Benchmarks and Baselines

Many displays ship with processing that looks ‘nice’ in movies but breaks gaming: added latency, artifacts, and instability. Here’s the short list to disable and why.

Most lag spikes come from load and instability, not ‘bad ping’. Use this router checklist to stabilize latency under load before buying new gear.

Every system has a stability budget. When you spend it on heavy settings and background load, feel collapses. Use this model to choose what to keep.

Ethernet isn’t about speed. It’s about consistency: fewer spikes, less interference, and predictable timing. Use this to decide when Wi-Fi is ‘good enough’.

WiFi can feel great or randomly terrible. Learn why interference creates spikes, what to change first, and when Ethernet is the only real fix.

A practical baseline that makes everything feel better before you buy anything: stable frame pacing, correct VRR, and reduced latency for PC and consoles.