Differences between 60hz and 120hz when not gaming purposes

[atmos7fera]

Hi there!

I'm going to buy a new monitor to connect my laptop to it. I always have been "picky / fussy" about having maximum sensation of HD even without being inside a game, on the Desktop and just managing Windows, I can feel the difference between 60hz and 120hz.

So my question is: what are the difference between both HZ just when not gaming purposals? I mainly feel it on mice cursor movement, is there more noticeable things?

Thank you so much

 

[n0ns3ns3]

the difference is that any fast movement (of some object like window, cursor or whatever in game) on the screen looks smoother on higher refresh rate monitors if the computer can output at that high refresh rate.
That does not apply to movies as they are 24-30-60FPS.

 

[RCFProd]

Anything that happens on your screen will be at 120 fps, except for movies/media basically.

 

[atmos7fera]

And what about Response Time? Is contribuitting also to that smoothness on the Desktop or it is only noticeable on games?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

it helps to eliminate "ghost" effect. Anything below 5ms is fine.