I've heard that about not being able to tell higher than 30 fps, but I feel like I can tell all the way up to 60 fps. Maybe I have supereyes.

Besides - 30 fps wouldn't be so bad if it was an uninterrupted, constant flow that never dropped below 30. That doesn't happen in the real world and your fps look more like an EKG than a straight line. That stuttering really affects image smoothness.

The better your hardware and the higher the fps it can muster the better and smoother your gaming experience will be.

Where do people get this "fact" that human eye cannot distinguish above 30fps?????? There must be some difference between video(film/movies) fps and game fps, because when I am playing I can notice a huge difference in how a game looks from 30 fps and 60 fps and so can just about everyone who has normal vision.

Not to mention, you have to have braggin rights when you can watch your fps skyrocket with your $10000 DX10 video card!

This is a common misconception.

What you are talking about is, a fluid sense of motion. Indeed only 30 fps (in fact its even closer to 24 fps) is enough to provide the effect of fluid motion.

However, playing a game is not just about having the sense of fluid motion, it is also about the sensitivity of your eyes, and about how fast you can respond to what you see (mouse interaction, etc).

I read somewhere that when the army tested the eye sensitivity of fighter jet pilots, some of them could detect a target with the speed equivalent of over 250 fps, meaning if you really had a sensory system working at a processing speed of 30 fps, then this pilot would have spotted an enemy target over 8 times as fast as you, and even with equal reaction speed (physically responding to the detection) would be ahead of you all the time.

That is why most people prefer their games on higher framerates. I don't "feel" a lot of difference when framerates go over a 100 and I can decently play a game at 60.

Executive summary: a constant 30 is enough to get the impression of fluid motion but your eyes can process much higher framerates. Framerates that are higher than what you can actually process (detection but also responding) are useless to you in terms of gaming. Processing power of the brain varies (substantially) between individuals.

I got no clue if this is true, but I've always been lead to believe that with higher FPS on games the higher your advantage. As in if you both see each other at the same time your fps difference comes into account as well as your ping..

Then again I might be talking total bull, if I am feel free to point that out!

I haven't done any actual research or test, but I truly believe that a game that stays at 30 fps constantly (no drops or spikes) will appear smoother than a game who's fps vary between 30 and 60 fps (never dropping below 30).