The era of 1,000 Hz gaming monitors has arrived, but why?
The folks over at Blur Busters have extensivelydocumented research showing that refresh rates of 1,000 Hz (and up) can reduce human perception of motion blur and flickering. And while the site notes that you eventually hit “diminishing returns” from all those extra frames—especially on smaller screens—there’s some evidence that you would need a 40,000 Hz monitor to totally eliminate perceived motion blur on a sufficiently large, high-resolution monitor.
Perception research aside, it’s unclear how many gamers are interested in spending extra money on a display that breaks the four-digit refresh rate barrier. While LG hasn’t announced pricing details for the UltraGear 25G590B yet, other 1,000 Hz monitors tend to run hundreds of dollars more than comparable models with lower (but still more than adequate) maximum refresh rates in the 240 to 360 Hz range. At the same time, monitors with Nvidia’s GSync Pulsarand similar technologies use “rolling scan”...
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