Refresh Rate and Frame Rate.

[abhigyan001]

If I have a 60hz Monitor, does that mean I don't see over 60 fps even when my hardware can output that?

[ZetZet]

60 hz means you see 60 frames. if you have 280 fps you will see 60 most recent frames out of those 280. Also your mouse is 500hz or 1000hz refresh rate so you can feel the input lag in some game engines at low fps. 

[Roawoao]

You will get screen tearing if you don't have VSYNC on as the video card will update the frame mid draw and cause screen tearing. VSYNC can cause delays or stuttering. Partial draws will occur over 60FPS while VSYNC will force it to update in sync with the display. FREESYNC/GSYNC (AMD/NVIDIA) enable VSYNC without the stuttering or lag associated with it. Personally I don't care about the stuttering or added latency of VSYNC so I don't really care and I can tolerate low FPS in games. (Humans are feed forward control systems anyway so you can be really good at predicting things anyway)

 

 

 

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29 minutes ago, abhigyan001 said:

If I have a 60hz Monitor, does that mean I don't see over 60 fps even when my hardware can output that?

No.60hz means ur monitor refreshes 60 times a second and shows you 60 frames no matter how many ur gpu renders.(if fps<refresh rate u see same frame multiple times and tearing may occur.)