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		micampe on Nov 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'The Hobbit' at 48fps: Frame Rates Explained You are mixing display refresh rates and frame rates, which are not necessarily related 1:1.

barrkel on Nov 21, 2012 [–]

No, I'm not, but I haven't expressed it very well. I always run vsync, and I don't run games at settings where fps < refresh rate.

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