Lynn's Legacy. [DEMO 1]

[Z!re]

FPS counters are supposed to be about how many frames are DRAWN per second. Over 1200 frames are not drawn per second...it's not even possible to do.

Or, show how many frames the engine could pump out in theory. Gives a good indication of how fast the engine is.
If you lock it at, oh, 60.. and it always runs at 60 on your machine, you release it..
And it was infact running at 61FPS on your 3882GHz Kazillion RAM machine..
Sucks for your "customers"

Besides, FPS counters doesent show the visible frames, but the engine frames.. so FPS is correct..
Very few games actually follow the monitor refresh rate and max the FPS at that, for two reasons:
1) Higher FPS makes for more fluid movement, especially in fast paced shooters like Quake (As the movement is updated more often you wont get skips, rubber banding etc)
2) It's a good indication of how fast the game is running, for the developer as he knows if he should optimize or add more candy, and for the user, as he knows if he can raise the detail level.