The screen of the Asus ROG Phone 3 is capable of working at a refresh rate of 160 Hz: this is how it can be activated

When we believed that the highest refresh rate in the smartphone world was 144 Hz, Asus, with its new ROG Phone 3, mobile gaming that was launched a few days ago, changes the landscape completely.

The editor-in-chief of the portal XDA-Developers has discovered something quite interesting, and that is the mobile panel is capable of offering a maximum refresh display of 160 Hz, something really surprising and that was not announced at the time of the presentation of the phone or in any official description of it. Keep in mind that this has an official maximum refresh rate of 144 Hz.

How to activate 160Hz display mode on the Asus ROG Phone 3

The author of the discovery, Mishaal Rahman, points out that via a debug command the Asus ROG Phone 3 can be made to run at 160 Hz for screen fluency superior to any other smartphone currently available on the market.

This indicates that all you have to do is configure the Android Debug Bridge -also known simply as ADB- (XDA-Developers tutorial on how to install it on Windows, Mac and Linux) in the computer (here they explain how to do it) and then run the following command from a command prompt or terminal window: adb shell setprop debug.vendor.asus.fps.eng 1

Subsequently, the 160 Hz configuration available to be activated in the mobile screen settings will appear.

Rahman clarifies that after days of using the 160 Hz setting on the ROG Phone 3, did not get any kind of problem related to the stability and performance of the phone. However, the reason why it has not been put to order by the company may be that it is not fully optimized and is not really necessary today, since practically all applications and games work at a lower frequency of update, unlike Pac Man, which, as the character verified, does work at 160 Hz.

To prove that the telephone panel actually works at 160 Hz after applying this change in the configuration of the telephone, Rahman indicates that testufo.com It is a website that can certify this update frequency.

It can also be done through the Fluid Simulation app, which is available on the Play Store (we leave the link at the end of the post) and allows you to set the refresh rate to 160 Hz in the application settings. This, in turn, allows you to see the impact of a higher refresh rate as the movement of the graphics on the screen becomes much smoother, notes the editor-in-chief of XDA Developer.

Reviewing the characteristics and technical specifications of the new Asus ROG Phone 3, we find that it is a high-end device that is powered by the processor Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 Plus. The 144 Hz screen of this mobile has a diagonal of 6.59 inches and a FullHD + resolution of 2.340 x 1.080 pixels.

The smartphone, being a gaming type, has an advanced cooling system and other functions and features dedicated to gaming. It also has a maximum configuration of 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage space, as well as a 6.000 mAh battery with a load of 60 W. The other specifications can be seen in the following table.

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