will going from 30fps from 60fps improve PC performance?

Now I know in games the lower the graphic detail the better your PC games performs, same for lowering the shadow detail, tuning off the AA, all this helps the games performance while reducing quality.

Is it the same for the 30fps to 60fps? Does changing this make a diffrence in performance? Will my PC over heat less on 30fps then 60fps?

Thanx in advance to any reply.

Yes.

60 fps requires higher performance (and more work from your PC) than 30 fps.

It won't make it overheat less, but it might make it overheat more.

And no, games usually don't have setting to change the framerate, they run as fast they can, up to the limit of what your monitor can support (usually 60Hz or 60 frames.)

Do games usually let you change the framerate like that? I didn't think it was an option.Maczutter

Not really sure what the question is here...

60fps and 30 fps there is basically no difference for overheating. If you're computer is overheating, changing that won't help. Get more fans, liquid cooling, thermal paste, better case, whatever you need. Super high framerates can overheat a card, but they have to be really high.

For example, Starcraft 2 menu screens used a simple 3D background. Many video cards got up to 200+ fps and overheated. With good cooling high fps shouldn't cause problems, but for many players that don't pay attention to temperatures that was enough to break their cards. Blizzard patched in a default 60 fps cap later (can be modified).

I believe Nvidia and ATI have incorporated frame rate limiters in their newer drivers, so you can force it in any game without having to install an external program, even if the game doesn't have it built-in like Starcraft 2.

If your pc was capable doing 60fps or even higher then limiting your framerate to 30fps using a program like dxtory will reduce the workload on your graphics card and not heat up as much and as a result your gpu fan will not spin as loudly. Few pc games allow you to limit the fps in game to 30fps you can turn on v-sync to limit frames to your monitors refresh rate but that introduces a bunch of input lag and you can't really control the limit. Most pc games run as fast as your pc will possibly allow some games do have a maxfps cap in place usually a minimum of 60fps altough rarely the stupidly set the limit at 30fps which sucks big time.

60 fps requires higher performance (and more work from your PC) than 30 fps.

It won't make it overheat less, but it might make it overheat more.

And no, games usually don't have setting to change the framerate, they run as fast they can, up to the limit of what your monitor can support (usually 60Hz or 60 frames.)

ZombieKiller7

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60 fps requires higher performance (and more work from your PC) than 30 fps.

It won't make it overheat less, but it might make it overheat more.

And no, games usually don't have setting to change the framerate, they run as fast they can, up to the limit of what your monitor can support (usually 60Hz or 60 frames.)

I3LACK5UN

Umm. So, basically, you want your framerate high. If it's dropping, that's because your computer is struggling, and not able to push out the graphics at a fast pace. I think most people here thought you were referring to some kind of in-game option where you could actually set an exact level for your framerate, which is not something I've heard of, as your framerate depends on how well your system handles the current graphics options setup. Some games may have an option to turn off a limiter, which is what I think you're talking about with RE5, and in that case, I don't think it would do damage, but it wouldn't really do anything, either. If your system is running a game well enough to get framerates that seem smooth, then don't worry about it. If your system is running a game well enough that it CAN get to really high framerates, then you might actually want to leave the limiter on, because it's probably just keeping the framerate in time with your monitor's refresh rate, which is probably 60hz (60fps). If your framerate goes over what your monitor is supposed to display, I don't think it can damage anything, but it won't look any better, and may even create visual glitches.

The point is, a change from 30fps to 60fps is a result of your pc performance, not the other way around.

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60 fps requires higher performance (and more work from your PC) than 30 fps.

It won't make it overheat less, but it might make it overheat more.

And no, games usually don't have setting to change the framerate, they run as fast they can, up to the limit of what your monitor can support (usually 60Hz or 60 frames.)

the_bi99man

Umm. So, basically, you want your framerate high. If it's dropping, that's because your computer is struggling, and not able to push out the graphics at a fast pace. I think most people here thought you were referring to some kind of in-game option where you could actually set an exact level for your framerate, which is not something I've heard of, as your framerate depends on how well your system handles the current graphics options setup. Some games may have an option to turn off a limiter, which is what I think you're talking about with RE5, and in that case, I don't think it would do damage, but it wouldn't really do anything, either. If your system is running a game well enough to get framerates that seem smooth, then don't worry about it. If your system is running a game well enough that it CAN get to really high framerates, then you might actually want to leave the limiter on, because it's probably just keeping the framerate in time with your monitor's refresh rate, which is probably 60hz (60fps). If your framerate goes over what your monitor is supposed to display, I don't think it can damage anything, but it won't look any better, and may even create visual glitches.

The point is, a change from 30fps to 60fps is a result of your pc performance, not the other way around.

Yes it will affect PC performance. Use some system utility tool to improve fps.

60 fps requires higher performance (and more work from your PC) than 30 fps.

It won't make it overheat less, but it might make it overheat more.

And no, games usually don't have setting to change the framerate, they run as fast they can, up to the limit of what your monitor can support (usually 60Hz or 60 frames.)

ZombieKiller7

Actually there are a few games that let you actually change the frame rate... Some in INI files, some in-game files. (World in Conflict, had an in-game option to run at 60 or cap at 30)

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60 fps requires higher performance (and more work from your PC) than 30 fps.

It won't make it overheat less, but it might make it overheat more.

And no, games usually don't have setting to change the framerate, they run as fast they can, up to the limit of what your monitor can support (usually 60Hz or 60 frames.)

I3LACK5UN

If you have an nvidia card and the latestd rivers, donwload any of the BIO tweaking utilities, such as the one from EVGA. It allows you to set a frame rate limiter on yoru card so it doesn't waste cycles rendering frames above a particular thresh hold.

Usually people use this to limit the framerate to the monitor's refresh rate (there's little point in rendering over 60 FPS in a 60 Hz LCD panel, for example). But I suppose you cna use it to limit the card to 30 FPS.

This would eb useful when yoru card is struggling with a game and the framerate fluctuates too much. Sometimes it's better to have a solid 30 FPS than going from 30 to 60 every few seconds.

Overheating shouldn't be an issue. If it is, you should be cleaning out your fans/improving your case cooling, not limiting frames.