Nvidia offers frame rate Limiter on their Last Drivers

Yeap for something that simple it sure took a long time

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-introduces-a-frame-rate-limiter-in-its-latest-forceware-drivers/

Seems very interesting.

I find it very annoying when my FPS drop suddenly from 60 to 30.

Let's see also if ATI will release something similar.

Seems very interesting.

I find it very annoying when my FPS drop suddenly from 60 to 30.

Let's see also if ATI will release something similar.

CDudu

[QUOTE="CDudu"]

Seems very interesting.

I find it very annoying when my FPS drop suddenly from 60 to 30.

Let's see also if ATI will release something similar.

Elann2008

I don't mind 30 fps on consoles as long as it's stable 30 fps. What really is annoying is my performance in games like Skyrim. 60 fps looking one way in the city, 20 fps looking in the other direction.

So this little tool which is long overdue could come in handy.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="CDudu"]

Seems very interesting.

I find it very annoying when my FPS drop suddenly from 60 to 30.

Let's see also if ATI will release something similar.

Ben-Buja

I don't mind 30 fps on consoles as long as it's stable 30 fps. What really is annoying is my performance in games like Skyrim. 60 fps looking one way in the city, 20 fps looking in the other direction.

[QUOTE="Ben-Buja"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] But I also find 30fps annoying unless I have no choice like with console games. Can't stand it with PC games though. Yeah, it's something that should have been implemented a long time ago but I hope devs don't use this as an excuse to not optimize their games and force us to use other cheap ways to "remedy" things. I won't accept it.Elann2008

I don't mind 30 fps on consoles as long as it's stable 30 fps. What really is annoying is my performance in games like Skyrim. 60 fps looking one way in the city, 20 fps looking in the other direction.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Ben-Buja"]

I don't mind 30 fps on consoles as long as it's stable 30 fps. What really is annoying is my performance in games like Skyrim. 60 fps looking one way in the city, 20 fps looking in the other direction.

wis3boi

So why don't MOST other games do that then? SWTOR, Skyrim are just about the only games I could think of right now that have that issue. Other games seem to render things properly with a very consistent 60fps.

And small villages like Riverwood run worse than Whiterun (which is a town/larger town). :/

I dont get those sorts of issues in skyrim or swtor, but caping at 40 fps is good for some games like gta iv and witcher 2. As a matter of fact I think gta iv benefits most from a capped framerate.

I'm confused about the benefits of capping it. I mean, if possible, don't you want it to run the best that it can for as long as it can? Wouldn't capping it just limit how good the "best" parts are?guynamedbilly

[QUOTE="guynamedbilly"]I'm confused about the benefits of capping it. I mean, if possible, don't you want it to run the best that it can for as long as it can? Wouldn't capping it just limit how good the "best" parts are?TerrorRizzing

[QUOTE="TerrorRizzing"][QUOTE="guynamedbilly"]I'm confused about the benefits of capping it. I mean, if possible, don't you want it to run the best that it can for as long as it can? Wouldn't capping it just limit how good the "best" parts are?guynamedbilly

[QUOTE="wis3boi"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] I couldn't agree more. It's abysmal performance. InB4 someone says, "it's rendering more in one direction than the other!" Omg, I can't stand it when someone says that... they don't have a clue what they're saying. Still love Skyrim though. :DElann2008

So why don't MOST other games do that then? SWTOR, Skyrim are just about the only games I could think of right now that have that issue. Other games seem to render things properly with a very consistent 60fps.

And small villages like Riverwood run worse than Whiterun (which is a town/larger town). :/

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]

[QUOTE="wis3boi"] well..it is basically true....go in any game and look at the floor top town, your FPS will skyrocket. Just did it in SWTOR, got 40fps on the fleet, looked at the floor and got 120Agent_Kaliaver

So why don't MOST other games do that then? SWTOR, Skyrim are just about the only games I could think of right now that have that issue. Other games seem to render things properly with a very consistent 60fps.

And small villages like Riverwood run worse than Whiterun (which is a town/larger town). :/

Even if you're capping your frame rates what's to stop it from dipping down anyway? For example, if you capped a game at 30FPS, what's to stop it from dipping below that marker you set? Or am I just not getting the concept?

That is cool, i hate having to screw with the nvidia settings to get a game to cap at 60 fps.

That is cool, i hate having to screw with the nvidia settings to get a game to cap at 60 fps.

SLet's see also if ATI will release something similar.

CDudu

[QUOTE="CDudu"]

SLet's see also if ATI will release something similar.

ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="CDudu"]

SLet's see also if ATI will release something similar.

FelipeInside

Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?FelipeInside

Yes, but if you have a 60 hz monitor there is no reason to run above 60 fps as thats all your monitor can handle

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]

[QUOTE="wis3boi"] well..it is basically true....go in any game and look at the floor top town, your FPS will skyrocket. Just did it in SWTOR, got 40fps on the fleet, looked at the floor and got 120Agent_Kaliaver

So why don't MOST other games do that then? SWTOR, Skyrim are just about the only games I could think of right now that have that issue. Other games seem to render things properly with a very consistent 60fps.

