Re: [pygame] Upper Limit on Framerate

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

I remember a high frame-rate movie at the 1986 Worlds Fair being 
advertised as hyper-realistic or something because it appeared so crisp. 
Would this be super-ultra-hyper-realistic. The frame rate that only a 
humming bird could truly appreciate.

Lenard


René Dudfield wrote:
> I'd love a 2000fps monitor.  hehe
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > René Dudfield wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > I'd guess lack of precision in the timing, or the time slice the OS
> > > gives your process.
> > >       
> > Another possibility is that pygame.display.flip()
> > is waiting for a vertical retrace, thus limiting
> > the frame rate to the refresh rate of your monitor.
> >
> > What happens if you just run the timing loop
> > without the drawing?
> >
> >