What about 60fps?

[Falkentyne]

Yeah glad you got it working.
But yeah during the good old days, we all had to deal with 60 hz flickering.
60hz on CRT's. 60 hz on Voodoo2 SLI's at 1024x768.
60 hz on Riva TNT2's and Geforce 1 and 16 bit color.

Why 60 hz?
Because the hardware was so slow that going from 60 hz to 100 hz literally gave you 10% lower framerate at the EXACT SAME graphic settings and resolution. Although I think it was going from 32 bit to 16 bit that gave you more than dropping from 100 to 60 hz.

But yeah, you probably didn't use a 60 hz CRT back in the stone age. I sure did and we all had to deal with the flickering. Now you know what it's like.

BTW you get the most flickering eyestrain from white or grey backgrounds. Try to ignore those shades. Most games don't use that type of main palette, so it's a lot more tolerable, even though you will instantly notice it when you switch from 100 or 120hz down to 60 strobed.