues.

 

Thanks for the reply, my GPU is gtx 1070 which runs the game at around 100 fps when there are many people around and 130+ fps when there are less people around. But as u must have guessed, it doesn't feel like 100 fps due to the constant jittering which happens. It simply doesn't feel smooth enough. I am not that big of a graphics guy anyways so i'm always willing to lower the graphic settings to the minimum to get an FPS boost.

 

You've probably already tried this, but sometimes v-sync settings can create input lag. Experiment with them on and off. Also different fullscreen modes and sometimes contribute to input lag.

 

https://www.amazon.com/AOC-G2460PF-...F8&qid=1500857053&sr=1-4&keywords=aoc+monitor

 

What size and resolution specifically are you wanting? What's your budget? Since you have a NVIDIA GPU, and if you can swing the cost, I would recommend a G-Sync compatible display.

If you're playing competitively - and I mean seriously competitively, take a look at something like the Acer XB252Q or Asus PG258Q, which are 24-inch, 1080p, and have true 240 Hz refresh rate panels. They're both TN, so not the greatest picture quality, and they are expensive at more than US$500 a piece.

I personally would not recommend a 1080p 27-inch monitor, as pixellation is noticeable, especially if you're sitting fairly close to the screen. At that size, 2560x1440 is the ideal resolution, IMO, as you can keep display scaling at 100% in order to avoid any high-DPI weirdness in Windows. There are lots of choices at this size, but I think the best one overall is the Dell S2716DG. With some color tweaking, both in the monitor on-screen display and within the NVIDIA control panel, you can get this monitor to look very close to an IPS panel, even though it is TN. It has a built-in four-port USB hub and two 3.5mm audio outputs, so you can pass audio through to headphones or external speakers. I have both my MSI GT73 and a PlayStation TV hooked up to this, and the extra headphone out makes it easy to go back and forth between the two devices. PCmonitors.info measured 3.68ms of input lag, which is in line with the vast majority of 1440p, 27-inch, 144-165 Hz displays. And I'm not sure if this matters to you, but I really like the Dell's aesthetic - it's very professional compared to the "Z0MG G4M3R" look of similar monitors from Acer or Asus.

Should you decide on the Dell, and you're in the US, troll the /r/hardwareswap subreddit as you should be able to score one for a price well below retail. If you don't want to go that route, Best Buy carries this and will often put it on sale. I'd recommend buying a monitor at a retail store versus online because it's easier to return in case you get a dud. The one I have was an open-box return from MicroCenter, and I was able to test it out before buying.

No matter which one you choose, you will want to connect your computer to it via DisplayPort using a mini to full-size cable. Unlike most HDMI connections, cable quality for DisplayPort does matter. I had issues in the past using the cables that came with monitors, but since purchasing this, I've not had any problems at all.

 

LAPTOP EXTERNAL MONITOR, SINGLE, G-SYNC, NVIDIA SURROUND & SCREEN ADAPTER TEST THREAD
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...a-surround-screen-adapter-test-thread.806524/