This isn't particularly accurate. The monitor will be refreshing twice as many times per second, which means mouse movements will feel smoother and input lag will be less noticeable even if you're at 30 fps. The difference isn't as dramatic as if you're able to maintain 120 fps, but it will still be a noticeable upgrade.

Plus, 120hz benefits you even if you're not gaming by giving you less eye strain.

what the hell? why is this the first paragraph jimbo has ever posted that simultaneously makes sense and isn't engrish?

also why am I the first to notice this?!?

if you think this isn't cheating, you're crazy.

I don't think this thread is going to do much for preventing other threads. Most of what's listed is based entirely on someone's opinion rather than presenting facts. Some of the information may be useful, but it's all presented in a very derogatory and difficult-to-follow way. It probably shouldn't be stickied.

My sensitivity is around 1.5"/360 and I lift the mouse almost constantly. Most people don't want to deal with change, but acclimating yourself to a new LOD is actually pretty easy.

No. Downsampling uses hardware and/or software scaling (like you said) to match the output to the monitor's native resolution. You won't hurt the hardware.

It may not overheat, but there are countless small pieces of electronics that are inside the monitor. You are putting extra strain and probably sucking extra power through components that have very specific ratings. It's very likely that you wouldn't notice anything wrong until one day a few days/weeks/months/years down the road when one of the stressed components finally gives out and your $400 monitor dies due to over-stressing a $3 part.

It's also possible that it'll work fine for years, but there's no reward for the risk at all.

Glad you came to your senses. ;)

http://i.imgur.com/d9SWBzp.jpg

click when red turns green...

i feel i may not do well

The connection to the board isn't the problem. The problem is the ultra-light cable that is contorted to fit in a tiny cable channel with poor stabilization. I've fixed several of them now and the problem has always been within the cable, not with the connector.

This is seriously a bad idea. If you were milking a cheap 75hz monitor for 100hz, I'd say go for it, but this is nothing more than "how to shorten the lifespan of a device while gaining zero".

You are not "getting the most out of your equipment" by doing this.

bind mouse5 "+attack"

Press it in game and hold the button down. Are you repeatedly firing while holding the button down? If not, your mouse is treating a button press as two actions rather than treating the press and release separately.

Some people may not agree with all of these, but here are some points I feel are worth keeping in mind:

1. don't seek out 1v1s unless you are certain you have a distinct advantage (read: he doesn't see you or you know he's weak)
2. a mid-range scout vs scout fight (30-40 damage per shot) will typically go in favor of the scout who had more health at the start of the fight. if you don't have great faith in your up-close scout vs scout aim and you've got a nice buff while the enemy scout does not, a mid-range fight is probably your best bet.
3. a point-blank scout vs scout fight negates the enemy scout's buff. if the enemy's at 185 and you're at 125, two close range near-perfect shots will kill either of you. if you must fight, get in close and make your shots count.
4. don't always fire as quickly as possible. it's much easier to juke someone who is doing this. take shots when your crosshair is over the enemy; whether that's from you aiming or them crossing in front of it.
5. if you notice someone's firing pattern, use your movement to throw them off.
6. pay attention to the enemy's accuracy. do they seem to have more trouble hitting you when you strafe in one direction in a circle around them? does that type of movement seem to help their aiming style? do they have more trouble keeping up with you when you stutter-step constantly?
7. do you know the enemy? does he or she use a particularly low or high sensitivity? exploit your knowledge of the enemy.

I disagree with a few of the other suggestions in this thread.

Tracking does help in many cases, but if you pretend flicking doesn't exist and don't familiarize yourself with it, you're taking away a very valuable tool.

What? This is pretty flawed logic... If a scout is headed in the opposite direction of where you think he should be, then you didn't predict him correctly. This cannot be attributed blanketly to a statement such as yours.

Again, this is nonsensical. The scout has the ability to jump while already airborne. To blanketly disregard this ability is merely limiting yourself. What if you are in close quarters and you know the enemy scout you're fighting uses a sensitivity that equates to 30" per 360? Jumping over his head so you're facing his back can certainly be an advantage in that fight. Even jumping over him repeatedly would give you an advantage in this scenario.

??? ???
Air-strafing is involved here. Your second jump does not always yield the same trajectory unless you do not alter it. Look at shrugger's movement for an example of what I mean.

Sorry, I wasn't trying to say that it's the only one like that. It's just the only one I've heard where I've actually paid attention to it.

Come to think of it, I haven't really heard much of their stuff outside of the Tron Legacy soundtrack, which I don't think had lyrics (or at least I don't recall many).

Sounds like a classic case of EMI. Make sure no external cables are draped near/over your laptop and move the monitor further away from the laptop. Also, leave the laptop lid open as someone else suggested and migrate your monitor's power cable to a different outlet if possible.

See if things improve that way...

I run 6 monitors on my system. Even if I run TF2 at 5760x1080@120, my fps are steady at 120 without any type of FPS config. Granted that's one game, and newer/more gpu intensive games probably won't yield 120 fps at that resolution. It's still worthwhile to get 120hz monitors because even at 60 fps, the feel is much nicer than a 60hz (and you don't get eye strain at anywhere near the same rate).

Also, oov, 120hz monitors for non-gaming are still better than 60hz for eye strain. Most of you would say that the IPS panels have better colors, but that doesn't affect me much.