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Can you tell the difference between 30fps and 60fps when you play video games?

Yes, I can. 308 80.42%
 
No, I cannot. 75 19.58%
 
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deskpro2k3 on 18 January 2015
LemonSlice said:
deskpro2k3 said:

One is 60fps and the other is 30fps.

Good luck.

Good luck with what? It's 60fps on the left, took me 1/10th of a second.


well then, you're very special.



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deskpro2k3 on 18 January 2015
sc94597 said:
 


http://30vs60.com/


yep, this is a good one. The difference is minimal at best. Some might claim it'll feel different, but it still looks good.



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Talal on 18 January 2015

Only if they're side by side.

 

Edit: Actually 60 FPS games do feel better, but I wouldn't bet on myself to guess correctly if someone were to ask me which one it was.



Burning Typhoon on 18 January 2015

Some games require 60 frames in order to run properly. You cannot do 1 frame links in a fighting game that runs at 30 frames per second. It would automatically make it a 2 frame link.

Other games, don't need 60, and would do better focusing on environment, and stuff. Fighting games can still focus on this while running 60, because they aren't big open-world games. I've never thought to myself, "this game is worth buying, or isn't worth buying because it only runs X frames."

The only games that absolutely must run 60 no matter what are fighting games.



sc94597 on 18 January 2015
deskpro2k3 said:
sc94597 said:
 


http://30vs60.com/


yep, this is a good one. The difference is minimal at best. Some might claim it'll feel different, but it still looks good.

When you're actually playing a game it is anything but minimal. One can definitely see the difference just by watching these tiny boxes. But when playing the game you have lower latency issues and it feels smoother in addition to looking smoother.



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archer9234 on 18 January 2015

Play War for Cybertron on PC. And than disable the locked 30fps. Easiest game to notice the jump. And that gif is easy to spot the 30FPS. Just watch the staff animation have more motion jerk.



Cleary397 on 18 January 2015
johnsobas said:
I can notice it I just don't really care much about the difference. Unless it is a racing game or something it doesn't have a meaningful difference. A lot of games on N64/PS1 and early PC games would run on a lot less than 30 FPS and I would still play it and enjoy it just fine.


If we lived by the philosophy that because games didnt do it before it doesnt matter we would still be playing ascii games.

 

consistent solid 60fps on all games will allow for smoother gameplay experiences and more complex animations



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Anfebious on 18 January 2015

Yes the difference is clear and it's easy to spot.



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Barkley on 18 January 2015
deskpro2k3 said:
LemonSlice said:
deskpro2k3 said:

One is 60fps and the other is 30fps.

Good luck.

Good luck with what? It's 60fps on the left, took me 1/10th of a second.


well then, you're very special.

 

Then I must be special too. Just look at the enemy for one run through on the left, then on the right. Left is way more smooth.

But yes this isn't a good GIF to showcase it at all. Very little movement.

Just go on youtube with any video that's 60fps and if you can't tell the difference something is very wrong.



~kao on 18 January 2015
deskpro2k3 said:
LemonSlice said:
deskpro2k3 said:

One is 60fps and the other is 30fps.

Good luck.

Good luck with what? It's 60fps on the left, took me 1/10th of a second.


well then, you're very special.


Here https://frames-per-second.appspot.com/

and here http://www.testufo.com/#test=framerates&count=3&background=none&pps=960

 

You can easily compare not only 60 fps vs 30, but vs 25 or 15 fps. I've seen some people saying that they "dont care if the came runs at 15 fps" if it runs at 1080p, thats pretty silly

A gif isnt a very good way of comparing it