Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The best refresh rate for gaming is 60 FPS or higher. Why? The game or content feels smoother and you since you are getting more frames for each second, this may improve your reaction time depending on the game you are playing.
For regular tasks such as browsing the web and other tasks, you will really have diminishing returns above 60 FPS.
This video shows how you can change refresh rate on Windows 10. Of course if your graphics card or GPU and monitor support it, the higher refresh rate, the better.
The best refresh rate for gaming is 60 FPS or higher. Why? The game or content feels smoother and you since you are getting more frames for each second, this may improve your reaction time depending on the game you are playing.
For regular tasks such as browsing the web and other tasks, you will really have diminishing returns above 60 FPS.
This video shows how you can change refresh rate on Windows 10. Of course if your graphics card or GPU and monitor support it, the higher refresh rate, the better.
