kn on 09 July 2008
| Starmistkarmic said: Fantastic review! You covered all the major points and did so honestly and in detail. Well said. Quick question: what, exactly, is screen tearing? I've seen it mentioned in game reviews and in your post, but when I looked it up on Wiki or Google, I didn't really understand what they were going on about. |
Screen Tearing happens when there is a frame-rate slowdown and hiccup such that the current frame and next frame end up on the screen at the same time. A line will end up on the screen horizontally somewhere and the graphics won't line up. If you were walking through a doorway, for instance, the top half of the doorway and bottom half won't quite line up as you are "closer" to the doorway in the second frame and it is "bigger" on screen.
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Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
