Esports & Gaming
The ultimate winning streak: Why gaming is dominating the display market
Dave Shackleford, Head of UK Product – Consumer at BenQ explores the latest advanced capabilities in monitors and projectors for enhanced game play.
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here doesn’t seem to be any slowing the rapid trajectory of popularity for gaming influencers in 2022. Gaining even more traction during the
pandemic, 10% of the world’s population now follow a gaming influencer online (YouGov,2021). Terefore it is of absolutely no surprise that we have also seen a rise in the demand for tech that gives everyone from professional players, twitch streamers and casual gamers the most accessible, immersive and high performance gaming experience. But what is it that gamers really want and how has the tech industry responded?
REFRESH RATES Measured in hertz (Hz), refresh rates are all about enabling a more responsive and immersive user experience. Te refresh rate correlates to the amount of times the monitor will refresh the screen each second. For optimal gameplay, high refresh rates are a must! Most competitive monitors max out between 240Hz and 360Hz, and if your system can cater for frame rates higher than 240 with your chosen game, then a monitor in this range will be the best choice for you. In terms of variety gaming, 165Hz is the middle ground giving
improved panels, better colour accuracy, better HDR and faster response, while also being more accessible than 240Hz to 360Hz monitors in terms of price. However, if you already have a good 144Hz gaming monitor, then the 13% increase in max framerate
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isn’t necessarily worth an upgrade. Te 144Hz monitor is practically the gold standard for everyday competitive gaming. You’ll notice much faster, smoother performance for casual gamers, not just pro gamers.
RESPONSE TIME Te other vital time-related spec is response time - referring to how long it takes each pixel to change from one setting to the next. Working in tandem with human eyesights, response time determines primarily how coherent an image will appear to viewers,
whether it will have artefacts like blur, ghosting or trailing. Manufacturers like BenQ measure monitor response times using
two primary methods. Te more popular and objective approach is GtG. Te more nuanced method is known as MPRT. Ideally you should be looking for a monitor with under 4ms in both tests. Te closer you get to 1ms, the better. A 0ms monitor is something that keeps getting mentioned, but with current understanding of physics is effectively impossible. Unless we learn how to exceed light speed, there has to be some lag! If a manufacturer only provides GtG, that’s good enough. You
should be at under 4ms for a good gaming experience. Ideally, look at monitors that offer MPRT measurements as well. A 1ms MPRT monitor from a good brand tells you that a lot of engineering has gone into motion control and image regulation on that model, so somebody there really cares about optimising panels for gaming.
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