Frames Per Second. : Othor Games

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:17 pm

im getting 60 frames per second (from what fraps is tealling me) is this normal or should i be getting more ? I beat the game already, now im taking a look at performance. It ran great.. Just curious I run it on a laptop, M18x with an i7 2.8Ghz, 6gbram, with a nividia 460m 1.5gb video card.

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:02 pm

At 60 FPS, it synchs with your eyes perfectly. Any more makes minimal difference.

You're running it great.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:52 pm

Anything over 60 would be a waste unless your screen's refresh rate is above 60hz.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:26 pm

At 60 FPS, it synchs with your eyes perfectly. Any more makes minimal difference.

You're running it great.

Okay thank you for the reply. But can i get more ? I cant seem to find what it supports ?

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:01 pm

Anything over 60 would be a waste unless your screen's refresh rate is above 60hz.

My screen runs right @60hz.

» Tue May 15, 2012 4:54 pm

Okay thank you for the reply. But can i get more ? I cant seem to find what it supports ?

The thing about syncing with your eyes isn't right. It syncs with the MONITOR, which usually has 60Hz as a refresh rate and therefore 60 fps is the sweet spot. Multiples of 60 work too. 120 for instance.

» Wed May 16, 2012 4:29 am

My screen runs right @60hz.

Then 60FPS is ideal. It won't go above that if you have the vsync setting turned on anyways.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:14 pm

Then 60FPS is ideal.

okay. i wasnt even sure if it ran above 60. Because It STICKS right at 60. No less, no more.

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:24 pm

The thing about syncing with your eyes isn't right. It syncs with the MONITOR, which usually has 60Hz as a refresh rate and therefore 60 fps is the sweet spot. Multiples of 60 work too. 120 for instance.

I'm sorry, this is correct. I assumed a 60Hz monitor =X

» Wed May 16, 2012 4:31 am

okay. i wasnt even sure if it ran above 60. Because It STICKS right at 60. No less, no more.

That's because vsync locks the FPS to your refresh rate, to give you the smoothest picture free of screen tearing and jitter.

» Tue May 15, 2012 7:54 pm

okay. i wasnt even sure if it ran above 60. Because It STICKS right at 60. No less, no more.

That probably means there is a limiter in the config that locks it in, which is good. You don't want 86fps on a 60Hz monitor, for example, or you'll get screen tearing.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:54 pm

At 60 FPS, it synchs with your eyes perfectly. Any more makes minimal difference.

You're running it great.

Hmm, I remember back in the days of CRTs, even 90Hz gave a lot of people sore eyes and headaches. I'm just glad that LCD screens don't have the same degree of flicker; I can live with 60Hz (provided there's no tearing), though 40 starts to make me feel nauseous.

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:12 pm

That probably means there is a limiter in the config that locks it in, which is good. You don't want 86fps on a 60Hz monitor, for example, or you'll get screen tearing.

There is no config to change it, it is coded into the application and cannot be unchanged. You'll still get tearing though if you have VSync disabled.