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The Switch 2's super sluggish LCD screen is 10 times slower than a typical gaming monitor and 100 times slower than an OLED panel according to independent testing


Switch 2's IPS display probably isn't using overdrive.

Related articles But perhaps most damning of all, Monitors Unboxed found that the original Switch's LCD display from 2017 is actually faster at 21 ms. That really does seem unforgivable. If applied too aggressively, it can result in overshoot, where the pixel surges past the target colour, leading to a visible problem known as inverse ghosting. Indeed, Monitors Unboxed suspects that Nintendo may actually be undervolting the Switch 2's display to save power, which will only make the response worse.

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