Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED)
Cralder@feddit.nu 6 months ago
50hz draws less battery so my guess is that they assume players who cap their frame rate at 25 are in need of battery life over low latency, because why else would you cap it that low?
Idk but that’s what I would do
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Where did you see it draw less? And by how much? Computing 50 frames per second does draw less than computing 75, but a display to render at 50 or 75, I have not seen anything with respect to consumption, so I’m curious.
Cralder@feddit.nu 6 months ago
I have just heard it mentioned in regards to both the steam deck and smartphones with high refresh rates. I don’t know by how much the battery is affected but I know that lower refresh rate draws less. That why smartphones have variable refresh rate and lower their refresh rate to like 1hz when nothing is happening on screen. You can Google it if you want more info
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
You’re confusing rendering and displaying. There is no doubt that rendering at higher fps requires more power draw. But were talking here about a fixed rendering framerate of 25 fps and a case of refreshing the screen at 50 or 75 hz using the same 25 fps rendering. This is not a usual scenario so there is little info about this, hence my initial point.