Can human eyes see more than 60FPS?

Hello guys,365 Gaming here again ! Straight to the topic, mythbusting: "Human eye cannot see beyond 60 FPS"

Some time ago there was a saying that we cannot see more than 60 FPS ,so we decided to  bust this myth right here, once and for all. So, let's get started. No you don't need lasik eye surgery.

THE HUMAN EYE

There have been many reports from different reaction tests that people can react to visual signals in less than 1 ms.What does this means ? Well, 1 ms is equally corresponding to 1000 FPS.Where did this theory about the 60FPS came from ? Many of the LCD monitors have refresh rate of 60 Hz and on such monitor you will be able to see only 60 Hz,and frames beyond this will be ignored,regardless how much FPS ,for example, a game has . Let's say you own a 60Hz monitor and you start to play a game that has 1000FPS,you will still essentially see 60 FPS. And again, no you don't need laser eye surgery!

Now let's take a look at good old CRT monitors.They are good because their image is fully dynamic and every frame is drawn from scratch,while LCD monitors do not effectively draw frames that are not very different from each other, they only draw the difference.In dynamic scenes CRT and LCD monitors are similar in this regard.Most of the good CRT monitors used to show between 85 and 120 Hz.IF you set your refresh rate on such monitor to 60 Hz, you can clearly see extreme flickering. When you set 85 Hz, flickering becomes bearable, but still noticeable. 120 Hz - flickering is almost gone.The difference between 120 Hz and 240 Hz is still noticeable if you place two monitors close to each other and stare at them attentively, but it is very slim.
Let's return to LCD monitors.How much FPs you can see depends on the scene you watch-and this is a very important allegation , which not many fully understand.Let's take for example the scene from Windows desktop(which has no activity).How much FPS do you need? Right, 0.Now, imagine if a dot moves on your screen at speed of 1 pixel per second.Since the monitor cannot show "half pixels", you don't need more than 1 FPS to see this as perfectly smooth as your display resolution allows.Imagine now an object that moves from the left edge of your screen to the right. It goes at speed of 200,000 pixels per second, while you have a resolution of 1920x1080. How much FPS do you need to notice this object? Since it shows on your screen for 1080/200,000 = 5.4 ms, you need 1000/5.4=186 FPS to consistently see it on your screen.
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