Comment by Aurornis
1 day ago
I find it fascinating that HN comments always assert that 10ms matters in the context of user interactions.
60Hz screens don't even update every 10ms.
What's even more amazing is that the average non-tech person probably won't even notice the difference between a 60Hz and a 120Hz screen. I've held 120Hz and 60Hz phones side by side in front of many people, scrolled on both of them, and had the other person shrug because they don't really see a difference.
The average user does not care about trivial things. As long as the app does what they want in a reasonable amount of time, it's fine. 10ms is nothing.
60hz screens update every 16.7 ms. So if you add 10 ms to your frame time you will probably miss that 16.7 ms window.
Almost all can see the difference between 60 and 120 fps. Most probably don't care though.