Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1k frames per second

Re:Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1... by moonchild on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:43PM (#24312168)

Human eyes don't have a refresh rate, per se. I recall hearing that they can discern differences in frequency up to 3 kHz or so; though obviously you can go much slower than that and still feel smooth and relatively responsive.

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Re:Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1... by t-writescode on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:07PM (#24313034)

Fighter pilots can recognize an object flashed at them for ... 1/240th a second? Something like that?

I would consider that approximately the upper bound.

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Re:Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1... by moonchild on Saturday August 29, 2020 @12:13AM (#24313439)

Object recognition requires you to see an insane amount of detail. You can reconstruct a lot, but you still have to see a lot before you can recognize an entire object.

That puts the threshold for basic perception much higher; you may not be able to see the details of the objects flashed at you for 1/500 of a second, but you can tell that something was flashed. If a bright light is strobing at 500Hz, you can tell it's strobing, not just on.

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