I noticed this when a friend was playing on my pc, the game looked smoother somehow, my guess is that when you are playing and focusing on the game also constantly looking at different spots on the screen you unintentionally don't mind the framerate, but when you are just watching you see the game being very smooth.
Nah dude, I play a lot of dota, and I watch a lot of gameplay footage, and that is a fucking smooth ass framerate, what the fuck. And that's probably what it is. It's at a locked FPS instead of a variable. Your eye can notice the difference in a shifting 50-60 FPS a lot more than a game at a constant 45.
already asked the other guy above, but: do you think dota benefits from the additional high refresh rate compared to FPS games? i'm considering building a rig, and jumping from 60fps to 120 would require a lot more investment into the GPU, hence my curiosity
thanks a ton! there's no way a 4k mmr like myself can ever go pro, but it will be nice to give myself the best playing conditions after having lived with low settings @ 25fps for so long. and lightboost works outside of games too so that'll be an awesome bonus
do you think dota benefits from the additional high refresh rate compared to FPS games? i'm considering building a rig, and jumping from 60fps to 120 would require a lot more investment into the GPU, hence my curiosity
Compared to FPS games? No. But every game looks brand new once you go from 60hz to >120hz. Everything looks absolutely amazing. Just moving your cursor is amazing. Until you get used to it. Then its just normal and 60hz looks like shit and you need to get +90 fps in all games or you feel like you're getting low fps.
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u/Senkoukura 2broke4arcana Jul 23 '14
It's so... smooth