"Fisher" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:08:52 +0200, Ken wrote:


I discuss flicker frequency.

Ken, meet Ken.

LOL the lack of insight and knowledge is pretty staggering, especially for a
gamer (not you Fisher - you're right on the button). If you've ever played a
FPS before, you will know that a game at 25fps is not much fun, basically
turn around and you're dead, because your mouse is striving for accuracy but
shuddering against the slow jerky framerate. It's horrible. Even at 40fps
it's still horrible. At 40fps, the game's framerate might begin to look
alright, but the accuracy on the mouse is still a bit shaky - I think back
to the volcano level on Far Cry and those huge monsters, framerate dipping
around 35-39 and it was really dodgy, it felt really slow and I had a lot
less control. Then I switched to 4000+ and dual 6800GTs and the thing flies,
nothing seems a problem, you feel solely in control, at a high resolution,
max AA / AF, heck the difference a high framerate has in terms of gameplay
and enjoyment of the game is huge!

The other point to bear in mind is ok, you're staggering along playing, say
Doom 3 or Chronicles of Riddick at 24fps. What happens when you get the NEXT
gen game....your framerate will go down to what... 5 fps, if you're lucky.
And at 640x480. That's the conundrum. Therefore, you should regard high
framerates as a form of "insurance" that your videocard will last into the
generation beyond with pleasing results. I'm sure most people in a
videogaming / videocard forum would agree with that. 24fps just does not cut
the mustard - if that's what you're getting - it's time to get a new card.