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Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by bananaboy on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:52AM (#50003832)
I mean even these browser ports aren't at the native framerate. The native framerate for these demos was 70hz as they were all designed for VGA video modes.
Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by Retr0id on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:21AM (#50004051)
A browser can run at whatever framerate you set your monitor to. Mine supports 70Hz.
Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by Sharlin on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:39AM (#50004157)
But most people’s monitors don’t, or people just never set them outside the standard rate.
Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by ahartmetz on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:34AM (#50004581)
My monitor's standard and actual rate is 165 Hz, which is probably not terrible at approximating 70 Hz (very few fps from a small multiple of 70 would be worst).

High fps is probably a little more rare than HiDPI, but also becoming more common. It's already common in phones.

Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by bananaboy on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:42AM (#50004182)
Sure. I don't think I've ever had an LCD monitor that supports 70hz at a useful resolution though. My current monitors (native resolution 2560x1440) only seem to support it at 1024x768!
Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by Retr0id on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:13AM (#50004418)
Well, the demo runs at a lower res than 1024x768 so you're all set ;)
Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by bananaboy on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:49AM (#50004707)
I would just run it on my 386 with real CRT anyway haha
Re:Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the ... by mrob on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:20AM (#50004939)
Pretty much every modern fast gaming LCD will support 70Hz.