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[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (28 children)

What exactly is the point of all those extra Hz? I get that in this case it's just a "because we can" kind of situation, but in general... I've never paid any attention to refresh rate and it has never affected me. Is higher really better?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 35 points 1 month ago (15 children)

After a certain point, no, not really. 30 FPS is good for basic video. 60 is good for fine motion (sports, fast video games). 120 is good enough for basically every regular viewing use case. Beyond 144, it's really diminishing returns. You know how when something starts spinning really fast, it just turns into a blur? Yeah.

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I don’t know where is the limit but I’m willing to keep trying. My previous monitor was 165 Hz and it was good. My new 480 Hz monitor it’s glorious when I can run the game at that speed. Played Boltgun and there where areas where it “only” ran at 360 Hz and others where it ran at full 480 Hz and the difference what noticeable and very satisfying.

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