Timeline for Causes of screen tearing and vsync
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| Jul 2, 2012 at 2:49 | comment | added | JPRO | There's still a hardware controller that needs to take in input (the frame buffer) and translate all the data to the screen. It's not an instantaneous operation and there's a limit to how fast it can be done. There are in fact monitors that have very high refresh rates, but the human eye has difficulty detecting much beyond 30 fps, so it's not typically worth the additional cost for most people. | |
| Jun 30, 2012 at 19:42 | comment | added | user782220 | How does an LCD display end up having a refresh rate. A refresh rate on old CRT monitors makes sense because there is an electron beam, but LCD displays don't have that. | |
| Jun 30, 2012 at 13:59 | history | edited | JPRO | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2012 at 13:22 | history | answered | JPRO | CC BY-SA 3.0 |