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Re: Doom3: 33.4 fps on my Athlon 1700

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From: Sir Robin
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:30
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:10:38 GMT, N <N@N.invalid.com> wrote:

>>>33 fps is 'playable'.
>>>
>>>But you might have problems when you are fighting big bosses.
>>
>>Seriously, 33fps should provide smooth enough gameplay to fight even
>>in thight situations. /me thinks that this attitude about needing
>>something like 60fps is a bit elitist attitude with a bit too much
>
>I think the point is that if you generally get 33 fps, in boss fights
>the frames per second would dip down too low (e.g. 10 fps). IF the
>speed remained at 33 fps even in tight boss fights, then yes, I'd
>think it is quite enough.
>
>>imagination involved... Going over 33fps may cause the graphics to
>>seem flow smoother, but I doubt very much that it has noticable effect
>>to gameplay other than that.
>
>For FPS games, I would agree 30 fps is fine, as long as it was solid
>30 fps and not 10 fps here and 50 fps there.

Ah, you are correct of course and I misunderstood the original point
:)

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