[PizzatheHut06]

When gaming, how many frames per second does it take for a game to look like it's running smoothly with no choppiness or lag?

[jayhawker01]

I believe anything over 60 wont matter because of the human eye and all that jazz. I would say a good number is in the upper 40's

[GameGURU]

newer games upper 40's. Older games upper 70's to 100. I get 80's on newer games and way up there on older ones.

[PizzatheHut06]

GameGURU, what do you mean when you say old games? Are you talking about stuff like Black Hawk Down, or older than that like the original Rainbow 6?

[sithspawn]

Okay seeing as nobody has actually answered your question ill attempt to do it

After approximately 20-25 the human eye cant see a difference

[jayhawker01]

I answered his question. 20-25 is not enough FPS in my mind. Matter of fact in the game Americas Army 20-25 will start to hang when shooting the gun.

[PizzatheHut06]

Mx-Chris, thanks for the link. I really liked that article. Considering that good FPS is what you're used to, after my emachines computer I think anything will look pretty good

[Perditionchi1d]

i used to play online games with dial-up. to say the elast it was a terrible experiance but i had never experianced anyhing bette.r going to a friend's house he complained of incredible lag when i thought the framerate was smooth as silk.

now i have broadband and a radeon 9800xt, nothing short of 60fps will do for me and i usually get 100

[YourPrinter]

i have no idea what smooth really is my computer is craptacular
luckily ill have a new one on sunday (i hope) when i play cs i find anything above 30 smooth because its been 40-50 my entire life.

[PizzatheHut06]

YourPrinter, what are the specs of your new computer?