Adjusting display refresh rates based on user activity

A method comprising:

• presenting, by a computing device, a plurality of video frames on a display device;
• determining, by adaptive refresh logic of the computing device, a time period since a last user interaction with an input device;
• determining, by the adaptive refresh logic, whether the time period since the last user interaction exceeds a time threshold;
• and
• in response to a determination that the time period since the last user interaction exceeds the time threshold, causing, by the adaptive refresh logic, the display device to operate at a reduced refresh rate.

An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that upon execution cause a processor to:

• present a plurality of video frames on a display device;
• determine whether a time period since a last user interaction with an input device exceeds a time threshold;
• and
• in response to a determination that the time period since the last user interaction exceeds the time threshold, cause the display device to operate at a reduced refresh rate.