60Hz is actually really low when you compare to frame rates of older PC games. The minimum I ran old games was 75Hz on CRT, more as soon I could get a monitor with higher refresh rates. By the time I swapped to a flat screen monitor I was gaming at 120Hz on CRT.
60 Hz was very flickery on a CRT monitor. I mean it can literally give the viewer migraines. 72 Hz was the minimum bearable refresh rate and even that had some flickering. 75 Hz looked stable enough up front. But, it too had a slight flickering at the peripheral vision. I think 85 Hz was the standard (by the late 90's) for flicker-free refresh rates. That's why it was the most common. The move to LCD eliminated flickering at 60 Hz which is why I'm still fine with it.
A 60 Hz LCD doesn't hurt my eyes the way a 60 Hz CRT does.
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