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Article #87478Re: Doom3: 33.4 fps on my Athlon 1700
From: Sir Robin
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:30
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 :) ***/--- Sir Robin (aka Jani Saksa) Bi-Sex and proud of it! ---\*** **/ email: sir@robsku.NO-SPAM.cjb.net <*> Reg. Linux user #290577 \** *| Me, Drugs, DooM, Photos, Writings... http://robsku.cjb.net/ |* **\--- GSM/SMS: +358 41 580 1715 ---/**
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