▲ 50 ▼ Does anyone really need a 1,000 Hz gaming display? (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/12872542 Does anyone really need a 1,000 Hz gaming display?
[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Obvious Betteridge's law. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exscape@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Not obvious at all. Motion blur at high movement speeds makes things unreadable even at 540 Hz, proving that even at 540 Hz there is still plenty of motion blur that the human eye can see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV7EMnkTsYA&t=682s As the video says: "Yes, your eyes really are capable of seeing this in real life" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=OV7EMnkTsYA&t=682s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The title doesn't ask if it's useful, it asks if it's required, considering that no one NEEDS a display to begin with, a 1000Hz display by definition cannot be NEEDED. I will likely get one eventually, just like I have a 165Hz display now, but do I NEED it? Absolutely no. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exscape@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Not obvious at all. Motion blur at high movement speeds makes things unreadable even at 540 Hz, proving that even at 540 Hz there is still plenty of motion blur that the human eye can see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV7EMnkTsYA&t=682s As the video says: "Yes, your eyes really are capable of seeing this in real life" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=OV7EMnkTsYA&t=682s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The title doesn't ask if it's useful, it asks if it's required, considering that no one NEEDS a display to begin with, a 1000Hz display by definition cannot be NEEDED. I will likely get one eventually, just like I have a 165Hz display now, but do I NEED it? Absolutely no. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The title doesn't ask if it's useful, it asks if it's required, considering that no one NEEDS a display to begin with, a 1000Hz display by definition cannot be NEEDED. I will likely get one eventually, just like I have a 165Hz display now, but do I NEED it? Absolutely no. permalink fedilink source parent