New ATI cards in Mac Pro

This may seem somewhat off-topic, but I am wondering if the new cards require monitors with higher refresh rates to be fully effective? I have a 4 year-old monitor that has a 60 hertz refresh rate. My Pro has the standard Nvidia 120. Does an ATI 4870, or a 5770 or 5780 need a 120 or 240 refresh rate?

WilliamL wrote:
Would there be any advantage to getting a new monitor with a higher refresh rate?
Hi,
as long as your 'old' one is serving you well, I would say no.
Of course, there are some people who consider 60Hz on a TFT-display as not enough, since they are indeed capable to recognize some sort of faint flickering due to the refresh rate.
If don't have this problem (I know that I don't) theres no need for higher refresh rates.
One thing to consider although is what connections your old display offers.
I know of some TFT-displays which only have a VGA (= analog) connection and don't have any digital connection like DVI or DisplayPort.
Since the video-signal has to be converted twice when using VGA (from digital-to-analog in the graphics card and then back again from analog-to-digital in the display) this usually degrades the video-signal to some extent.
Especially when using higher resolution (1280x1024 and above) it is very advisable to use digitial video-connections.
Oh, and not forgetting the wanting of a bigger display with a higher resolution.
Ever since I have the 27" iMac with its 2560x1440 resolution I see my 20" (1600x1200) with different eyes than before
Regards
Stefan

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