Chinhu chekutanga chatinofanira kuziva ndechekuti "Chii chaizvo chinonzi refresh rate?" Nerombo rakanaka, hazvina kuoma zvakanyanya. Refresh rate ingori nhamba yenguva iyo display inovandudza mufananidzo wainoratidza pasekondi. Unogona kunzwisisa izvi nekuenzanisa ne frame rate mumafirimu kana mitambo. Kana firimu ikatorwa pamafuremu makumi maviri nemana pasekondi (sezviri mu cinema standard), saka zviri mukati mesource zvinoratidza mifananidzo makumi maviri nemana chete pasekondi. Saizvozvowo, display ine display rate ye60Hz inoratidza "mafuremu" makumi matanhatu pasekondi. Haasi mafuremu chaiwo, nekuti display ichavandudza kamakumi matanhatu pasekondi yega yega kunyangwe pasina pixel imwe chete inochinja, uye display inoratidza chete source inopihwa kwairi. Zvisinei, fananidzo ichiri nzira iri nyore yekunzwisisa pfungwa huru iri shure kwe refresh rate. Saka refresh rate yakakwira inoreva kugona kubata frame rate yakakwira. Ingoyeuka, kuti display inoratidza chete source inopihwa kwairi, uye nekudaro, refresh rate yakakwira ingasavandudzi ruzivo rwako kana refresh rate yako yatove yakakwira kupfuura frame rate yesource yako.

Kana ukabatana monitor yako neGPU (Graphics Processing Unit/Graphics Card) monitor inoratidza chero chinotumirwa neGPU kwairi, chero frame rate yainotumira, pa kana pasi pe frame rate yepamusoro ye monitor. Fremu rate inokurumidza inobvumira chero kufamba kuratidzwa pachiratidziro zviri nyore (Mufananidzo 1), nekufamba kwakaderera. Izvi zvakakosha zvikuru pakuona vhidhiyo kana mitambo nekukurumidza.