Can a higher frame rate make you more competitive at FPS?

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So whilst I enjoy fps games, my performance is mediocre at best - hey someone has to die more so everyone else can kill more? Anyway..

Since picking up a 1080 and overclocking my monitor to 75hz my performance in BF4 and battlefront has increased, the latter massively but I've been playing the new maps on bespin so it's more of a level playing field as people haven't learnt the maps yet.

Could a higher refresh rate offer an advantage?
 
If you aren't performing at 60fps, you won't perform better at a higher FPS either.

Find out where your flaws are instead and work on them.
 
Well in the past I have improved but in all fairness I went from about 30 FPS to silky smooth 60. I imagine for the elite tier players running even higher FPS may help but it won't make an awful lot of difference to average Joe player.
 
It may feel smoother and input lag will be reduced slightly, so the answer is yes but not massively, but if youre playing competitively every split second counts. :D
 
shauncr91 said:
If you aren't performing at 60fps, you won't perform better at a higher FPS either.

Find out where your flaws are instead and work on them.
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It's my reaction times. I'm not a 'monster' fuelled teenager, quite the opposite so that's my biggest weakness!
 
More information per second.
Less blur, much sharper image during motion. Which is really important in fastpaced shooters.

Will it make you better? Only you can tell.
 
Might be a small advantage but lots of small advantages add into one big advantage. Take every advantage you can get :)
 
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Sort of - low FPS can and if low enough will make you perform worse.

Improved FPS _can_ help if you're running low, but I would think that 60fps is sufficient that increased frame rate improvements are likely to be in the 1-2% range at best. It's not going to make a palpable difference to score.

I think you're probably closer to it with your second point - map knowledge and player prediction are the real thing that will improve not just total scores but consistency too.
 
Personally, no, I've yet to experience 144Hz, but truly, I feel it makes no difference from 60Hz, how can it? Other than looks? It can't give you an edge...

I don't know, maybe I'll be a convert when I get a new monitor.
 
tbh if you game at 60hz its like night and day difference at 120/144hz. its probably one of the best upgrades you can do. especially if you play fps games a lot.

as to whether higher fps makes you better not really. if you have the brain and skills higher fps just makes it a bit easier.

i know some very good players and many played or play on really crappy pcs :p

one i know who recently upgraded to a decent high end pc is actually worse now :p
 
Spacedeck said:
Don't most competitive players also play on the most minimal settings possible?
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Yep including a lot of them using CRT monitors because they are still the fastest you can get. End of the day though these things only offer tiny advantages. Difference between 30-60fpd is massive though above 60 is always a bonus but not nearly as drastic.

The main thing for being competitive is simply being a better player. Your not going to be the best in the world over night because you upped your fps.
 
Quite simply if you are a good player then getting more FPS and having a high hz monitor can make a difference.

Having more fps and playing on a 144hz monitor makes First person shooter games look and feel much better to play. But, they aren't going to improve your game play too much if you can't play to begin with :)
 
agnes said:
Personally, no, I've yet to experience 144Hz, but truly, I feel it makes no difference from 60Hz, how can it? Other than looks? It can't give you an edge...

I don't know, maybe I'll be a convert when I get a new monitor.
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I can tell you now 60hz to 120/144hz is Night and Day!

Look at it this way, when you was a kid did you ever do drawing on paper to make a cartoon motion?

Think of it like that, the faster the flickering the smoother the motion looks. The faster the Refresh rate the smoother the image looks.

 
Look at it from the other perspective - 120-144Hz doesn't make you better, 60Hz doesn't let you perform at your best - though that said if you are tragically bad at 60fps then higher won't magically make you better.

One thing I find with my setup 120+Hz, keyboard that keeps up with me (Cherry MX blacks), etc. there are a lot less times where I feel my intended actions didn't translate into what actually happened ingame especially at 120+Hz.
 
100% yes. In some games, such as osu! it's a straight-up improvement. Your skill will go up with 144hz on osu! because of how the game works. In other games, the difference is extremely noticeable but how much it improves your gameplay will be more subtle. I couldn't go back to 60hz now, no way.
 
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