Posted By
MIK
on 2005-03-30
03:47:13
 |  Re: A couple of Plus/4 questions
Way to technical for my grey matter but since the days of Megadrive (The games console scene) and beyond I've always know NTSC was faster than Pal. Some 17.5% faster I think because NTSC displays less lines on the screen. Anything that uses maths to display GFX to the screen will be smoother such as Virtua Racing for the MegaDrive which had an independent maths processor builtin to the cart called the SVP. Come the mid 90's to the present day all games consoles displayed 3D GFX so these machines are relying on pure hardcore maths..... Having a 60Hz machine will allow for faster lap time with racing games ect over 50hz. Over a number of laps where the game is running a tad faster that saved time soon adds up.
Of course back in the 80's NTSC had no meaning to most of us european gamers. Mercenary should run faster on an NTSC Plus/4 I would of thought...
Its very rare but some times they optimize PAL games... Pal Halo for xbox runs smoother in 50hz than it does in 60hz lol. 
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