And small villages like Riverwood run worse than Whiterun (which is a town/larger town). :/

Markarth, Riften, and just about every city in the game runs like crap too. Don't forget that. Yeah, Riverwood might be a bad example, but on its own, it runs really bad. You run straight across the village on the road and it runs anywhere from 20fps to 45fps. You can look ahead at the mountain across the river, turn a little to the left or right without moving from your spot and the fps changes drastically. But people will just keep defending that and say it's rendering! Omgz! It's rendering the same thing even if you turn 5 degrees, it shouldn't kill the frame rate. That's what I'm trying to get at.... but excuses excuses right?

But going by YOUR logic, Battle-Born Farm should run worse than Riverwood than.. but it actually runs a lot better and it's in an even bigger area with more going on. So tell me...

so will this keep you from getting screen tearing with vsync off in games?

so will this keep you from getting screen tearing with vsync off in games?

rogelio22

Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?adamosmaki

[QUOTE="Ben-Buja"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] But I also find 30fps annoying unless I have no choice like with console games. Can't stand it with PC games though. Yeah, it's something that should have been implemented a long time ago but I hope devs don't use this as an excuse to not optimize their games and force us to use other cheap ways to "remedy" things. I won't accept it.Elann2008

I don't mind 30 fps on consoles as long as it's stable 30 fps. What really is annoying is my performance in games like Skyrim. 60 fps looking one way in the city, 20 fps looking in the other direction.

You can't stand the truth... got it. :roll:

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?James161324

Yes, but if you have a 60 hz monitor there is no reason to run above 60 fps as thats all your monitor can handle

This, and it also minimalizes screen tearing that happens because the FPS exceeds the hz of the monitor. Which means you wouldn't have to use Vzync or Triple buffering. Which A. would increase the performance a bit, (meaning bring up the minimum Framerate if it was below 60)

and B. Reduce input lag (by not having to use Triple buffering and Vsync.

Unless I really have a bad misunderstanding of it, I am very excited about this news.

Now with their newest drivers, they need to incorporate SWTOR better, and I will be very very happy.

[QUOTE="James161324"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?Lach0121

Yes, but if you have a 60 hz monitor there is no reason to run above 60 fps as thats all your monitor can handle

This, and it also minimalizes screen tearing that happens because the FPS exceeds the hz of the monitor. Which means you wouldn't have to use Vzync or Triple buffering. Which A. would increase the performance a bit, (meaning bring up the minimum Framerate if it was below 60)

and B. Reduce input lag (by not having to use Triple buffering and Vsync.

Unless I really have a bad misunderstanding of it, I am very excited about this news.

Now with their newest drivers, they need to incorporate SWTOR better, and I will be very very happy.

Well, it doesn't eliminate screen tearing completely. It just lessens the extent of it.

You still need Vsync to get rid of tearing and you might want to enable Triple Buffering if you experience massive FPS drops after enabling it.

[QUOTE="Lach0121"]

[QUOTE="James161324"]

Yes, but if you have a 60 hz monitor there is no reason to run above 60 fps as thats all your monitor can handle

Adversary16

This, and it also minimalizes screen tearing that happens because the FPS exceeds the hz of the monitor. Which means you wouldn't have to use Vzync or Triple buffering. Which A. would increase the performance a bit, (meaning bring up the minimum Framerate if it was below 60)

and B. Reduce input lag (by not having to use Triple buffering and Vsync.

Unless I really have a bad misunderstanding of it, I am very excited about this news.

Now with their newest drivers, they need to incorporate SWTOR better, and I will be very very happy.

Well, it doesn't eliminate screen tearing completely. It just lessens the extent of it.

You still need Vsync to get rid of tearing and you might want to enable Triple Buffering if you experience massive FPS drops after enabling it.

I know what triple buffering is for. :P

But some games only need a reduction of it, because it isn't too terribly bad. The screen tearing I mean.

A little screen tearing is one thing, but massive screen tearing is another. Sometimes even Vsync doesn't get rid of it all if the game suffers from it real bad, (I remember this happening in The Last Remnant)

If it lessens to a degree that is acceptable, I will take the added performance, and reduced input lag... which I use a mouse with 1000hz polling which actually helps on that, but it uses more cpu, so with the input lag reduced, I can also reduce to the 500hz and see no loss in response, while increasing the headroom on my cpu a little.

Again this is if all of it works right.

Then again, my logic on this may have a huge hole blown in it as well. :P Will find out when they release the next set of drivers.

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?Lox_Cropek

[QUOTE="rogelio22"]

so will this keep you from getting screen tearing with vsync off in games?

Lox_Cropek

Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?Former_Slacker

If that's true, then that means the game is HORRIBLY coded. Nothing should ever be designed with such a restriction in mind unless they are going to enforce it.

[QUOTE="Former_Slacker"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Sorry for being NAIVE, but wouldn't you always want the maximum FPS (performance) you can get from a game...?simardbrad

If that's true, then that means the game is HORRIBLY coded. Nothing should ever be designed with such a restriction in mind unless they are going to enforce it.

Consoles, probably. It's obvious Bethesda doesn't care about PC gamers anymore.

so why it's not on their control panel ???TheGrudge13