Fast computer, low FPS?

I wiil get right into this.

So I have 2 computers, ones a desktop, and the other is a laptop. I play MW2 on them both, the desktop can run the game on mid-high settings at a constant 120 FPS, the laptop however is limited to 60 FPS even at the lowest settings.

Desktop specs:

Duo core @ 2.10GHz

2GB RAM, Nvidia 9500GT, Windows XP SP3.

Laptop specs:

Core i3 @ 2.10GHz

4GB RAM, Radeon HD 6470M, Windows 7 Home-Basic 64 bit.

My laptop is far greater than the desktop in every way, but why does the FPS limit to only 60?

i am surprised how your desktop can run MW2 on mid-high setting with 120 FPS ! you CPU is not that powerfull , even your GPU is Mid-range ...

on topic : do what "CuRle_" told you

i am surprised how your desktop can run MW2 on mid-high setting with 120 FPS ! you CPU is not that powerfull , even your GPU is Mid-range ...

on topic : do what "CuRle_" told you

i am surprised how your desktop can run MW2 on mid-high setting with 120 FPS ! you CPU is not that powerfull , even your GPU is Mid-range ...

on topic : do what "CuRle_" told you

i am not familiar with AMD drivers , did you check the control panel of your video card driver and see if there is an option to disable the v-sync .

i am surprised how your desktop can run MW2 on mid-high setting with 120 FPS ! you CPU is not that powerfull , even your GPU is Mid-range ...

on topic : do what "CuRle_" told you

Flat screen displays only refresh at 60hz (60 fps) CRT screens will refresh at a much higher rate, 120 Hz is well with in reason. You can uncheck an option in windows to allow you select refresh rates that your screen doesn't support, so you can select it but a flat screen (tft or led) will still only refresh at 60 Hz (59 Hz in some cases)

If anyone is still using a CRT display then minimum refresh rate should be 85Hz, it's about the rate a human eye 'refreshes'

It's the way the 2 different types of screen do their stuff, Flat screens refresh pixles as needed, CRT's refresh the entire screen so many times per second which is why on a low refresh rate they can appear to flicker and give you a headache.

Hope that helps

Post a screen shot of you get 120 fps.

60 or 120 FPS, either way your eyeballs cannot tell the difference. So don't worry about it.

60 or 120 FPS, either way your eyeballs cannot tell the difference. So don't worry about it.

debusentel

This is a fallacy. There are many people out there who can clearly spot the difference between 60 and 120hz. If you go to a TV store and look at a 60hz and a 120hz version of the same basic TV (like the samsung d550 and d630 series LCDs), there is a difference. The picture on the 120hz TV is much more fluid, and there is no flickering, which is sometimes noticeable on a 60hz display. My eyes are very sensitive to anything below about 85hz, which sucks when gaming on a 60hz LCD. If I game on a 60hz screen for more than an hour or so, my eyes really start to hurt. If I game on a screen with a higher refresh rate, my eyes do just fine.

im sure he runs at 1024x768 to get that kind of fps with a low end graphics cardfishing666

[QUOTE="debusentel"]

60 or 120 FPS, either way your eyeballs cannot tell the difference. So don't worry about it.

hartsickdiscipl

This is a fallacy. There are many people out there who can clearly spot the difference between 60 and 120hz. If you go to a TV store and look at a 60hz and a 120hz version of the same basic TV (like the samsung d550 and d630 series LCDs), there is a difference. The picture on the 120hz TV is much more fluid, and there is no flickering, which is sometimes noticeable on a 60hz display. My eyes are very sensitive to anything below about 85hz, which sucks when gaming on a 60hz LCD. If I game on a 60hz screen for more than an hour or so, my eyes really start to hurt. If I game on a screen with a higher refresh rate, my eyes do just fine.

[QUOTE="debusentel"]

60 or 120 FPS, either way your eyeballs cannot tell the difference. So don't worry about it.

hartsickdiscipl

This is a fallacy. There are many people out there who can clearly spot the difference between 60 and 120hz. If you go to a TV store and look at a 60hz and a 120hz version of the same basic TV (like the samsung d550 and d630 series LCDs), there is a difference. The picture on the 120hz TV is much more fluid, and there is no flickering, which is sometimes noticeable on a 60hz display. My eyes are very sensitive to anything below about 85hz, which sucks when gaming on a 60hz LCD. If I game on a 60hz screen for more than an hour or so, my eyes really start to hurt. If I game on a screen with a higher refresh rate, my eyes do just fine.

