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several years ago we did an episode explaining refresh rates for monitors

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and tvs but things have changed quite a bit

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these days with displays featuring super high refresh rates adaptive sync

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technology and ultra high resolutions so

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it's time for round two of what you should know before committing to just

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one display for a hopefully fulfilling long-term relationship and this video is

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sponsored by Intel now the first thing it would probably

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help to know is why a high refresh rate monitor is

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good so a higher refresh rate measured in

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hertz will not only make many kinds of motion on your screen look smoother it

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can also be quite important for gaming you see contrary to popular belief the

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human eye is actually really really good

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at detecting changes in motion that is to say that no it is not limited to 24

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frames per second so a higher refresh rate display coupled

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with a powerful graphics card and processor will make animations appear

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more realistic by reducing choppiness and blur and increasing immersion

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another benefit is that not only is the action smoother but you're actually

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seeing more frames in other words you're

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catching visual elements that you might be missing with a more run-of-the-mill

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display in a fast-paced game this is actually more than just an aesthetic

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advantage and can even give you a competitive edge

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in fact many competitive gamers and esports teams value high refresh rate

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monitors because they allow the player to see things just a little more clearly

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or quickly than their opponent now as i alluded to before however to

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reap these benefits you need powerful hardware to spit out frames quickly

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enough to keep your monitor fed if you drop extra money on a 144hz monitor for

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example but your graphics card can only muster 30 or 60 frames per second in the

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games you play most often many of those screen refreshes that you

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see won't actually contain new frames of

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information so your experience isn't going to be any better another thing to

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consider is exactly how high of a refresh rate you need these days it's

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quite common to see one tier of high-end monitors that offer a 120 or 144hz

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refresh rate and then another tier of displays that can push out 165 200 or

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even 240 refreshes per second

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unsurprisingly the monitors tend to get more expensive as the refresh rates get

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higher while offering diminishing returns for many people

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now the vast majority of us can easily tell the difference between a 30 and 60

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frame per second video or game but it's a bit harder for some folks to

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tell the difference between 60 and 120 and harder still once you get up above

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200 so if it's at all possible to try

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before you buy then by all means do that so you're not plunking down money for

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something that you won't even get maximum enjoyment from

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this is especially true if you're not gaming as applications for frame rates

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beyond 60 are very limited i mean even ultra smooth

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online video typically maxes out at around 60 frames per second so don't

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pick up an expensive monitor thinking that it's going to make your entire

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computing experience that much better

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furthermore it's important to remember that there are often trade-offs if you

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go for the very top end of the monitor stack

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very high refresh rate models often use tn panels as it's more difficult to

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incorporate high refresh rate tech into ips displays

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tn panels which you can learn more about up here offer fast response but

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typically they have noticeably worse color and viewing angles compared to

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other display types and that's not to mention even that most

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of the 240 hertz monitors out there are currently limited to 1080p resolution

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now it should be noted that more advanced solutions such as one

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millisecond ips panels ultra wide 200 hertz and even 4k at 144

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hertz have just made their way to the market and they promise incredibly

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awesome experiences with even HDR at those resolutions and refresh rates

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but that assumes you've got very

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very deep pockets so whatever you go with just make sure

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that you're leaving some room in your budget for the games themselves or

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you're not really gonna enjoy it that is unless

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maybe we could just start shooting Techquickie at 240 FPS so i'll look just as

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smooth as i do on the dance floor

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yeah we all know that's not what i look like on it well we all

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know that is what i look like on the dance floor it's not smooth speaking of smooth this segue to our sponsor if

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sure to check out their article on how to buy a gaming monitor which we've

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