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Best answer: Monitor refresh rate matters a lot for gamers, but it's less important for productivity, web browsing, or watching movies and TV. It can still be valuable in these situations, though.
[h=3]What is refresh rate?[/h]A monitor's refresh rate, measured in hertz (Hz), represents the number of times per second that the display is capable of refreshing and displaying a new frame. For example, a 144Hz monitor will be capable of displaying up to 144 individual frames per second.
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