There IS a difference between a monitor "flickering" at 60Hz, and a game running at 25-30fps.
At 60Hz, your eye effectively sees the scanning of the electron gun on the CRT - thus the flashing. Running at higher refresh rates makes this more difficult to notice.
However, when a game is running at 30fps, the images on the screen are only changing 30 times per second, but you'd not notice them changing. The images appear on the screen more consistently at 85Hz (i.e. no flicker), but you can't tell if there's a higher frame rate than about 30fps.
Whilst the article is seriously flawed, why does everyone assume that you go to school / university / whatever to learn how to use software package x.
You're more likely to be going to school to learn how to learn. Learning is a lifelong process. You learn the fundamentals, and you should be able to apply them anywhere.
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Quite disturbing...
I actually watch far less TV since setting up my Myth system last August. Even my wife watches less TV now.
I just record everything we might like to watch, rather than watching any old crap thats on. And no time wasted watching adverts.
Anything to avoid using windows.
There IS a difference between a monitor "flickering" at 60Hz, and a game running at 25-30fps.
At 60Hz, your eye effectively sees the scanning of the electron gun on the CRT - thus the flashing. Running at higher refresh rates makes this more difficult to notice.
However, when a game is running at 30fps, the images on the screen are only changing 30 times per second, but you'd not notice them changing. The images appear on the screen more consistently at 85Hz (i.e. no flicker), but you can't tell if there's a higher frame rate than about 30fps.
Jamie.
Whilst the article is seriously flawed, why does everyone assume that you go to school / university / whatever to learn how to use software package x.
You're more likely to be going to school to learn how to learn. Learning is a lifelong process. You learn the fundamentals, and you should be able to apply them anywhere.