

It functions similar to lag but without an internet connection.

If a player can react in enough time, but their game is not powerful enough, and they’re running CSGO at 30 frames a second, they could miss their target, as their visuals are not updating as fast as the other players. For someone playing a game like CSGO, reaction time is key if the player cannot act fast enough, they’ll get shot and die. This why a 60 FPS video looks a lot smoother in comparison to a 30 FPS video. While it looks like it’s just a single instance of an image, the physical reality is that your computer monitor, and in turn your computer, is rendering the image anywhere from 30-60 times a second. When a game is being played back, you perceive it as moving images on a screen.

The frame rate is the number of times a computer will render a frame per second for those who don’t know, with 30 being considered the lowest playable frame rate. While showing FPS in gameplay is something that not a lot of casual gamers do, it is important to the overall scope of esports as a whole.
