| Ssliasil said:
Your Ears. Yup, you read that right! Ironically, the most important factor that decides whether you prefer 30 or 60 Frames Per Second...might just be your Temporal Lobe and/or your Ear Drums. Honestly, im surprised this hasnt been thought of before now. It has long been known that the instinctive unconcious genius of the animal brain will always keep a balance with its senses. For instance, if one of or both of your eyes becomes damaged and your Visual Cortex is no longer being used to its full capacity - your brain will gradually begin to intergrate the now unused portions of your Visual Cortext for other sensory tasks, such as processing sound - to make up for the visual inefficiencies. This is all stuff I am sure you have heard before, and you can probably see where I am going with this. keeping a long story and theory short... If you prefer the look and feel of 60 FPS games, chances are you do not have the best hearing. Thats not to say you are deaf by any means! It might simply mean that you do not have hearing capabilities to make full use of the parts your Cerebral Cortext responsible for processing sound. In either case, your brain is using the unused portions of your Cerebral Cortex to aid the Visual Cortex. And the opposite can be said for people with spectacular hearing. They may prefer the look and feel of 30 FPS. |
Interesting observation. I never thought of it that way.
I've needed glasses since I was 6, yet can easily hear the difference between lossy Dolby Digital, and lossles DTS-HD MA. 96khz and 192khz sound tracks stand out above that again. Good surround sound stands out for me, I hated the fact that everything on 360 went through a lossy Dolby Digital filter.
The difference between native and upscaled 1080p, and quality of AA is still easy to spot (with corrected vision ofcourse), 30fps feels good enough though. I see the difference when switching back and forth, yet after a few minutes I don't notice anymore. For example I had set TLoU remastered to 30fps for photo mode with better shadows, then forgot to set it back to 60fps. Didn't notice for days.
It also depends on light level. 24fps for movies looks fine to me in a darkened room on my projector at about 15 fL (cinema screen brightness) While on a tv it stands out. TVs are in the range of 40 to 50 fL to compete with ambient light.
Still despite not conciously noticing, Wipeout HD and GT feel smoother at high speed than any 30fps racer.
