FPS vs Response time

[videogames101]

I was thinking. Say I have a monitor with a 8 ms response time, and lets say I'm playing BF2 and I'm pulling 50 fps. Now, 50 fps means every 2 ms there is a new frame. Is that correct? If so, how could a 8 ms response time monitor possibly show a frame every 2 ms? The way I see it, a 8 ms response time would only let you see 12.5 fps. Am I missing something here????

 

[soydios]

1000 divided by 8 = 125

FYI, that 8 milliseconds (1 millisecond = 1/1000 second) is to go from gray to white to gray.

 

[Sc4freak]

Originally posted by: videogames101
I was thinking. Say I have a monitor with a 8 ms response time, and lets say I'm playing BF2 and I'm pulling 50 fps. Now, 50 fps means every 2 ms there is a new frame. Is that correct? If so, how could a 8 ms response time monitor possibly show a frame every 2 ms? The way I see it, a 8 ms response time would only let you see 12.5 fps. Am I missing something here????

Yes. Your maths is wrong. 50FPS = 1000/50 = 20ms. 16ms is effectively 60FPS.