this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2024
266 points (94.9% liked)

PC Gaming

8533 readers
736 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] KaRunChiy@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Then why has it been the standard for almost 50 years?

[–] ProjectPatatoe@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

60 is fine, and its cuz we used the wall power 60 hz as a clock since it was extremely stable and free.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Because more means more costs which means people won't buy as many?

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Because we didn't have as good technology for higher framerates

Not only do you need better screens, but also faster processing speeds