What's the FPS Limiter for?

[SharpeXB]

I always wondered exactly what this was for, here and RoF

Ok duh. The name says it all. But if you've got Vsync on doesn't that do the same thing? I can't recall how I set it in RoF but turning it off makes the game run really smooth. I had it set at 60 since I'm running a 60hz monitor. Off seems better.

[=VARP=Cygann]

Well if you got 144Hz monitor, but can't get FPS to lock at 144, then you're better off having steady 120 or 60, and you can't have that with Vsync in such case.

 

Also, Vsync can cause mouse lag in BF4, while fps limiter do not. But these are not FPS games so mouse lag is not something you should worry about.

 

If you got 60Hz monitor, keep using whatever gives you better result in smoothness and without tears, I guess it's Vsync in your case, and don't think about it too much, just ignore what you do not need... 

[Potenz]

on the early days of RoF, there was some performance issues with some systems, a friend of mine found out that with a 3rd Party 

FPS limiter the game runs better, so later devs add the feature to the DN engine.

 

What it does is limit the fps to a predetermined amount and don't let it fluctuate up and down, given a more stable game play with

some low en systems

[FuriousMeow]

If vsync doesn't work, sometimes the drivers go south and even uninstall doesn't fix it. Or to keep a consistent fps so it doesn't go 35 to 120 and cause tearing because some choose not to use vsync for the best performance as vsync has been known to cut down fps in certain situations.

[SharpeXB]

I find both RoF and BoS work best with vsync on in game and FPS limiter off. In DCS I find the Nvidia adaptive Vsync works really well.

[johncage]

because anything over 60 fps is pointless as the eye cannot detect beyond 60 hrz. anyone saying otherwise is lying or experiencing placebo and speaking from ignorance.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

Without vsync I get masive tearing. Strangely I have a 59 hz display l, I have tried with and without fps limited and seems to make no difference I guess because of vsync. I normally get between 60 and 30 fps

 

Fx 8350, gtx 770, 8gb 1333 hz

[Dakpilot]

Without vsync I get masive tearing. Strangely I have a 59 hz display l, I have tried with and without fps limited and seems to make no difference I guess because of vsync. I normally get between 60 and 30 fps

 

Fx 8350, gtx 770, 8gb 1333 hz

 

Try unchecking fullscreen for some reason this allows no screen tearing with vsync off and may improve FPS with no disadvantages, unless using DSR which needs fullscreen

 

Cheers Dakpilot

[-TBC-AeroAce]

Try unchecking fullscreen for some reason this allows no screen tearing with vsync off and may improve FPS with no disadvantages, unless using DSR which needs fullscreen

 

Cheers Dakpilot

Thanks I will give it a go, also can someone help me find the tread about moding the graphics file to allow for better draw distance.

 

Thanks

[Pringliano]

I don't know, but I always set VSync OFF on my sims, and FPS at 30.

 

I'm running on a 60Hz LED Monitor, at a resolution of 1920 X 1080.

 

It works :-)

[SharpeXB]

Try unchecking fullscreen for some reason this allows no screen tearing with vsync off and may improve FPS with no disadvantages, unless using DSR which needs fullscreen

 

Cheers Dakpilot

I discovered unchecking full screen in other games, Battlefield 4 and CoDAW provided massive improvement! I think I had always misunderstood what this does. If you're running the monitors native resolution it's not needed and gives a really good performance boost. I think it mit have been to blame for many game crashes, I'd crash every time with it checked it seems.

[LLv24_Zami]

Try unchecking fullscreen for some reason this allows no screen tearing with vsync off and may improve FPS with no disadvantages, unless using DSR which needs fullscreen

 

Cheers Dakpilot

 

Great tip, thanks! No screen tearing anymore without vsync

[Bearcat]

I have mine set with FPS to 60 no v synch AA @ 4. No issues at all whether full screen or 1680x1050.