i know this is really random but what the hell is a framerate? Can anyone explain?

good question. ummm im not going to be mean, but this goes under off topic on the bottom.

i know this is really random but what the hell is a framerate? Can anyone explain?

Just think of it this way. All moving images are like a flip-book. The more pages (frames) moving in a fast succession, the more it gives the illusion of movement. This is the same with all games and movies, because they are all simply many still images playing in extreme succesion.

Now, Frame-rate is the rate of frame change. The PS3 can play maximum 60 FPS (Frames-per-Second), which means that in the cource of one second, 60 still images have been shown to you. This give the illusion of movement.

If a game or movie has a bad frame rate, you can see the individual frame changing, which gives it a slow, choppy look, and instead looks more like a fast moving slide show than anything else.

That help you out?

ya iv noticed that in some games but i never knew if it was parrt of the games or if my playstation was messed up or somthin but thats good to know

oh ya and sorry like i know that this has absolutly nothin to do with anything rewally but i named myself super man because when i seen this site i figures it would just be some thing that i signed up for and would never be on but then it turned out that i love this stuff so if i knew that i would be on this site like 3 times a day then i would of made a better name that i acctully liked ...i dont even like super man i just did that cuz i was in a hurry...i just wanted to say that and get it out of the way

Just think of it this way. All moving images are like a flip-book. The more pages (frames) moving in a fast succession, the more it gives the illusion of movement. This is the same with all games and movies, because they are all simply many still images playing in extreme succesion.

Now, Frame-rate is the rate of frame change. The PS3 can play maximum 60 FPS (Frames-per-Second), which means that in the cource of one second, 60 still images have been shown to you. This give the illusion of movement.

If a game or movie has a bad frame rate, you can see the individual frame changing, which gives it a slow, choppy look, and instead looks more like a fast moving slide show than anything else.

That help you out?


yeah that makes a lot of sense, thanks

wow i didn't know.

Yeah and to get more in depth into this topic, movies run at 24 frames per second (from now on FPS) and digital cameras usually do 30, 60, or 120 (depending on camera/mode) When we see digital video we think that it's not as good of quality as a movie when in fact, it's the other way around. Because a movie is at such a slow frame rate, moving objects are slightly blurred. Also with film you can only focus on one plane of view while on a digital recorder everything is in focus. My theory why we think that movies look better is because it only keeps some of the image in focus, the part that we should be paying attention to so it's less for us to process. (just my theory) While on the PS3 the max FPS might be 60 but on the computer there isn't a limit really. The better your hardware the faster your games will run. It also depends on your settings, a game will run MUCH faster if everything is set to as low as it goes and no AA but will look a lot worse ;)

Well that was my 2¢