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So theres your resolution and your frame rate. How good is the picture and how many times per second do we have to draw it. A less powerful computer can still have a higher resolution but needs a lower frame rate. Reading web pages is easy because there isnt nearly as much thinking needed. Video is a bit more because it has to draw a pretty picture but is being told what to draw versus a video game where it has to calculate what to draw too.