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Is 240Hz a Waste? - 144Hz vs 240Hz Monitors
Listen up fellow 24fps enjoyers, times have changed, and refresh rates are rising faster than my desk when I heard a 240Hz 4K glossy OLED was coming soon, but do you really need all those frames I mean everyone knows the human eye can only see 3 frames per second, so why are we wasting so much resources on pumping out more and more frames?

Well in order to find out first we gotta break down the advantages of higher frame rates which are 2 fold.

The higher the framerate the lower the input lag which means instead of being hard stuck in rookie you might make it all the way to the bottom of bronze. For example 30fps the most cursed target has a total delay of 33.3ms
60fps has a delay of 16.6ms
120fps a delay of 8.3ms
240fps a delay of 4.16ms
And 360fps a delay of 2.7ms

As you can see the higher the refresh rate, the lower the input lag which means you can track targets quicker, but you can also see that there are hugely diminishing returns starting at around 120fps.

This is the reason why most console games target 60fps as its far easier to achieve and when using a controller the difference in input lag isn’t as noticeable, but on PC you’ll find people begging you to put them out of their misery if their forced to go to a plebian 60Hz. I can definitely easily tell the difference between 4ms, using a good mouse, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will make you better. In theory yes, it can, but in practice I find that most people play barely any better with 4ms lower latency, but does that mean it’s a waste? Well hold on there cowboy now we gotta talk about the second advantage.

Higher framerates mean smoother images in motion, and this is the biggest benefit to going higher than 120Hz. As I’ve shown in many reviews this can lead to a substantially cleaner image, but this too has diminishing returns, especially on LCD where many LCD based displays especially trash VA panels can struggle to take advantage of higher refresh rates as the display simply can’t keep up and looks blurry regardless. This is a big reason many gamers are busting fat nuts all over their elbows and rubbing it in like lotion over OLED.

OLED has much faster response times thus it can take advantage of higher refresh rates.

But that still doesn’t answer the question. Is 240Hz a waste and the answer is yes and no. For most single player games the benefits just simply aren’t worth the doubling of resources required to play over 120Hz in my opinion, but for multiplayer competitive gaming, 240Hz may be worth trying to use as you will get a cleaner image in motion and lower input lag for those really fast paced games like shower with your dad simulator.

But will it make you a pro gamer? No. I've played better on 120Hz than people on 360Hz and I’ve had people do better than me at 120Hz when I was on 240Hz, so while it does have it’s benefits I wouldn't be wailing and gnashing your teeth or crying yourself to sleep at night over it.


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