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The tag '5000 fps' on WindowsForum.com covers a notable anecdote from Windows engineering history involving the classic Space Cadet Pinball game. The discussion centers on how the game, originally ported by Dave Plummer, drew frames as fast as possible, leading to frame rates around 5,000 FPS on modern hardware. This caused excessive CPU usage until a simple frame-rate limiter fix was implemented by Raymond Chen. The tag explores the unintended consequences of legacy software design, the evolution of hardware performance, and practical troubleshooting for high frame rates in older Windows applications.
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    Space Cadet Pinball: 5,000 FPS, the Frame-Rate Fix, and Windows Engineering

    Dave Plummer’s confession that his port of 3D Pinball for Windows — the Space Cadet table so many of us grew up with — once drew frames “as fast as it could” and reportedly hit roughly 5,000 FPS on newer hardware has resurfaced a powerful, funny and instructive moment in Windows engineering...
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