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Displays & frame rates

Display marketing is full of numbers that sound technical but are not always meaningful. These guides separate what is real from what is sales copy.

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60 vs 120 FPS — does it actually matter?
The honest answer based on tested side-by-side viewing, not marketing claims.
What is FPS? Frame rate vs refresh rate vs frame time
The three terms get mashed together. Here is what each means and why the difference matters.

Or use the tools

Refresh rate test
Measures your monitor's actual Hz from inside the browser.
FPS counter
Live frame-rate counter for your current browser tab.

The most-asked question

By far: "is it worth paying more for a 120 Hz or 144 Hz screen?" The honest answer depends on whether you do anything that benefits from it (gaming, fast scrolling, animation work) or anything that does not (text editing, video calls, watching films). The 60 vs 120 FPS guide walks through both cases.