Small update, a slight flicker has developed. It shows up only when moving the mouse cursor on black backgrounds if the monitor, has been on for about 12 hours. Still monitoring to see if it was just a power fluke or if it's repeatable. Will make another video if the problem persists. Then again... maybe I enabled auto-contrast somewhere and forgot about it.
Posting an update the the flicker situation from this account for more visibility. The flicker is more pronounced when using an Nvidia card, but I can confirmed that the display is FreeSync Compatible. Also, the flicker is caused by FreeSync, in dark areas on the desktop. As far as I can tell, when it reaches below the FreeSync threshold (since it lacks Low Frame Rate Compensation) it will "wake" the screen up only when you're moving the mouse or something is moving on the screen. It does it slowly enough that there is a difference in brightness across it. On the other hand, if the monitor is already at peak brightness, as in, you have a small white window opened, there is no brightness shit anymore. Turning off FreeSync will make this go away. --unacomn
Linus made a video about how framerate (and refresh rate to a huge extent, but in certain titles only) affect your skill as a gamer. The conclusion was that, yes, a higher FPS will make you a better gamer, generally xD The REALLY weird part was the fact that having 120 fps on a 60 hz monitor was drastically better than 60 fps on a 60 hz monitor. This happened in CS:GO, and can be explained by the engine capping (or syncing) it's I/O with the framerate (hence a higher framerate even though capped by your monitor's refresh rate will still give you better response time). By the way , I saw the steam controller there :D how are you enjoying it? For me, since I literally started using it at the same time as I started using a regular xbone controller, it's leagues better. It's also objective since I wasn't used to a regular controller and beforehand xD
I've been meaning to make a video about it for a while. I like it on a technical level, but the shape isn't very comfortable for my hands. If only I could fit its innards into the old Firestorm 3 from Thrustmaster. That thing fit like a glove.
24fps is on average the bottom limit at which the human brain can accept a slideshow of frames as a continuous video. It was a cost saving bottom-of-the-barrel decision in the 1900's because video film was expensive. If it were dirt-cheap, I'm sure they'd have went with 30 or 60 fps to match NTSC. The human eye has a raw refresh rate in the hundreds of fps. But there's a lot of variance. Motion, contrast, age/health, training, affect the ability to track such fast changes. Not all nerves react at the same speed, the ones for peripheral vision respond to motion much faster, while the center of your vision sees more clearly. Eye saccades happen constantly when looking at something. And in the end, the brain is constantly tricking itself by integrating and smoothing out the input, hiding the blood vessels and your nose, and literally making details up in parts it can't see clearly by guessing what is supposed to be there. But yea, 120/144 fps is definitely a step up. Even 240fps is good. You might not be consciously noticing it anymore, but your eyes and brain sure do, and they'll appreciate the reduced effort in tracking and predicting the image.
Small update, a slight flicker has developed. It shows up only when moving the mouse cursor on black backgrounds if the monitor, has been on for about 12 hours. Still monitoring to see if it was just a power fluke or if it's repeatable. Will make another video if the problem persists. Then again... maybe I enabled auto-contrast somewhere and forgot about it.
I really enjoy your humor mate. Your voice is strangely unique and relaxing too.
Great video! You've got a great voice and a great sense of humor :)
awesome monitor mate! may it serve it's master well :)
Would this be good for the new consoles coming out, playing FPS games like COD.
How I missed this handsome fella
Posting an update the the flicker situation from this account for more visibility. The flicker is more pronounced when using an Nvidia card, but I can confirmed that the display is FreeSync Compatible.
Also, the flicker is caused by FreeSync, in dark areas on the desktop. As far as I can tell, when it reaches below the FreeSync threshold (since it lacks Low Frame Rate Compensation) it will "wake" the screen up only when you're moving the mouse or something is moving on the screen. It does it slowly enough that there is a difference in brightness across it. On the other hand, if the monitor is already at peak brightness, as in, you have a small white window opened, there is no brightness shit anymore. Turning off FreeSync will make this go away.
--unacomn
Linus made a video about how framerate (and refresh rate to a huge extent, but in certain titles only) affect your skill as a gamer. The conclusion was that, yes, a higher FPS will make you a better gamer, generally xD
The REALLY weird part was the fact that having 120 fps on a 60 hz monitor was drastically better than 60 fps on a 60 hz monitor. This happened in CS:GO, and can be explained by the engine capping (or syncing) it's I/O with the framerate (hence a higher framerate even though capped by your monitor's refresh rate will still give you better response time).
By the way , I saw the steam controller there :D how are you enjoying it?
For me, since I literally started using it at the same time as I started using a regular xbone controller, it's leagues better. It's also objective since I wasn't used to a regular controller and beforehand xD
I've been meaning to make a video about it for a while. I like it on a technical level, but the shape isn't very comfortable for my hands. If only I could fit its innards into the old Firestorm 3 from Thrustmaster. That thing fit like a glove.
Very good video
24fps is on average the bottom limit at which the human brain can accept a slideshow of frames as a continuous video. It was a cost saving bottom-of-the-barrel decision in the 1900's because video film was expensive. If it were dirt-cheap, I'm sure they'd have went with 30 or 60 fps to match NTSC.
The human eye has a raw refresh rate in the hundreds of fps. But there's a lot of variance. Motion, contrast, age/health, training, affect the ability to track such fast changes. Not all nerves react at the same speed, the ones for peripheral vision respond to motion much faster, while the center of your vision sees more clearly. Eye saccades happen constantly when looking at something. And in the end, the brain is constantly tricking itself by integrating and smoothing out the input, hiding the blood vessels and your nose, and literally making details up in parts it can't see clearly by guessing what is supposed to be there.
But yea, 120/144 fps is definitely a step up. Even 240fps is good. You might not be consciously noticing it anymore, but your eyes and brain sure do, and they'll appreciate the reduced effort in tracking and predicting the image.
Okay, STOP making any videos! You are done!
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