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

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So, Nintendo’s shiny new toy, the Switch 2, has hit the shelves. And let me tell you, the screen… well, it ain’t perfect. This dude, Chimolog from China, he tried out the display and said the response time is like 17.06 ms on average. Don’t ask me how he figured that out—he didn’t really say. But hey, the screen has 1080p, 120 Hz, and measures 7.9 inches, if you’re into stats.

Sometimes it hit 8.88 ms, which sounds great, right? But on a bad day, it crawled at 27.46 ms. That’s like watching paint dry when you’re gaming at 60 Hz. Chimolog even lined it up against a bunch of gaming monitors, and the Switch 2 flopped like a fish out of water, coming in last. Ouch.

He found one monitor, the Innocn M2U 27 Mini-LED, that reacts in 11.06 ms. Quick math: that’s about 65% faster than our poor Switch 2.

But Nintendo probably got focused on other shiny things like brightness and color. Chimolog talks about contrast, brightness n’ stuff like it’s a hot rod show. Contrast ratio hits 1309:1, brightness at 303 cd/m², and yada yada—it covers colors like a rainbow on steroids.

Except, there’s this text problem. Chimolog thinks the pixels have a wavy layout that makes words look blurry as heck. Like trying to read through a soggy pie. Apparently because it’s some funky IPS display situation? Maybe. Who knows.

Surprisingly, they couldn’t really test it at the full 120 Hz. Usually, screens chill out at higher speeds, but here? No idea. Have to wait and see.

Yeah, performance-wise, it’s lagging behind. Even the original Switch laughs at it from the sidelines with a 10 ms boost. Weird, right? But—plot twist—people are still snatching it off shelves like it’s the last cheeseburger on Earth. Sold 3.5 million in four days! Guess those juicy Nintendo exclusives are worth squinting at blurry text for. Crossing fingers for an OLED version down the line?

Hope springs eternal.

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