The frame rate, which is measured in frames per second (FPS), indicates the number of images displayed on the monitor per second. The higher the number of frames, the smoother the animation appears.

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This one's purely for competitive gamers and hardcore PC builders itching for weapons-grade hardware. Asus has just unveiled its adorably named ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W monitor, which manages 540-Hz ...

A new Steam update enables PC gamers to analyze the frame rate generated by their gaming GPU, and it comes with one particularly handy feature if you use frame gen, either through Nvidia DLSS or AMD ...

Your monitor isn't lying to you — you just plugged it into the wrong port.

2023 saw the release of Alienware’s AW2524H, the world’s first 500Hz monitor. Unbelievably, it will likely be superseded by the even faster 540Hz Asus ROG Swift Pro PG248QP, which should hit retailers ...

[UPDATE: Since the article below was first published, LG Display has also confirmed ahead of CES 2026 (on December 28) that it plans to apply new Primary RGB Tandem 2.0 panel technology to all of the ...

“Frames win games.” That’s been Nvidia’s marketing campaign targeted at esports players since the introduction of Nvidia Reflex. It’s a great slogan, catchy with the right amount of truth, and the ...

Almost exactly two years ago, we were gawking at prototypes of 1,000 Hz monitors and wondering who really needed a display that could support such ludicrously smooth frame rates. Now that those ...

HDMI excels for media consumption, while PC gamers prefer DisplayPort.

If you thought your 360Hz gaming monitor was outrageously fast and responsive, then get ready for another upgrade urge, as a 1,000Hz gaming monitor is already being demonstrated. Not only that, but ...

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