Display apparatus and method of driving the same

A display apparatus comprising:

• a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image based on input image data;
• a gate driver configured to apply a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel;
• a data driver configured to apply a data voltage to a data line of the display panel;
• and
• a driving controller configured to determine a mode of the input image data to a moving image mode or a static image mode according to whether the input image data is a moving image or a static image,
• wherein the driving controller is configured to drive the display panel in a moving image driving frequency in the moving image mode and configured to drive the display panel in a static image driving frequency in the static image mode,
• wherein the driving controller is configured to operate the gate driver in an alternate driving mode such that the gate driver scans a first group of the gate lines in a first duration and a second group of the gate lines in a second duration, and
• wherein, when an image transition is occurred in the static image mode, the driving controller is configured to insert a compensation frame to scan all of the gate lines.