higher fps advantage?

[Thelillypad123]

Personally, I believe the difference between 30 and 60 fps is a clear advantage in a competitive shooter. However, the difference between 60 and 120 fps is harder to feel and notice (although it is definitely noticeable once you play for a while). My question to everyone: do you think that there is a significant advantage to those playing at 100+ fps compared to those playing at 60? 

[cozz]

It comes down to the display.

 

If you're playing on a 60hz monitor, no matter what FPS you're hitting, you'll barely tell the difference.

 

If you're on a 120hz+ display, the difference in frames can be game changing.

[StayFrostyy]

5 minutes ago, Thelillypad123 said:

Personally, I believe the difference between 30 and 60 fps is a clear advantage in a competitive shooter. However, the difference between 60 and 120 fps is harder to feel and notice (although it is definitely noticeable once you play for a while). My question to everyone: do you think that there is a significant advantage to those playing at 100+ fps compared to those playing at 60? 

I can't notice it in certain games, but in others like CSGO, I can tell the difference between 60FPS and 120FPS, and 120FPS to 200FPS. I personally have to be getting 200+ FPS all the time or I can't play; it's the difference between getting the pick and not getting the pick.

[ivan134]

What? There definitely is. Certain characters in overwatch are unplayable for me at 60 fps. Even at 144, it gets annoying when I dip to 110 and certain characters feel unresponsive to me.

[Thelillypad123]

11 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Which monitor are you using?

Dell s2417dg 165hz gsync

8 minutes ago, cozz said:

It comes down to the display.

 

If you're playing on a 60hz monitor, no matter what FPS you're hitting, you'll barely tell the difference.

 

If you're on a 120hz+ display, the difference in frames can be game changing.

Yeah, I believe it CAN be. But I play a lot of R6S and I've not really noticed a change in my game since I moved from 1080p 144 fps to 1440p 75 fps

8 minutes ago, StayFrostyy said:

I can't notice it in certain games, but in others like CSGO, I can tell the difference between 60FPS and 120FPS, and 120FPS to 200FPS. I personally have to be getting 200+ FPS all the time or I can't play; it's the difference between getting the pick and not getting the pick.

Agreed, it does make a difference for CSGO, but I think that is about the only shooter it really does.

[Thelillypad123]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

What? There definitely is. Certain characters in overwatch are unplayable for me at 60 fps. Even at 144, it gets annoying when I dip to 110 and certain characters feel unresponsive to me.

Never played overwatch, so I wouldn't know. However, playing games like rainbow six siege which is a rather twitch shooter as well as bf1, I have noticed a change in the smoothness of the gameplay, however, the change hasn't made me any worse than I was before, and I would say I am definitely above average in both.

[Thelillypad123]

1 minute ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

I think it's just you. Even people who don't play intensive shooters swear by the added smoothness of higher refresh rates

Oh I'm not saying I don't notice a difference in smoothness, I'm just saying I don't believe it is one of those "it'll make you a better player" kind of things. Things like clean audio, and map knowledge are more like that imo.

[MograineLefay]

A higher refresh rate doesn't improve your skills as a player. But a highly skilled player would still benefit from it.

[Thelillypad123]

2 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

true. Unless it's ultra-competitive and you have the reflexes of a ninja on cocaine, it's more to better the experience of the game than to actually improve performance.

Regardless of what I've said, I can 100% concur that gaming at 120+ fps is absolutely amazing in terms of feel. That's why even though I have my fancy smancy 1440p 165hz monitor, I still play certain games on the 1080p monitor because I like the feel. 

[Thelillypad123]

1 minute ago, MograineLefay said:

A higher refresh rate doesn't improve your skills as a player. But a highly skilled player would still benefit from it.

No doubt, however I think people make that benefit seem like a lot more than it actually is, that is my only real point I guess.

[The Sloth]

i have 2 75 hz display personally that's good enough for me but for competitive cs go player 144 hz is a necessity. 

[ivan134]

29 minutes ago, Thelillypad123 said:

Never played overwatch, so I wouldn't know. However, playing games like rainbow six siege which is a rather twitch shooter as well as bf1, I have noticed a change in the smoothness of the gameplay, however, the change hasn't made me any worse than I was before, and I would say I am definitely above average in both.

Well those games are a bit slower. When I played BFBC2, I was fine with about 110.