Going back to 60 from 120, I can say that it’s very noticable. Even outside of games, in things like the window manager, just resizing or moving windows feels very choppy.

I switched from a 144Hz 165Hz monitor that I used for years to a 240Hz monitor, and yes of course there are somewhat diminishing returns, but if I can run a game at 240 fps then I can absolutely tell the difference between the two. Not only is motion noticeably smoother but games just feel so much better to control (especially shooters) when you have faster visual feedback on your inputs, even outside of multiplayer games.

The game I’m playing most right now is Deadlock which I get between 140-170 fps on average in, and even just in that range it starts to feel comparatively sluggish when the framerate starts to dip.

Edit: I actually just remembered my last monitor was overclocked to 165Hz and it was still a significant leap.

100%.

I got the first Korean 1440p “overclock” monitor, and 60-> 110hz was like night and day many years ago. Sometimes it’d reset from a driver update (as the graphics driver had to be patched to work with overclocked DVI back then), and I’d immediately notice even poking around the web.

Some with phones. I got a Razer phone 2, and 120hz was incredible. I went from that to an iPhone 16 plus (60hz), and it feels sluggish to me.

Another caveat is that 120hz is more “convenient” and less stuttery for most video. 24fps does not evenly divide into 60, but it does for 96 or 120. An once you start seeing choppiness in video, your eyes can’t unsee it.

You’ll get less eye strain with 144hz vs 60. Long story short i swapped years ago and it was immediately worth it. My boss complained of headaches from screens so I recommended he upgrade, he mentioned recently he hasn’t had issues since. Anecdotal of course but everyone i know with eye pain or headache issues have had a better time using higher refresh rates.

Up to 120-150? Absolutely. Makes the computer feel way more snappy and smooth

Above 150? Don’t think so!

As someone who uses a 60hz monitor next to a 170hz one, there is a difference, but not one I’d call night and day. I’d say that even the mediocre HDR my monitor came with was more worth it than the framerate.

I sit in front of a screen for a good chunk of the day and also like video games, a 144hz monitor has been an absolute necessity lest I get motion sickness by the time I get to the video games.

So I’ve done research on what display traits work best for people for remote operation. An the answer is it varies a lot from person to person.

Everybody shows task improvement and likes it better as you increase to 30fps. From 30fps to 60fps most people improve and like the experience better but image quality starts to matter more. (we used different levels of compression for quality)

After 60fps most people benefit from better image quality and don’t get much from higher FPS . However there is a small group that shows a huge preference and improved preformance with higher fps even at the expense of much lower image quality.

The high FPS people responded instantly and vocally when we increased in the FPS during the test. So you may be in the high FPS group but you should be able to tell with a brief eyes on test of a high FPS system.