As of Chrome OS 85, anyone can use a high refresh rate display with their Chromebook just by selecting it in the settings
Open Settings
Click on Device in the side menu.
Select Displays.
Use the Refresh Rate dropdown box to choose your desired figure.
You'll have a chance to confirm that you're happy with the change then or revert back to whatever you were on before if you're not
It is also dependent on the hardware on your Chromebook as to how high a refresh rate you can push
obvs
@ecksmc So for us old folks who don't know what that does? What does it do and would I even notice?
@PurpleDragon High refresh rates are most commonly associated with gaming, since the higher the frame rate you're chasing in games the higher refresh rate you want on your monitor to actually display them
But even just in regular day to day use, a high refresh rate display just looks nicer
Animations, scrolling, the cursor moving across the screen, everything looks much smoother and more pleasing to the eye
simply put > screen eye candy 😉
@ecksmc gotcha, thanks Doe my internet speed have anything to do with it? Because I'm on the clacks system from Ank Morpeck
@PurpleDragon Initially, this is going to be most useful if you have a high refresh rate monitor that you're hooking your Chromebook or Chromebox up to
The refresh rate of a monitor is the speed (rate) at which the monitor’s image changes (refreshes)
The faster the refresh rate, the more times the image can update every second and the smoother the image will look
no expert but if you get lagging now due to internet speed then you probably will with high refresh rate on if not then good to go
@ecksmc good to know, thanks!
@PurpleDragon no worries 👍
also worth noting for this wee tip
The display connected directly from the HDMI output is only capable of going up to 120Hz
The display connected over USB-C to HDMI can go up to the full 144Hz.
So, just as on Windows or Mac, the hardware on the Chromebook or Chromebox will very much decide on how high you can turn up your refresh rate