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Shade_FR
Profile Joined June 2010
France378 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 09:40:02
June 20 2011 09:38 GMT
#1
Hello TL,

I just upgraded my computer (new motherboard, new CPU, new RAM yeah !) but I noticed my game can't go any higher than 60 FPS. I get 60 FPS all the time.

please read this before answering !

- My VSync settings are off in both Starcraft II and in my Nvidia settings

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- I searched in Variables.txt in case the Vsync option wasn't properly set off, but it's indeed "vsync=0"

- Tried adding the line frameratecap to any value higher than 60, it doesn't change anything.

- It's not a performance issue if I set my game from full ULTRA to full LOW settings, I still get 60 FPS... there is indeed a cap... somewhere...

- Don't turn this into a "having more than 60 FPS is useless" thread PLEASE !


Thanks you in advance for your answers !
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disco
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
June 20 2011 09:47 GMT
#2
Are you getting only 60FPS in an actual game as well? I believe the menu's are capped at 60FPS no matter what.
this game is a fucking jokie
Shade_FR
Profile Joined June 2010
France378 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 09:49:36
June 20 2011 09:49 GMT
#3
Yes I meant in game. I monitor the FPS with FRAPS and the in-game tool (CTRL ALT F).

I also tried the Windowed option instead of my current Windowed (Full Screen) setting. It doesn't help.

Thanks for answering.
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S.O.U.L
Profile Joined March 2011
Latvia149 Posts
June 20 2011 09:58 GMT
#4
well as always, theres just one thing to say, whats the point of going higher? human eye can see only 30fps, so 60 is even double that, so you dont see any lag, and that you have more wont make you a better player or make youre game run smoother!
but if you really want to get higher, just fownload refreshlock and force youre monitor to 100khz to get 100fps!
CezA
bLooD.
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany470 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 10:02:39
June 20 2011 10:01 GMT
#5
It seems sc2 caps it anyway. But shouldnt really be a problem.
Do you have a 60Hz Monitor? Could be a reason for the 60fps cap.
Or do you have the same problem in other games as well?
Shade_FR
Profile Joined June 2010
France378 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 10:03:46
June 20 2011 10:02 GMT
#6
S.O.U.L I won't debate with you about "human eye can only see 30 fps ! " It's so wrong. Use Google, there are a ton of good articles about this. It's off-topic.

I also don't need software to "unlock" 100 FPS. Turning VSync off does the trick for every games I have. Except Starcraft II it seems.. there's something I missed.

@Blood : Yes I have a 60 Hz monitor and don't have any issue with other games.
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bLooD.
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany470 Posts
June 20 2011 10:05 GMT
#7
So i dont get why this should be a problem. Your game renders 60 Frames per second and the monitor shows 60 frames per second. Couldnt be any better....
DarKcS
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1237 Posts
June 20 2011 10:06 GMT
#8
Rename your My Documents/SC2 folder so it makes a new one, then see if it helps. If not, delete new folder and rename old one back.
Die tomorrow - Live today
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 10:12:07
June 20 2011 10:09 GMT
#9
Find the variables.txt in your documents/sc2 folder and change the lines
frameratecap=60
frameratecapglue=30

according to your desired values.


EDIT: NVM, deleting the folder will do the trick. Apparently, you don't even need these lines anymore.
Shade_FR
Profile Joined June 2010
France378 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 10:11:32
June 20 2011 10:11 GMT
#10
On June 20 2011 19:06 DarKcS wrote:
Rename your My Documents/SC2 folder so it makes a new one, then see if it helps. If not, delete new folder and rename old one back.

You are a winner
I tried to delete Variables.txt and it didn't work, but the whole default folder did the trick !

Thanks you everyone for your help
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DonaldLee
Profile Joined August 2010
586 Posts
June 20 2011 10:13 GMT
#11
If your monitor is only 60 Hz, what's the point of trying to achieve a framerate above 60? It's just wasted performance on something your monitor won't display.

Also, this is the second time I've seen someone say that the human eye can't detect framerates above 30. They seem to think because movies are only 24 frames a second, that that's all the eye can see, but to any gamer, the difference between 30 and 60 is night and day. There is a limit to what the human eye can detect, but it's definitely not 30.
DarKcS
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1237 Posts
June 20 2011 10:14 GMT
#12
Even above 60 fps, the game gets smoother.
And if sync is on, in introduces mouse lag. Not good for high level gaming..
Die tomorrow - Live today
enemy2010
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany1972 Posts
June 20 2011 10:22 GMT
#13
On June 20 2011 19:11 ShadeOfDraG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 19:06 DarKcS wrote:
Rename your My Documents/SC2 folder so it makes a new one, then see if it helps. If not, delete new folder and rename old one back.

You are a winner
I tried to delete Variables.txt and it didn't work, but the whole default folder did the trick !

Thanks you everyone for your help

You better watch out if your monitor can handle higher fps than 60.

If you got a certain resolution, the monitor might not be able to display more than 60 fps/Hz. Unless you forces it to do so.
And then it might get broken :/
1on1 auf azze no he no flash no awp only holztor. | Ja, da meint der ich hätt' abgeschmatzt, aber dat is Quatsch, verstehste?
DarKcS
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1237 Posts
June 20 2011 10:24 GMT
#14
Get lost troll. Barely funny.

