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

Alright, let’s take a wild ride through this Switch 2 display thing. Imagine you’re just chilling with a coffee, maybe procrastinating some work (aren’t we all?), and bam! You’re hit with this juicy tidbit about the Nintendo Switch 2 screen. I mean, seriously, what’s up with tech reviewers these days? There’s this guy, Chimolog—I know, weird name—saying the screen’s slower than a turtle on a hot day. He mentions something like a 17.06 ms response time. Honestly, don’t even ask me to explain that; it’s just numbers doing their thing. But it sounds slow, right?

So, this new Switch rocks a 1080p, 120 Hz, 7.9-inch display. Fancy, huh? Except… not really. The best part? It sometimes hits 8.88 ms. Or, at its worst, it’s a snaily 27.46 ms. Why’s it so slow? Pixels struggling to keep up with a 60 Hz gaming vibe. Imagine tapping your foot to a song that’s two beats behind—super annoying.

Anyway—or wait, hold on—the reviewer, yeah, Chimolog, compared this with other monitors. Surprise, surprise, our little Switch 2 flopped, like literally came in last. Even the Innocn M2U, with its 11.06 ms response, laughed its way past. Suppose that monitor’s just showing off now, huh?

Here’s a twist, maybe just to mess with us: Nintendo seems to have nailed pretty much everything else about the screen—contrast ratios, color gamut, all those fancy words that sound impressive. The details are so minute—you almost need a magnifying glass. Brightness? Check. The sRGB color thingy, and even Rec. 2020, whatever that means? Double check. They slapped an IPS panel in there, apparently some kind of LCD magic. But text readability took a hit. They did this loopy RGB thing, making words fuzzy. Almost like you’re trying to read through a foggy window. Sigh.

Now, there’s this whole hullabaloo about testing at 120 Hz. To nail or not to nail the response time at super-duper speeds, it stays a mystery. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but feels like nobody really knows what’s up or they’re just keeping secrets.

Oh, but check this out—despite the doom and gloom around the screen, Nintendo sold a zillion Switch 2s straight out of the gate. Like, in four days, 3.5 million of these slow-screen babies. Wild, right? It’s probably ’cause we’re all Nintendo addicts or something, willing to overlook all foibles for a shot at nostalgia or exclusive titles. Crossing fingers for an OLED version. Maybe with this one, they’ll get the screen bit right. Who knows, right?

So yeah, next time you’re gaming and the pixels lag, just think: at least you’re part of a world record.