Polly Prissypantz
Dingleberry Appreciation Society
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Posted - 2009.04.17 12:57:00 -
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As someone stated earlier in this thread, while the display may only be pumping out 60 frames per second, in fast-paced games such as most FPS's, it generally does feel more responsive with v-sync turned off. But Eve is not an FPS nor is it by any stretch of the imagination fast-paced, so you are unlikely to notice any difference with v-sync on or off. So, keep v-sync on - your hardware will thank you for it.
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Polly Prissypantz
Dingleberry Appreciation Society
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Posted - 2009.04.18 01:26:00 -
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 Originally by: Grez
A game pumping out 150 fps, is running quicker, more responsive and generally doing everything it can/should do, a lot quicker than a game doing that at 60 fps, hence, a game running at 150 fps will feel more responsive, even if you can only see 60 fps from the monitor.
For example, the game is running on the computer, not the monitor. The hardware is plugged into the computer, not the monitor. Just because the monitor is displaying it at 60/75fps (in their most common settings), does not mean that the game is running at that speed.
Limiting a game to output at a certain frame rate can also cause detrimental effects to how the game is processes. Hence, a game can definitely, and will almost always feel, more responsive.
Those of us with computers that can handle the extra fps, are all free to do it, if you lock your FPS to your refresh rate using vsync, the computer is still going to be working as hard on other things, the only component that's not, is the graphics card, and they are designed to be worked at 100% (most gaming ones anyway).
Grez is correct. All you geniuses going on about not being able to see more than 60fps are missing the ****ing point. It's not about what you see, it's about how the game feels and responds. Eve is slow enough that you won't really notice the difference but in some faster-paced games there is a definite difference in how the game performs when limiting or not limiting the frame rate. We're not talking about how it looks.
This is an older, but still useful thread on the subject.
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