User was temp banned for this post.
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LuckyLuke43
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway169 Posts
June 20 2011 10:42 GMT
#15
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Madoga
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands471 Posts
June 20 2011 11:01 GMT
#16
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.
Az0r_au
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia385 Posts
June 20 2011 11:07 GMT
#17
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.
S.O.U.L
Profile Joined March 2011
Latvia149 Posts
June 20 2011 11:16 GMT
#18
On June 20 2011 20:07 Az0r_au wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.




actually i think not, cause i ahve been playing lots of games with v-sync on and off, but there was no change in how smooth the game runs and mouse movement! so theres really no point of going higher than 60 and theres no point of turning off the v-sync it wont help! cause bigger numbers dont always mean better!
CezA
Madoga
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands471 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 11:31:03
June 20 2011 11:30 GMT
#19
On June 20 2011 20:07 Az0r_au wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.


Yea, some people have that problem, I never really had that problem, so I didnt really think of it.
Still I'd like to know why OP wants 60+ fps on a 60 hz monitor.
Specially since they implemented the max fps in sc2 cus the game was melting gpu's. So I dont think its wise to remove the max fps.
naggerNZ
Profile Joined December 2010
New Zealand708 Posts
June 20 2011 11:46 GMT
#20
If you have a 60hz monitor it doesn't matter. 60hz literally means it refreshes 60 times per second, which means it can only actually show 60 frames per second.
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
June 20 2011 13:08 GMT
#21
On June 20 2011 20:16 S.O.U.L wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 20:07 Az0r_au wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.




actually i think not, cause i ahve been playing lots of games with v-sync on and off, but there was no change in how smooth the game runs and mouse movement! so theres really no point of going higher than 60 and theres no point of turning off the v-sync it wont help! cause bigger numbers dont always mean better!


Actually, V-sync can and does cause mouse lag in some games, in some circumstances. This is just a straight up fact. In the Steam game Killing Floor, I get something like a quarter of a second of mouse input lag if I'm in fullscreen and V-synced. I have to play in Windowed mode to get rid of it. (I vsync because frankly, 300 FPS is stupid, and my display is 60hz, and unlike the OP, I'm aware that that's a hardware limitation.)

The real problem with Vsync is that if your PC can't handle a guaranteed constant 60 FPS, any time it dips, it's guaranteed to dip a LOT to maintain being a fraction of your refresh rate, which causes hugely noticeable sudden changes.
deanyo
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom206 Posts
June 20 2011 13:22 GMT
#22
Many uninformed responses in this thread, please dont post stupid shit in the tech support forums, there is little point in replying if you are going to come up with something stupid like 'it doesnt matter cus your monitor is only 60hz so you wont see a difference'. That is both stupid, and wrong.
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fiskrens
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden196 Posts
June 20 2011 13:22 GMT
#23
Only reason to run over 60 fps(unless your screen is 100Hz) is to jerk off at high numbers.
S.O.U.L
Profile Joined March 2011
Latvia149 Posts
June 20 2011 13:23 GMT
#24
On June 20 2011 22:22 fiskrens wrote:
Only reason to run over 60 fps(unless your screen is 100Hz) is to jerk off at high numbers.




totally agreed!
CezA
MCMXVI
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway1193 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 13:25:57
June 20 2011 13:25 GMT
#25
This isn't intended as trolling, so please bare with me.

Too much "I played this game at that setting and it was perfectly fine", "humans can't differentiate between 24 or 100 fps", "Hollywood says this and that" in this thread. In other words, trying to explain something technical by way of subjective impressions gathered over time (even falsely information repeated enough for you to think it's true, aka myths).

The OP is asking a specific question. Why not answer that or move on, if all you want to discuss or argue is myths?

Any arguments, to something as technical as how the human eye and sensor system works, with subjective thoughts, are almost to be considered spam.

Reasoning, backed up with proper facts makes for a much better discussion, but in this thread it becomes off topic.
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S.O.U.L
Profile Joined March 2011
Latvia149 Posts
June 20 2011 13:25 GMT
#26
On June 20 2011 22:08 JingleHell wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 20:16 S.O.U.L wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:07 Az0r_au wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.




actually i think not, cause i ahve been playing lots of games with v-sync on and off, but there was no change in how smooth the game runs and mouse movement! so theres really no point of going higher than 60 and theres no point of turning off the v-sync it wont help! cause bigger numbers dont always mean better!


Actually, V-sync can and does cause mouse lag in some games, in some circumstances. This is just a straight up fact. In the Steam game Killing Floor, I get something like a quarter of a second of mouse input lag if I'm in fullscreen and V-synced. I have to play in Windowed mode to get rid of it. (I vsync because frankly, 300 FPS is stupid, and my display is 60hz, and unlike the OP, I'm aware that that's a hardware limitation.)

