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Refresh rates 101

"The absolute lowest refresh rate you’ll find on a PC screen made in 2022 is 60Hz, which means that 60 individual images are drawn onto the screen every second, or once every 16.67 milliseconds."

Whether you’re a gamer looking for the smoothest gameplay experience, or simply need your daily display to be easy on the eyes, one of the most important specifications is refresh rate.

Referring to the speed at which a display’s screen is updated, this area of technology is a minefield of misunderstanding. With the widespread adoption of HDMI 2.1a, along with TVs that now double as desktop monitors, it’s become even more confusing. APC is here to bring you up to speed on what it all means.

What exactly is refresh rate?

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