High FPS Debate

Comments debate the human perceptibility of frame rates above 60 FPS, the benefits of high refresh rates for gaming and displays, and optimal FPS thresholds for smooth performance.

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Sample Comments

miffe Feb 1, 2025 View on HN

Really needs a framerate limiter, at 360 Hz it's just a flickering mess.

ThrowawayTestr Jan 7, 2025 View on HN

The human eye can't see more than 60 fps anyway

justeleblanc May 2, 2023 View on HN

How is a game running at 144 FPS more "fun" than one running at 60 FPS?

andros Dec 31, 2025 View on HN

If it's streaming at 60 fps, the bottleneck is in the browser, which is doing what it can :)

jakeinspace Jul 15, 2021 View on HN

No point in a higher resolution display if you can't get above 30 fps.

account42 Sep 2, 2024 View on HN

Is 60 FPS your screen refresh rate? Perhaps you have VSync enabled.

artursapek Feb 26, 2025 View on HN

why? most videos are 30fps anyway. it's not like they're rendering 30fps videos at 120hz.

PunchyHamster Dec 30, 2025 View on HN

that's just progress, so get the 60 fps cream next then :)

throwaway2037 Oct 30, 2024 View on HN

Except for gaming, is there any practical use for refresh above 60Hz?

shocks Feb 3, 2014 View on HN

60 fps for me. What are running it on?