Eli5: what are refresh rates in monitors?

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I’m a little unsure what refresh rates are haha. I don’t want to invest more money into something I’m not informed on what it is/if it’s worth it.

So if I have a refresh rate of 60, and my computer says it’s running a game at >60 fps, does that mean the actual image output will cap at 60 fps?

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60 hertz means the screen refreshes 60 times per second. If your game is capped at 30 fps you see every frame 2 times in a row. This is the reason 60fps looks more smooth than 30 fps.

If, on the other hand, your graphics card renders 120 fps you would still only see 60 pictures per second, because that is the max of a 60 hertz display

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