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60fps video looks much smoother on phone than on PC

egginmypants
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Hello, recently I've been messing around with recording gameplay. I uploaded some test footage to YouTube, and I noticed one thing. The footage does not appear nearly as smooth/fluid on my PC monitor as it does on my phone. For context, I have an AOC 24G2 1080p 144hz FreeSync monitor, and my phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note 9. I've tried using different browsers (chrome, firefox, edge) and they all show the same choppy-ish video. I've tried changing my monitor's refresh rate as well, but it still does not feel as smooth as it does on my phone. The Note 9 only has a 60hz screen, and even if I set my monitor to 60hz it feels choppier on the PC.

 

Since I noticed this with my own footage, I've realized that it's an issue with all 60fps videos I view on my PC. They feel choppier than on my phone regardless of my monitor's refresh rate.

 

Is it just the placebo effect or is there an actual issue here?

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I think might be because of tearing as it is 60 fps and the refresh rate is 144hz. It is like when you don't have v sync enabled in certain games.

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12 minutes ago, Adham.M said:

I think might be because of tearing as it is 60 fps and the refresh rate is 144hz. It is like when you don't have v sync enabled in certain games.

It still happens even if my monitor is set to 60hz or 120hz.

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The note 9 is a 1440P screen. And it doesn't take much GPU power to fill a 6.5" screen.

 

What's the PC system specs?

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It could be the note 9 having smoothed out display. For example the panel could have longer color transition times than the 24G2, making it appear to have extra motion blur.

 

@Guest 5150GPU power required only cares about resolution and frame rate, not display size.

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

 

@Guest 5150GPU power required only cares about resolution and frame rate, not display size.

That's true, my bad. 

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The only reason is because the monitor has much faster pixel response times, resulting in more visible stutter for low-fps content. Even though the phone is AMOLED, these displays are significantly slower, especially at lower brightness levels. Slower pixels = more motion blur. More motion blur = smoother picture.

 

You could try to turn overdrive off on the monitor to get a smoother picture.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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