What is a good FPS value to achieve ?

Danny Gilbert · Post by **Danny Gilbert** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:32 pm

What is the FPS big professional companies can achieve ?
What is good or the minimum to have ?

andrei25ni · Post by **andrei25ni** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:48 pm

I believe 30 is the minimum, and 60 is ideal.
But there are no writen rules about this, it just depends on the game.

For example, you would want a strategy game to have as many fps as possible, for a smooth gameplay, but a game of solitaire only needs a few.

ssexton · Post by **ssexton** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:41 pm

30fps is the rule of thumb I use. That's what NTSC video (VHS tapes, low-def TV) is. I suppose you could also aim for 25fps (PAL). Much lower (say, < 15fps) and your video starts turning into a slide show.

If you have vsync on, you should top out at the refresh rate of the monitor, (60 - 75 fps).

Virion · Post by **Virion** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:54 pm

what will happen if the fps value too high? let's say 200~500. will it lead to artifacts?

Sylence · Post by **Sylence** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:16 pm

there is no sense in running a game with 200fps if your monitor only updates 70 times a second. You won't notice the other 130 frames.

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:00 pm

...unless you can use it to exploit the physics.

Exploitable physics makes the Baby Jesus strangle crying kittens.