Why can gaming PCs run hundreds of FPS (Frames Per Second) but no matter what console you have, you can never get an FPS number as high as that?
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A console has known set of hardware and the developer knows exactly what it can do.
The developer will then make the game to run at acceptable framerate on this hardware (30 fps, 60 fps or something else).
If the console can run the game at 300 fps the developer will just add more effects, longer draw distance or some other effect that eats performance.
PC can have almost any kind of hardware. The developer will make sure that the game runs on some low end system at acceptable framerate.
But if low end system can get 60 fps then high end system can get 300 fps at same quality level.
Usually games also have v-sync so you don’t get tearing. This will also limit the framerate to the screen refresh rate. On PC you can turn this off if you want to. (“pro” gamers do this to reduce input latency. For casual gamers uncapped framerate causes more problems than it is worth).
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