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		bobmcnamara 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doom GPU Flame Graphs Loads of older console games used 20ms fields in Europe. Edit: also my laptop can, but I'm not into that sort of thing.

hyperman1 7 months ago | [–]

Makes sence. 20ms is 50hz, the European net frequency. All TVs sync with it, so old game consoles had to.

forrestthewoods 7 months ago | [–]

If if the game runs at 20ms frames you don’t want to sample an arbitrary sequence of 20ms slices.

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