Vindicated: after speaking to some pro Counter-Strike players I’m sure I was right when I said 360 Hz is the sweet spot for competitive FPS
A PC Gamer columnist has reinforced their earlier claim that 360 Hz is the optimal monitor refresh rate for competitive first-person shooters, now backed by interviews with professional players. The author originally made this argument based on personal testing alone, but sought validation from competitive experts at Logitech’s G Play event in Warsaw. The interviewed players—Oscar Bell (Azuwu) and Simon Boije (yxngstxr)—both play for Luminosity Gaming, a prominent esports organization. The event featured a Counter-Strike 2 tournament. The author remains convinced that 360 Hz represents the sweet spot where performance gains level off and diminishing returns begin for competitive FPS gaming. Input from professional players who compete at the highest level using various gaming equipment adds practical credibility to the hardware-focused argument. The piece addresses an ongoing debate in esports about whether higher monitor specifications meaningfully impact competitive performance or represent incremental gains that plateau after a certain threshold.