If a computer is powerful enough, how does it know not to play videos or perform logic for games at a faster speed?

Question

I don’t know if I’m explaining this right…
A computer can run logic at some speed based on how powerful the components of it are, so if it can perform the logic of something, for example, movement in a game, how does it know how much should be done based on its power, instead of essentially running in “fast-forward” or conversely in slow motion?

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Answer 1

Clocks. This brings to mind the old 386 days when a faster computer would play the game faster. Until computers became so fast it was impossible to play the old games. Try playing the original Wolfenstein on an 8 core i7…