O.k., I must admit that I don't know very much about consoles that came after the Super Nintendo. I just noticed that these old consoles (NES, Super Nintendo) never have tearing and the output is "hardwired" to the TV refresh rate without the programmer having to do anything. Scrolling on the NES just works. You simply move the x coordinate every frame and that's it. And I was hoping that modern consoles do the same.