- 120 fps
- 165 fps
- 240 fps
- 360 fps
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imo, i think it’s 240 fps for now
As is the case with most questions, the answer is, it depends.
Absolute frame rate is most important in competitive eSports gaming like Fortnite, Apex, Counter Strike, Battlefield, COD. In games that aren’t incredibly sensitive to the player’s reaction time, FPS is just a number. Particularly now, most decent gaming-oriented monitors feature AMD FreeSync or nVidia G-Sync technologies (or both), meaning the monitor’s refresh rate will dynamically change to match the FPS being output by the PC. This means the game will still look completely normal without any screen tearing, even if the FPS drops below the monitor’s refresh rate.
According to recent surveys, the vast majority of PC gamers are actively using 1440p, 165Hz displays (or refresh rates in that immediate vicinity, something between 144Hz and 185Hz.) Trying to output games at 1440p with 240FPS takes more GPU power than most people can afford to buy without extremely heavy reliance on upscaling technologies, like DLSS and FSR, which increase latency - defeating the purpose of using them in eSports games in the first place.
Something we recommend when people obsess over their frame rate, is to uninstall Afterburner and just play and enjoy your games. If you turn off the FPS counter, you get to enjoy and appreciate the game itself a lot more. You get to experience the graphics without having laser-focus obsession on a number in the corner of your screen… you get to have more fun. And at the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about.
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The real question is, were they referring to Frames Per Second, or First Person Shooters? In e-sports, they use 240Hz (and better) monitors to reduce input lag so to maximize that benefit, they minimize most of their settings and run in 1080P on high end hardware while capping their FPS to 240. This ensures the game is keeping up with the monitor and that each keystroke or button press will be registered precisely.
Personally, I run 144Hz and when I play games that require that level of input sensitivity I make adjustments to match my fps to my refresh to make sure I’m getting the full benefit of my screen and keyboard, niether of which were inexpensive. In most other games, 60fps is my “sweet spot” as that’s where it’s not choppy and my buttons do the thing when they are supposed to.
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The answers are written with FPS so, we can safely assume it’s frames per second in the title as well.
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Fps > Fps XD
Referring to Frames per second. Thank you both! @ArsenalPC @XGMadMatt