If you are outputting less than 144 fps on a 144 hz monitor you get what is called input lag . That ' s not good , you don ' t want that . However if you turn the settings down you can output more FPS and a 144 hz monitor would better suit you . That ' s why you see a lot of pros playing on low settings . In your case your GPU should be able to handle more than 144 FPS on lowmedium settings . It depends on what you want to see , do you prefer better looking highultra settings or a faster , more accurate refresh rate ? I hope this helped and if not feel free to ask more questions . <| sep |> So far this year , my 2 year old daughter has asked for a cow , a kiss and Bender from Futurama . edit Shoutout to the Santas over at rsantaslittlehelpers , without them my kids would not have had much of a Christmas at all !