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Re:The state of external retina displays by eckmLJE on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:29PM (#29707618)
Although you make an ok point, you're greatly exaggerating FPS. I'm on a beautiful 1440p 144hz LG and I really only need 150fps. This still often requires less-than-ultra video settings even with a 3080 ti. There is a very small niche of competitive gamers who want 240hz at 1080p and the fps that justifies it.
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Re:The state of external retina displays by CuriousSkeptic on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:44PM (#29707805)
Oh there are people who want way more https://blurbusters.com/blur-busters-law-amazing-journey-to-...
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Re:The state of external retina displays by fomine3 on Monday December 27, 2021 @09:29PM (#29709623)
BlurBusters is amazing resource to investigate HFR.
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Re:The state of external retina displays by naikrovek on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:38PM (#29707724)
there are 360Hz monitors, now, and they are likely to sell well as soon as the silicon shortage eases, if they aren't already.

the real problem is that a 1080p monitor at 360Hz requires six times the bandwidth of a standard 1080p60 monitor, while a 120Hz 4k UHD monitor requires eight times the bandwidth of a 1080p60 monitor.

it's easier to reach the FPS targets incrementally than it is to reach the resolution targets in larger jumps.

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Re:The state of external retina displays by saxonww on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:34PM (#29707671)
Isn't this the entire esports community though?

edit: This was intended to be a serious question. I thought the esports folks were mostly interested with minimizing input latency and maximizing framerate, to the exclusion of most other concerns. ESPN covers esports tournaments now, sometimes on the front page of espn.com, so I thought it was more popular than perhaps it is.

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Re:The state of external retina displays by Macha on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:39PM (#29707736)
Being a small niche really not mutually exclusive with the eSports community, unless you extend the eSports community to everyone who has ever played LoL or CS:GO. I think more people max out settings on those games than minimise them for the extra FPS still.
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