480Hz monitors are here...
And apparently gamers really see a difference. Here's another review of another 480Hz monitor
Playing at 480hz mode sort of feels like you’re cheating. The mouse feels like an extension of your hand–Just zipping around, rotating, aiming. It’s fantastic.
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When playing 3rd person action games, RTS’s, and side-scrollers, the motion clarity of 480hz was very obvious. It feels like an image is being pushed and pulled across the monitor, not rendered. It looks sort of, perfect, sometimes in a very mundane way.
Contrary to what I was expecting, FPS’s at 480hz mode are not noticeably smoother than 144/240hz! This was surprising.
The premium end of the mobile world is at 120Hz and so are most of the higher end TVs. Computer monitors are still squarely stuck at 60Hz. I now believe that I will not be upgrading any of my computer monitors until 120Hz becomes more the norm while everyone chases 480Hz.
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