I used to play on a 30 FPS laptop with very high ping which kept me stuck in silver. 8 months later I got a new laptop that is 80-120 FPS, and I now have ~30 ping because of an Ethernet cord.
I still use this good laptop today, and it got me out of silver and eventually into high diamond, and recently low masters where I peaked. I was wondering, if I were to get a pc instead of laptop with a nice monitor, keyboard etc. would I improve and go up in ranks the way I did before? Or would it not make a difference?
I want to know if some of you have experienced this, by upgrading a good laptop into a pc, and if it made any difference.
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Once you have a stable FPS and good connection, peripherals and such are up to preference, although 144 hz monitors do make a world of a difference.
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All your gear needs to have “gaming” in the name otherwise no. You need the gaming chair, gaming mice, gaming headset, gaming keyboard, gaming motherboard, and all the works.
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One of my friends mentioned how much of a difference a 144 hz monitor makes too. Mine is 60 hz and I’d like to eventually get a 144 hz
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Yep, they absolutely make a difference. But don’t invest in a higher refresh rate monitor unless your PC can match it. Basically if you want 144hz, you want to match it with at least 144 fps consistently (150-160fps would be better to account for fps drops).
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Frame rate definitely makes a difference. People actually look like they are moving slower at higher frame rates since you have more queues to be able to follow them. The difference from 15 fps to 60 was initially like playing everything in slow motion. Though it is deminishing returns and I’m not sure where it really stops to be very helpful.
A 1070 is a really good balance to achieve this on decent graphics settings too
It usually stops being helpful once you hit the same fps as you monitors refresh rate (60fps for 60hz, 144 fps for 144hz ect…). As for refresh rates, diminishing returns kick in around 144hz, after that the only noticable jump is to 240hz, and I dont think there are any monitors at 480 just yet lol.
Yeah that sould be fine, I run a 1080ti myself, but my monitor is also 1440p.
That’s not quite true… Are you familiar with speed running? Getting fram perfect reaction is key, the more frames the more accurate your timing is on things, even if you aren’t able to see it. FPS isn’t just a visual thing
Yeah your right, a higher fps will always be smoother, but i was only referring to the visual impact. Also most fps games (especially overwatch) make very little use of frame-perfect reactions, above 100fps over your refresh rate wont even be noticeable at all.
It’s still there, most people won’t be affected by it though. I know someone who played at 60 FPS on medium settings and was masters…
pretty much only hardware change that matters is going from 60hz to 144hz and having +100 fps at least.
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As far as I know gaming chairs can carry the games for you.
Just joking, as far as it goes, I believe anything over 120 fps or so and 144 hz is not necessary if you don’t have much money. But, if you have money to spare, sure, go ahead and buy all that stuff.
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If you got a nice, $700-$800 mid-range PC that could push ~140fps with a 144hz monitor, it makes the game feel so smooth and responsive. I wouldn’t worry about peripherals too much, just focus on the PC and Monitor at first. It wouldn’t surprise me if you got to High Masters/Low GM.
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no, your skill won’t change, at all
BUT your old setup might prevent you from applying your skillset efficiently/to it’s maximum
so indirectly yes, a better setup can help you climb, but if you’re not good enough to climb no hardware on earth will help you with it
imho the biggest impact has the mouse, my old mouse was heavy, like really heavy and would spin out on very fast turns (basically adding artificial negative random mouse acceleration when turning quickly) my new mouse doesn’T do that and is way lighter, so i hit much more flick shots now, simply because of the consistency my new mouse allows me to have
120fps or more is really nice too, but if you never experienced it, you probably won’t be held back by playing at 60fps, but once you go higher and then go back it’s awful
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Equipment hardware/software can definitely be an advantage. It’s probably the most unbalanced thing in PC gaming, unlike Console where things are more universal.
That would be an interesting experiment. Give a high ranked player a 90’s roller ball mouse, a major-ghosting keyboard made by…Compaq (you know, where only 2 keys work at a time…), and a maybe dial-up connection? Or perhaps an awful GPU instead.
I wonder how well they’d play…
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dude you sound exactly like me i was also on a shoit laptop at 30 fps for a lot of time, got a good laptop a few months ago and got to plat and im still getting win after win, i’ve heard that its cause lower fps can decrease your reaction time.
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I would personally say it doesn’t make much of a difference imo
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Yeah no kidding you only play Junkrat, so it’s not going to make much of a difference for a player like you.
Hitscan heroes in general it makes a huge difference, also depends on your skill potential. Sneakers aren’t going to make you an NBA player, but if you have broken sandals