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To: that_crazy_doug who wrote (19991)	11/21/2000 9:32:06 AM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) of 275872

<doug: I would have thought the lack of detail in 640x480 would be a larger penalty then the lack of smoothness (since the refresh rate of the monitor will limit the fps displayed on the screen to a point where you could still run above 640x480 without effecting this)> The problem is not so much the max or even average frame rate. It's the LOW frame rate. In a 4on4 Q3 match, the number of people shooting rockets etc. all over the place can cause quite a drop in framerate - esp. when playing in higher resolutions. That said, some of these gamers are basically borderline insane. About a year ago, more than 50% of the players in the Danish Quake League (the game of choice being QuakeWorld at the time) played in SOFTWARE mode!! Their argument was that they didn't need the resolution as much as they needed the responsiveness that software rendering provides (this is actually true, but was not widely noted when 3D chips were originally introduced - 3D hardware rendering is associated with a very noticeable LATENCY or LAG). -fyo

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