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Depends on the type of game, IMHO. For FPS or other fast paced competitive, yes refresh rate is important, but for things like open world single player RPGs I could see someone trading higher pixel density for refresh rate — those extra frames don’t help a lot in that circumstance, but the extra clarity and detail does.

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High res isn't very clear when the image is frequently blurry because of slow pixel response times. Higher performance monitors end up more immersive in practice because of their low latency and fast pixel response times. Gaming with high performance displays, even casually, is a much more fun experience.

I only play racing games/sims, and I have a hard time imaging that higher than 60fps would make things less blurry, because what I have doesn't seem to sacrifice image quality at all. Would I see the light if I tried 120hz? Or does it depend too much on the game type?

For racing you definitely will see the difference and probably won't want to go back to 60fps.

For sim games the difference would still be noticeable and welcome, yet not dramatic as racing.

Bottomline: try 120Hz if you can.

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