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by stewie2 5076 days ago
when you turn on vsync, the frame rate is at most 60. When you turn it off, you certainly can have 300fps.
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Sorry, my point was that they picked a benchmark that was too easy. I suspect if the machine was straining to hit 60fps their results could be vastly different. That's how most games run, so that'd be more interesting to see.
I think the point is that benchmarking the graphics subsystem's throughput is easiest when you look at high framerate games; otherwise CPU or just rendering time might be the dominating factor.