Tester Claims Switch 2’s 120 Hz Screen Has Response Times Too Slow for 60 Hz Gaming

Okay, so there’s this whole big hoopla about Nintendo’s latest gizmo—the Switch 2. And right away, people are already chattering about the screen. Chimolog, this reviewer from China, says the display is, well, kind of a letdown, with a response time that’s making people squint real hard. I mean, 17.06 ms? Yikes. Honestly, I didn’t even know what that meant until I looked it up. Turns out, it’s not great for gaming. But wait, no clue on how he tested that, so maybe take it with a grain of… uh, gamer salt?

But anyway, Chimolog’s got some numbers for us. This Switch 2 sports a 1080p, 120 Hz, 7.9-inch LCD screen. Sounds fancy, right? Except it’s a bit of a slowpoke sometimes. At its best, it hits 8.88 ms, but sometimes it’s dragging at 27.46 ms. Kind of a bummer for those epic gaming duels where milliseconds count. Like, is it too slow for a smooth 60 FPS? Seems so, compared to a bunch of other screens that left it in the dust.

Now, there was this other monitor, the Innocn M2U 27. Yeah, weird name. But chimolog says that one’s got way better response times. Go figure! But let’s give the Switch 2 some credit—Nintendo seems to have nailed other display specs. They say color, brightness, all that jazz, are doing well. There’s talk of contrast ratios and fancy terms I barely understand, but it sounds pretty to look at, even if it’s slow to react.

Then there’s this funky issue with reading text. Like, imagine trying to read but everything’s in this bizarre wave pattern? Yep, apparently that’s what’s up with its “special RGB” thing. Makes me wonder if my eyes are going loopy every time I try to read stuff on it.

Here’s something that tickles my brain a bit: they haven’t really got a good test at 120 Hz yet. Usually, things get better when you max out the refresh rate, or so I thought. But who knows? Maybe it’s still just a slow crawl when it should be a sprint.

Monitors Unboxed chimed in too, saying even the ancient Switch 1 was faster by 10ms. Wowza! Yet, in this crazy twist of events, gamers are scooping it up like hotcakes. Like, 3.5 million gone in four days! That’s wild. Guess sticking it out with a sluggish screen is just what hardcore Nintendo fans do. Makes me curious about sales. Or maybe they just believe Nintendo’s gonna fix it up later with an OLED version or something. Fingers crossed, right?