Importance Of Monitor Refresh Rate In Gaming
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Monitors are an essential hardware of computing which affects the user experience to some extent.
Often people are confused on whether to upgrade to a high refresh rate monitor, costing a little more than usual, or not. Casual as well as professional fast paced gamers always look into choosing their own hardwares. However, while choosing a good monitor, sometimes they face a great dilemma on budgeting their expenses as per the requirements.
Need For Higher Refresh Rate Monitors
Refresh rates of monitors are the number of times the monitor updates it's frames with the changing images. Higher refresh rates do have the added advantage to the visual quality mainly while gaming in which there are fast moving images in a gameplay.
On the other hand people who hardly play games and prefer more to watch movies or indulge into other activities like video editing and coding, higher refresh rates does not make sense.
On the contrary to the high visual fidelity, system hardware specifications play a vital role in illustrating a quality user experience. This means that, the system should be capable of producing an FPS (Frames Per Second) similar to the monitor's refresh rate.
Display Quality on High Refresh Rate Monitors
Display quality on a high refresh rate monitor only matters while playing computer games.
Mostly visible on a fast moving scenes of a game, where the graphics card is capable to generate higher frames, however the monitor could not handle much of that leading to screen tearing issues. Addressing to such issues, the modern display technology has also added Freesync or Gsync to the gaming monitors.
A Freesync or Gsync monitor is capable of dynamically managing the refresh rates, matching to the graphical output. So, if your game has a 30 frames per second, the monitor automatically matches it's refresh rate to 30 Hz and so on. This enables smoother gameplay experience with no screen tearing.
Some Budget Monitors for Casual Gaming
Lenovo L-Series 23.8" (60.5cm) FHD IPS Ultraslim Monitor
Lenovo L-Series L24i-30 features 16.7 Million Colors and 250 nits Full HD IPS display at 75Hz. AMD Freesync ensures smoother gameplay experience along with the TUV Eye Care, Smart Display Customization with Lenovo Artery enables longer game times without stressing your eyes.
HP M24f 23.8-Inch(60.45cm) Eyesafe Certified Full HD IPS 3-Sided Micro-Edge Monitor
HP M24f features 300 nits Full HD IPS display at 75Hz. HP Eye Ease with Eyesafe Certication, always-on blue light fllter, keeps your eyes comfortable with zero impact on color accuracy along with AMD freesync for a smoother gameplay experience.
Samsung 24 inch (60.4 cm) IPS, Bezel Less LED Monitor
Samsung LF24T350FHWXXL features 24" FHD IPS monitor with bezel-less design at 75Hz. AMD Radeon FreeSync keeps monitor and graphics card refresh rate in sync to reduce image tearing. Flicker Free technology continuously removes tiring and irritating screen flicker, while Eye Saver Mode minimizes emitted blue light.
LG 24 inch (60.4 cm) Gaming Monitor
LG 24" 24MP60G monitor features Full HD IPS display and 5ms response time with a gaming 1ms MBR (Motion Blur Reduction) response time at 75Hz. The reader mode lessens eye strains through a color temperature similar to paper and provides optimal condition for reading. Along with AMD Freesync for smoother gameplay, Dynamic Action Sync enables gamers to have a faster reaction at critical moments.
Acer Nitro QG221Q 21.5 Inch (54.61 cm) Full HD Gaming Monitor
Acer Nitro QG221Q features a VA panel Full HD display of 250 nits at 75 Hz. Apart from the AMD Freesync technology that eliminates screen tearing, a bluelight shield, flickerless, low dimming, comfyView display ensures long gaming sessions with reduced monitor glare and eye fatigue.