Ok, I just wanted to shoot a quick reply before I went to sleep (Long day, I'm exhausted). Anyway you are part right. After re-reading the OP and my post I could have worded it better. Between the PC, Laptop and the GPU their is no-way he is using a rate of 120hz. The VRAM on that card alone won't allow it. As far as FPS is concerned, games have a broadcast difference than, say, TV.What you mentioned in your 60hz example is very, very rare and not the norm. I'll get a bit more detailed tomorrow when I'm not so damned tired. Don't mistake my reply as combative (forums can misrepresent/give the wrong perception), it's an interesting discussion either way.

i am surprised how your desktop can run MW2 on mid-high setting with 120 FPS ! you CPU is not that powerfull , even your GPU is Mid-range ...

woomar

Low resolution and med-high might actually be possible. MW2 can run on integrated graphics after all.

You know, an HD 6470M is a really cheap chip. A 9500 GT is faster, end of story.

You may not be able to 'see' the difference between 60fps and 120fps, but i can feel it pretty easily. In a fast fps game like CSS it can make a big difference. As for the 60fps limit, it sounds like vsync or something must be on if lowering the settings makes no difference.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="debusentel"]

60 or 120 FPS, either way your eyeballs cannot tell the difference. So don't worry about it.

gravitygamer

This is a fallacy. There are many people out there who can clearly spot the difference between 60 and 120hz. If you go to a TV store and look at a 60hz and a 120hz version of the same basic TV (like the samsung d550 and d630 series LCDs), there is a difference. The picture on the 120hz TV is much more fluid, and there is no flickering, which is sometimes noticeable on a 60hz display. My eyes are very sensitive to anything below about 85hz, which sucks when gaming on a 60hz LCD. If I game on a 60hz screen for more than an hour or so, my eyes really start to hurt. If I game on a screen with a higher refresh rate, my eyes do just fine.

120hz means that the screen is showing 120fps. 60hz means that the screen can only show 60fps, even if a game is being rendered faster than that by the CPU/GPU. So when you talk about FPS, you're also talking about the HZ of the monitor.

[QUOTE="fishing666"]im sure he runs at 1024x768 to get that kind of fps with a low end graphics cardface_ripper

Its only 60Hz. Thanks for trying to help mate, i guess it's in my head, I just gotta get used to it then.face_ripper

[QUOTE="face_ripper"]Its only 60Hz. Thanks for trying to help mate, i guess it's in my head, I just gotta get used to it then.-GeordiLaForge-

[QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"][QUOTE="face_ripper"]Its only 60Hz. Thanks for trying to help mate, i guess it's in my head, I just gotta get used to it then.face_ripper

[QUOTE="face_ripper"][QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]If it's a 60Hz screen, then 120fps will only make the image much worse. Multiple images would be being forced onto the screen at once resulting in "screen tearing..."-GeordiLaForge-

exactly, your screen will only refresh at it's maximum rate regardless ofsetting. 60 Hertz means your screen can refresh 60 frames per second regardless of what your GPU is capable of doing, If it can refresh at 120Hz then you can get 120fps.

there is too much, "not quite getting it" in this thread to correct.

Suffice to say, difference refresh rates on different media doesn't necessarily mean anything.

The main reason to shoot as high of a FPS as possible in a game though, isn't for the display of as many frames as possible but to offset as much as possible the input lag associated with clicking your mouse and having your screen display that you shot your gun. Which is why you see a lot of PS/2 Mice being used and not USB or, god forbid, wireless mice.

there is too much, "not quite getting it" in this thread to correct.

Suffice to say, difference refresh rates on different media doesn't necessarily mean anything.

The main reason to shoot as high of a FPS as possible in a game though, isn't for the display of as many frames as possible but to offset as much as possible the input lag associated with clicking your mouse and having your screen display that you shot your gun. Which is why you see a lot of PS/2 Mice being used and not USB or, god forbid, wireless mice.

GummiRaccoon

V-SYNC is probably on. Why do you need more than 60fps?CuRle_