On 19/01/2011 04:12 PM, andrel wrote:
> On 19-1-2011 17:07, Invisible wrote:
>> On 19/01/2011 03:57 PM, scott wrote:
>>
>>> When I got 3Dfx card ages ago I remember setting my CRT to 640x480x120Hz
>>> and playing Forsaken (one of the bundled games). As long as there wasn't
>>> much on-screen action it would run at 120 fps and that was sweeeeet.
>>
>> Um... can you actually do that? I mean, do there actually exist any
>> display devices that operate at some frequency other than 50Hz or 60Hz?
>> Is there any kind of video signal that can transfer data at other speeds?
>
> You don't honestly expect anyone to answer that, do you?

Well, I've often wondered what the point of having a graphics card that 
can put out 400 frames per second is, given that (as far as I know) no 
display devices update that fast. It just seems like a waste of computer 
power...

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