@Nemesia if you're going to say I'm stating something wrong . . don't make assumptions about what I "probably think" or "probably believe" and perhaps use links to scientific research rather than gaming articles (which, unfortunately, I can't even read at work).
Particularly as someone who most definitely could see the flickering of a CRT at 60Hz with a solid, white or near white color.
You talk about how the eye doesn't see in "frames" yet the reddit and quora links talk about frames.
You'll note that I brought up both what the eye can see, and physical reaction time. I'll see if I can re-dig up the article (I know I posted it in these forums at one point), but the fastest EVER recorded human response time to stimulus is: 13 milliseconds. Or, 0.013 seconds.
So, 1 ÷ 0.013 = 76.923. So, around 77 frames/second.
Note, as I said, I can't see the pcgamer link or what it claims, but one of your own links claims 120 milliseconds, which is an order of magnitude slower.
EDIT: found it:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...r-in-competitive-games.3551156/#post-21447919
Or, of you don't care to read the rest of the post, the link I referenced:
https://www.livescience.com/42666-human-brain-sees-images-record-speed.html
And that's with an entire image just quickly flashed on the screen, not subtle changes.
Can the human eye SEE faster than that? Maybe to some extent. Even IF that's possible, what good is information that goes by faster than you can react to it?
This also doesn't account for the fact that with motion, there have been many optical illusions shown where you see motion that actually isn't happening because the brain is predicting what will happen next based on what's already been seen. The Hering Illusion on
this page is one example.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: when someone can provide documented, reproducible scientific research with people gaming at various refresh rates, and able to accurately tell what refresh rate they're seeing without being told in advance, on the SAME screen, then I'll reassess my conclusion. Otherwise, it's just wishful thinking.