@TAZ007
Judging by your very first post on TPU, it's clear that you just like a good flamebait rant, rather than presenting a coherent argument.
Therefore, I won't waste my time explaining to you where you've got it all so wrong about frame rates. I can't believe you replied all that to what was just a humorous remark to another member, lol.
Not at all, but i dont find arguing the toss about about numbers and percentages on something that nobody can possibly know yet pretty pointless, as far as frame rate go, dont take it personnel, i just dont agree with you simple as, i had a 670, i played with and with out vsync and seen not difference at all, hence i returned the 670 and kept the card i got now, anything from 60 FPS to whatever number you choose is wasted in, or on my eyes if you like, i would love to setup six screens and have someone like play high or lower with me
Ok, let me just put in my 5 cents here. Most would rather have 200 fps, over 100fps because it gives you "security", with frame drops, and recording. With frames drops, imagine you're at 100fps, and you drop 50fps, you're going to notice it. If you're at 200 fps, and you drop 50fps, you're not going to notice it. And if you're recording, say with fraps. You lock it at 60fps. The higher your maximum fps is, the smoother the recording, AND your gameplay. I have issue's where my recording is smooth, but my gameplay, gets quite laggy.
Security? lol, have you read all the post on here then? not 100% sure what you mean but im guessing that you mean the GPU you have well last you longer in terms of new games coming out that might in time kill the FPS meaning its now time for a new card?
So are you saying that all those that have 680sli setups are now insecure because the 780Ti is due out? i think not, i find it hard to believe that there is a game out there that would see off two 680's in sli? even with 3 monitor setup a single 680/7970 can play play all games out there
And last but not least, you reckon i will notice a drop from 200 FPS to 50, but not 100FPS to 50 lol, I would not notice either, the brain cant count what the eye cant see, thats not to say you might not feel it, but that wont apply to many, ask any console user, they dont worry about FPS and they still enjoy the game they play just as much as you or I
Only thing i would notice is stuttering when frame drop to 5 to 30 fps frap has nothing to do with what we are talking about, anything above 60 FPS is the sweet spot, but again, its just my opinion, not saying either of you are right, or wrong, just saying does not apply to most of us
Edit; sorry i did misread what you was trying to saying, so to a point i agree, but here is an example, i can play FARCRY 3 on ultra settings, NO AA and SSAO and @ 1920 x 1200 and get between 25 to 50 FPS and this is smooth as, Vram has not gone over 1GB, now on BF3 even on high settings i get 50 to 80 fps, but still in multiplayer i can run out off vram which can cause me lag or drop in frames that cause stuttering, but thats not down to gpu power, thats due to lack of Vram, which hits FPS and causes it to become not so smooth, and thats the only reason you would notice, to put it another way, two 560ti overclocked GPU to score 9500 in 3Dmark11, so as good as a single 680 or 7970, but even tho FPS are in the hundreds playing BF3 its still not smooth, get lag and frame drops due to the lack of Vram, so imo its not all about FPS that equal smooth game play, its all about getting the right balance to limit any bottle necks that you will have at some point!