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by kdrag0n 1929 days ago
Sub-16 ms latency is still possible with modern hardware and 60 Hz AMOLED/LCD displays. It's probably not quite as low as an ideal CRT setup, but it should be pretty close. Most modern latency comes from the software stack, so I don't think switching monitors will make that big of a difference.

Example of 10 ms latency on a phone with an OLED display: https://twitter.com/kdrag0n/status/1291213993219039232 (source code: https://github.com/kdrag0n/touchpaint)

Drawing on the screen almost feels natural with such low latency, and it's probably ine of the most latency-sensitive applications for modern computers.

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Impressive work! Makes sense that this would require writing directly to the framebuffer - that was the oldschool way after all, and it's pretty cool to see this done on a modern device.