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by93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 ) writes:
But seriously, do more than a handful of people care about video game speed running records?
byTony Isaac ( 1301187 ) writes:
Right! If new gamers can beat old records because the hardware is faster, good for them!
byaz-saguaro ( 1231754 ) writes:
Actually, would they beat or lag old records?
If the human takes time to T to complete a task, based on see-respond neurological reflexes, and in that time T, the timing clock counts a few extra beats, then the the system says the player took longer - player lags old records.
On the other hand, if the player keeps pace with data presentation rates and can complete a task in N clock cycles regardless the precise clock rate, and if there is a system clock separate from the audio clock, then system clock sees an
byTony Isaac ( 1301187 ) writes:
All excellent points. It's not clear whether the faster clocks would allow great players to beat records, or fail to do as well. My guess is that it depends on the precise nature of the game, and that in some games, players could do better, while in others, they would do worse.
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