Whats the point of more than 36 Fps?

[Vmpwraith]

Ok so I dont understand FPS. My understanding is that video is somewhere between 26-36 fps and that the eye cant determine frame speeds much beond these, so why is it important to get Fps as high as possible?

I've been looking around but cant find an answer for this.

Cheers
VMP

[Frosty]

If I ever get above 20 FPS I'll let you know.

[suicidesspyder]

I got one better if i can keep my fps over 18 for more then 2 mins at a time ill let you know lol. Mine goes 18 fps for 2 mins then instance drop to 2 fps for 30 secs then back and forth like that. Talk about killing trying to box grrrrrrr.

[elsegundo]

because the PFS is never constant, and having it at 60 means it will dip to 40, or 30, or less. if you have it at 36, it will start at 36, but will dip when things start to happen. so best to have your max fps set to really high, so if it drops, it has a lot of room to fall.

you can totally tell the difference if you have the two settings on, one after the other. first play at 36fps for a while. then switch to 60fps. you will see crisper movement for your char, other chars, mobs and even the environment around you.

[Sam DeathWalker]

Whats the point of 120HZ tv sets ... they actually look better then 60HZ sets ...

[Zub]

i believe movies are made at 24fps, and cartoons at about 12-18fps, to give you an idea of what your eyes seen

higher fps will just make all the movements smoother, and softer to the eye. And as was said, fps varies alot depending on what you do. Anyone can get 60fps when staring at a textured wall in full screen, but the fps dips when flying, using spells etc

ask 5 DK to do their aoe spells in dalaran and see how much fps you get there as a benchmark.
I never found out mine, i usually need to relog when it happens

[Vmpwraith]

Sounds like I'll need a GPU upgrade and set my maxFPS higher to see what it's like.

Cheers all for the quick replys.
VMP

[Hachoo]

I hear real life is over 9000!!!! fps but the human eye can't detect it so we see everything at 36fps.

But seriously, I can tell a huge difference between 36 FPS and say...60FPS, so whatever info you found about the human eye not seeing faster than that can't be right

[Zal]

I hear real life is over 9000!!!! dps but the human eye can't detect it so we see everything at 36fps.

But seriously, I can tell a huge difference between 36 FPS and say...60FPS, so whatever info you found about the human eye not seeing faster than that can't be right

lol 9000 Dps

[Hachoo]

I hear real life is over 9000!!!! dps but the human eye can't detect it so we see everything at 36fps.

But seriously, I can tell a huge difference between 36 FPS and say...60FPS, so whatever info you found about the human eye not seeing faster than that can't be right

lol 9000 Dps

LOL woops, the word "dps" just comes out after the number 9000 involuntarily Fixed it though.