I was just looking at the Best settings for Half-Life 2 thread over at the "Video cards" forum here and this reminded me of an old debate about what is the best FPS rate for playing a game comfortably for any reasonable period of time.
I remember playing Quake III on my i810 board with a Pentium 750 and although the eye candy was down it was producing around 20-25 FPS throughout. Same story when I played Doom III on my old GF4 Ti4200 at 1024x768 No AA No AF showing around 25 FPS average. I found both games quite playable at those rates. However, once I got my 6600GT, I found Doom III far smoother even at 1280x1024 with 2xAA and 4xAF at 45 FPS.
Here is a link that explains what FPS and its effect on gaming is all about. It is a bit old (refers to 3DFX as an existing chip and video card maker), but hey the human eye has not changed in the last several thousand years, so a couple of years here and there wont make much difference!
And the kicker at the end (dudettes around to stop chortling):
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I remember playing Quake III on my i810 board with a Pentium 750 and although the eye candy was down it was producing around 20-25 FPS throughout. Same story when I played Doom III on my old GF4 Ti4200 at 1024x768 No AA No AF showing around 25 FPS average. I found both games quite playable at those rates. However, once I got my 6600GT, I found Doom III far smoother even at 1280x1024 with 2xAA and 4xAF at 45 FPS.
Here is a link that explains what FPS and its effect on gaming is all about. It is a bit old (refers to 3DFX as an existing chip and video card maker), but hey the human eye has not changed in the last several thousand years, so a couple of years here and there wont make much difference!
And the kicker at the end (dudettes around to stop chortling):
women can see up to 30% more colors than men, so if a woman doesn't think your outfit matches, she is probably right, go change
Not sure where to put this thread, mods can move it if necessary.