NOVEMBER 2019 PCWorld 65adapter properties link at the bottom of this
page, then click the Monitor tab in the new
box that appears. It’ll house a drop-down
menu with your available screen refresh rates.
If what you see appears slower than what your
monitor should be capable of, you might
need to dive into the options menu for your
specific monitor, which is accessible via
hardware buttons on your display.
Got it? Good. Again, if 4K gaming winds
up being a bit too rich for your budget, or
you’re more interested in the ultra-fast refresh
rates that are easier to achieve at less
strenuous resolutions, be sure to check out
our guide to the best graphics cards for PC
gaming (go.pcworld.com/4kgr) to see the
best GPU options for 1080p and 1440p.with all in-game eye candy maxed out, but
nothing else comes close to touching its
performance.
Yes, it also supports ray tracing, though
yes, you’ll still probably need to drop your
game’s resolution to be able to enable it at
higher visual settings.
HOW TO CHECK YOUR
MONITOR’S REFRESH RATE
A lot of this advice revolves around the
refresh rate of your monitor. The faster your
monitor refreshes, the faster the graphics
card you can use.
If you aren’t sure how fast your monitor is,
click the Start button in the lower-left corner
of the Windows 10 taskbar, then head to
Settings > System > Display.
Scroll down past where you
see the resolution for your
monitor(s) listed, then click
Advanced Display Settings
at the bottom of the page.
You’ll see more-detailed
stats for your display listed,
including the refresh rate in
hertz (Hz). If you have
multiple monitors, you’ll be
able to switch among them.
Some monitors can run
at different speeds
depending on their settings.
To see what’s available for
yours, click the Display
You’d need a $1,200 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti to feed this 4K, 120Hz
display well.