What's The Best Frame Rate For Gaming? 🤔 60 vs 120 vs 240 FPS

What's The Best Frame Rate For Gaming? 120FPS? 360Hz? PC Centric looks at 240hz PC Gaming monitors and 120hz Gaming TVs, to tell you what the BEST frame rate is for your gaming setup! - Links to everything featured below!

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[lemosse]

for singleplayer titles, 60 fps is more than enough in most cases. esports titles and shooters, you should aim for 100+ atleast

[jplayzgames_]

2021 I upgraded from 1080p 120hz to 1440p 144hz and I couldn't be happier. I play alot of games where they're graphic heavy, and 1440p has brought my gaming to the next level

[denisn]

Or devs could actually optimise there games like ID software did for doom eternal. That game can push 4K at 100 Fps with a pretty midrange card.

[KiltedCritic]

I'd say 120/144hz would cover the vast majority of gamers just dandy for years to come, especially for single player/offline gaming. I love my 240Hz Odyssey G9, but I got it purely to spoil myself after spending most of 2020 in lockdown staring at a PC screen for both work and play. Important to remember as well, high FPS will not make a bad player good. More it removes most input lag roadblocks to enable you to play at your "truest" level online.

[earnistse]

120 fps feels incredibly smooth on my oled 4k c1 from lg. I’ve played on a 240hz monitor but on the oled …. Man 120fps just feels so much smoother because oled has the far superior response times with 0 ghosting

[northernassassin]

I love playing games at 144hz but in reality I would be fine if I never got to play above 72hz again. I had a 60hz monitor back in the day that I could OC to 72hz. 60hz felt nice but also felt a tad slow. The extra 12hz I could squeeze out made a huge difference and I'd be fine with it forever.

[mateiberatco]

Well, one thing should be mentioned: even if game cannot pump those fpses, an 100+ Hz monitor is still good. Just the fact that, whenever a frame has finished rendering, it can take up to 16ms (60Hz) or 7.8ms (144Hz) to be fully displayed makes a big difference. I will take 52fps on 144Hz anytime over 60Hz.
When I first got an 144Hz monitor, I was playing American Truck Simulator, and was "admiring" the camera controls. When I glanced on fps counter, I noticed it was sometimes in the 70-80 range, but I never noticed stuttering, which I did notice on 60Hz refresh rate. Also tearing is less noticeable because 1 tear will not stay more than 8ms on screen, as opposed to 16ms.
Now I'm on a 240Hz monitor, but I don't really notice any difference to 144Hz. If there was some tangible benefit, the screen characteristics (color, brightness, etc) might have distracted my brain for a fair comparison.

[christianwurm]

I think stable Frametime is also as important as Fps and Resolution

[slite]

Going from being capped at 60 fps on my ps5 for apex to building my first pc (ryzen 5 RX 6700xt) with a 1080p 165 hz monitor and capping my fps for apex at 165 is a hugeee step up. My computer can prob sit comfortably around 200 fps+ but idk if it is worth upgrading the monitor to a 244 hz.

[MSJChem]

The thing is about playing at high refresh rates is that once you’ve done it you can never go back to 60 FPS - it feels like a slide show.

[the_rc_addict]

I play on my MSI 32inch curved gaming monitor at 165hz at 1080p, I’ve upgraded from a traditional 60hz to this machine and I haven’t looked back. It just feels so smooth when gaming with this monitor with a rtx 3070ti.

[theregent]

There is indeed 1 monitor that ticks all the boxes except for the price. The Samsung Odyssey G7 32 inch. 240hz, 1ms, 1440p, curved. Its an amazing screen.

[RERN]

I recently just switch from a 1080p 240hz to 1440p 165hz monitor, but honestly I'm not sure if I downgraded or upgraded. I mainly play Apex now but 1440p looks amazing tho

[lonewolfgd]

Love how spunky and fun, but also formal and detailed your videos are. Keep up the good work bro!

[solacex]

i have had a 240hz monitor for about a year and the game just looks more in focus and so smooth. I recently bought a 360hz monitor and i could feel a difference but it is small and i do not recommend it if you are on a budget

[alloy]

I have been playing games for ages and ever since I upgraded from 60 to 144 then to 240 I would say 144 is the best for any one who wants to game. If your wanting esports or what ever then 240 or 360 is obviously the best choice

[shashumga]

I personally dont really care about refresh rate as long as it is above 80hz i have been playing on 144hz for a while now but for me its not really a special thing to game at high refresh rates im more into resolution and color range, ive ordered a VR headset with true to life level clarity and near true to life colors with a QLED mini led display and im looking forward to try it out :)

[rebelblade]

There is also the fact that higher FPS also generates more heat.

[HardHeadMilitary]

Ive been playing on 60hz 1440 for a year, not realizing I had to adjust the setting to 144hz in windows. I dont notice alot of difference

[-keiskx]

got this video reccomended to me. just for fun i checked if my refresh rate was set to 144hz as usual and it turns out it got reset to 60hz. i always thought it was lag that made my game so unsmooth. now it feels so much better. THANK YOU