I dont think so. It is easier to market "8Mbit/s ADSL" than to market "1MB/s ADSL" when your competitors are of course still using bit/s. Consumers would go for "faster looking" and you dont want your salesmen to waste all day at explaining differences to to-be-customers.
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Ah, here it is! See for yourself
http://www.intternetti.net/~jiri/fpscmp02/
[ What is FPS Compare ]--------------------------------------------------------
This is an attempt at a small tool to settle the 'can you see the difference between XX fps and YY fps'-argument that seem to arise...
About this "human eye can only see x fps" fight. It has really been all over again and again. There was even some nice 3d -app written especially to settle this kind of fights. I'll see if I can find it.