> Sure it’s fun to spend money on your hobby but to say it’s “absolutely essential” is a little silly. Well, when optimizing for FPS performance, it is :) I a

> Sure it’s fun to spend money on your hobby but to say it’s “absolutely essential” is a little silly. Well, when optimizing for FPS performance, it is :) I agree that it's rather unnecessary in general, though. You can game on an old TV with 60hz interlaced and 30ms response time just fine. But then you're probably very much not in the market for dropping four-digit sums on a display.