360 Hz is the sweet spot for gaming monitors

I spent recent weeks testing pro-level panels—swapping refresh rates on Zowie and Alienware monitors and playing Counter‑Strike 2—and concluded that ultra-high refresh rates genuinely improve competitive FPS play. I’d used a 144 Hz display for years, but testing showed that higher rates change both how the game feels and, to a lesser extent, how you perform.

The jump from 144 Hz to 240 Hz gives a very noticeable improvement in responsiveness and experience. Moving from 240 Hz to 320/360 Hz still feels better and, I think, is worth paying extra for, though it didn’t make me play any better. Pushing beyond 320/360 Hz to, say, 600 Hz feels marginally nicer but with much smaller gains and no clear performance benefit.

Hardware testing with an Nvidia LDAT measuring end‑to‑end latency (click to muzzle flash) and 150+ runs per refresh rate showed only sub‑millisecond differences between very good monitors, often within margin of error.

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