Fps and Refresh rate

[Kiko V]

Hello!

 

Can someone explain me the FPS and monitor refresh rate relation? How do they afect each other?

 

Or in other words, whats the importance of the refresh rate?

Thanks!

[Jaredcb03]

[EcoBoost]

Can someone explain me the FPS and monitor refresh rate relation? How do they afect each other?

FPS is how many frames your GPU can draw per second

Refresh rate is how many times your monitor can change the picture per second

 

Your monitor's refresh rate is the maximum number of "FPS" you will be able to see

[VincentiusIV]

FPS is the amount of pictures per second tha's being send by the gpu to the monitor.

The refresh rate is the amount of times per second that a monitor refreshes (displayed in Hz)

Basically, 60Hz means that the led's on a monitor turn on and off 60 times per second.

[Kiko V]

Ok... so if i have a monitor of  60Hz... having 120fps is complelty pointess, right?

[jayctech]

Ok... so if i have a monitor of  60Hz... having 120fps is complelty pointess, right?

Yes since your display will only do 60fps.

[Kiko V]

Ok, thank you guys!

[dmanschramm]

FPS stands for frames per second.

This is the amount of frames that your Graphics Card outputs in something like a game, that is sent to be displayed on your monitor

 

The refresh rate is the amount of times your monitor goes and fetches a new frame every second.

So essentially a 60Hz monitor will show you a maximum of 60FPS

This doesn't mean that you're not catchin the 120FPS that your game is telling you that you have, it just means that half of the frames (in this case) is being displayed by the monitor.

 

So if you're pushing over 60FPS in games and want to take advantage of this, then you would need a monitor that has a refresh rate of over 60Hz.

A 120Hz monitor can only display 120FPS 

A 144Hz monitor can only display 144FPS

 

Again this doesn't mean that you're not GETTING the fps that your GPU says its putting out, its just your monitor is incapable of fetching a new frame as fast as the GPU can put it out.

[dmanschramm]

Ok... so if i have a monitor of  60Hz... having 120fps is complelty pointess, right?

 

Yes, in the sense that it can't display anything above 60FPS. But all IPS monitors (that I know of) have a refresh rate of 60Hz. This can be overclocked but it can be 'unstable' in some cases. I personally game on a 60Hz IPS PB278Q monitor from ASUS because the colours really show and I can take full advantage of Battlefield 4 on Ultra

 

But if you're super competitive and need more than 1/60th of a second to see something like an enemy pop up on your screen, then a 120Hz or 144Hz monitor is better. This is why they are usually directed to gamers who need the FPS and often they're TN panels which means duller colours relative to IPS monitors

[Kiko V]

Yes i get it, I'm getting the fps while the screen is off.