The world of PC gaming is packed with high-end accessories and accessories that do not require ordinary people. The latest entry in that category, announced Monday at CES 2020 by Asus and Nvidia, is the start of a niche marketplace game – let's face it – it probably doesn't put it together.
Known as the Asus ROG Swift 360Hz, the 24.5-inch 1080p display is true to its name, billed as "the world's first 360 Hz monitor." (This follows laptops with 300 Hz screens from Acer and Asus, the companies that released in late 2019. This figure implies a mirror refresh rate: The screen updates 360 times per second, six times as normal as 60 Hz and 50% faster than the 240 Hz screen.
Of course, you'll have to pair a guard with a computer powerful enough to run the game at 360 frames per second, which involves producing a whole new frame in less than 3 milliseconds. Games that can reach those speeds that bloom with 1080p resolution – with the right graphics card – include high-end sports channels like Claim: Global Outrage
Monitors with refresh rates above 60 Hz – the display is already widely available at 144 Hz and, for support players, as high as 240 Hz – provide legitimate, tangible benefits of competitive games. In a field where winning and losing can go down in milliseconds, speed is deadly. (True.) Esports pros rely on high frame rates and high input latency. Asus says the ROG Swift 360Hz will offer "significant improvements in ride accuracy, smoothness and responsiveness." Some players will know that more than others.
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Nvidia's research department published the research in November
If you find that difficult to understand, you may not be a competitor. Great! People taking part in esports tournaments make up a small fraction of the millions and millions of people worldwide playing video games. That is why Nvidia has hired Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert, for five seasons Claim: Global Outrage hero, to provide his testimony announce a video about ROG Swift 360Hz.
Gilbert begins by saying that he doubts that 360 Hz games could have produced better performance than 240 Hz, but that after trying that, "he could quickly see that there was a difference." I have no reason to doubt that, because it comes from a multi-year esports athlete. And that's no less authority than Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, the expert Fortnite broadcast and classic Halo esports pro, incorporated the benefits of a high level of refreshment
But the 360 Hz rider is probably the most powerful of the average gamer. And this is where Nvidia's marketing starts to get funny. At the end of the promotional video, Gilbert says he believes the target is "for anyone who wants to invest in better performance" – even if he "just spends the weekend with your friends, but wants to take it out."
That raises eyebrows on its face, and even more so if you think Asus is yet to announce the full ROG Swift 360Hz specification, let alone the price or release date. (If you look, the ROG Swift PG258Q, which has the same size, resolution, and features without the 240 Hz refresh rate, launched in 2017 for $ 599.99.)
I won't tell you what to do with your money, but I will say this: If you have over $ 600 that burns a hole in your pocket, I'm sure you can find a better use for it than new precautions that may or may not make it easier for you to sneak a kill in a multiplayer game. (That extra money can buy an edge-to-edge graphics card, for example.) Or you can try an uncomfortable upgrade that will cost you long-term benefits: converting your desktop setup so you can "out" your friends comfortably.