The real problem with Vsync is that if your PC can't handle a guaranteed constant 60 FPS, any time it dips, it's guaranteed to dip a LOT to maintain being a fraction of your refresh rate, which causes hugely noticeable sudden changes.




sorry if this counts as a DP!

i didnt know that, but there is really no point turning it off for SC2, this guy is just trolling i think! cause cmon whats the point of having 100 fps instead of 60fps, in real life you wont even see the difference, and if you have a 60khz montior theres no point of that!
CezA
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 13:30:09
June 20 2011 13:28 GMT
#27
On June 20 2011 22:25 S.O.U.L wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 22:08 JingleHell wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:16 S.O.U.L wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:07 Az0r_au wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.




actually i think not, cause i ahve been playing lots of games with v-sync on and off, but there was no change in how smooth the game runs and mouse movement! so theres really no point of going higher than 60 and theres no point of turning off the v-sync it wont help! cause bigger numbers dont always mean better!



Actually, V-sync can and does cause mouse lag in some games, in some circumstances. This is just a straight up fact. In the Steam game Killing Floor, I get something like a quarter of a second of mouse input lag if I'm in fullscreen and V-synced. I have to play in Windowed mode to get rid of it. (I vsync because frankly, 300 FPS is stupid, and my display is 60hz, and unlike the OP, I'm aware that that's a hardware limitation.)

The real problem with Vsync is that if your PC can't handle a guaranteed constant 60 FPS, any time it dips, it's guaranteed to dip a LOT to maintain being a fraction of your refresh rate, which causes hugely noticeable sudden changes.




sorry if this counts as a DP!

i didnt know that, but there is really no point turning it off for SC2, this guy is just trolling i think! cause cmon whats the point of having 100 fps instead of 60fps, in real life you wont even see the difference, and if you have a 60khz montior theres no point of that!


Please stop saying khz related to monitors. That's Kilohertz, or thousand cycles per second. Hertz is cycles per second. 60hz means the monitor refreshes 60 times in a second. Like I said, I don't care if the OP knows the difference, and I pointed out at least one reason Vsync can cause a subjective impression of bad framerates.

OP isn't trolling though, it's just a placebo affect. If that makes him feel better about his play, that can make him play better, so I guess it's kind of two placebo affects backing each other up. Either way, arguing with him about how he plays in tech support is stupid, and since there's several perfectly legit reasons to not want Vsync on, or a cap, who cares?
deanyo
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom206 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 13:35:01
June 20 2011 13:34 GMT
#28
On June 20 2011 22:25 S.O.U.L wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 22:08 JingleHell wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:16 S.O.U.L wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:07 Az0r_au wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.




actually i think not, cause i ahve been playing lots of games with v-sync on and off, but there was no change in how smooth the game runs and mouse movement! so theres really no point of going higher than 60 and theres no point of turning off the v-sync it wont help! cause bigger numbers dont always mean better!


Actually, V-sync can and does cause mouse lag in some games, in some circumstances. This is just a straight up fact. In the Steam game Killing Floor, I get something like a quarter of a second of mouse input lag if I'm in fullscreen and V-synced. I have to play in Windowed mode to get rid of it. (I vsync because frankly, 300 FPS is stupid, and my display is 60hz, and unlike the OP, I'm aware that that's a hardware limitation.)

The real problem with Vsync is that if your PC can't handle a guaranteed constant 60 FPS, any time it dips, it's guaranteed to dip a LOT to maintain being a fraction of your refresh rate, which causes hugely noticeable sudden changes.




sorry if this counts as a DP!

i didnt know that, but there is really no point turning it off for SC2, this guy is just trolling i think! cause cmon whats the point of having 100 fps instead of 60fps, in real life you wont even see the difference, and if you have a 60khz montior theres no point of that!


Stop posting, vsync causes input lag in a lot of systems, just because you havnt noticed any, doesnt mean you are right.
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fiskrens
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden196 Posts
June 20 2011 13:37 GMT
#29
I don't think anyone really cares(there might be a select few...) but since he gave no explanation in the OP of why he actually needs more than 60 fps and didn't give any signs that he actually had issues playing at 60 fps besides from complaining about it being too low, I believe it's fine to tell him that it's going to be pointless having your graphics card work its ass off for nothing.
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
June 20 2011 13:38 GMT
#30
I'm gonna start banning people from posting in tech support if they keep on spouting misinformation. Please don't post unless you understand the topic you're talking about. At the very minimum you should have read and understood this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2794/2
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HydraLF
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong626 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 13:44:02
June 20 2011 13:41 GMT
#31
On June 20 2011 18:58 S.O.U.L wrote:
well as always, theres just one thing to say, whats the point of going higher? human eye can see only 30fps, so 60 is even double that, so you dont see any lag, and that you have more wont make you a better player or make youre game run smoother!
but if you really want to get higher, just fownload refreshlock and force youre monitor to 100khz to get 100fps!

Biggest BS i've heard, no, you are blind if you can't tell the difference between 30 and 60fps.
Also, monitor with 60hz wont make your fraps fps show as 60.


By your theory, forcing your monitor to 100khz should get you 100000fps?


You tried updating your display driver?
Sure.
Shade_FR
Profile Joined June 2010
France378 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 13:46:09
June 20 2011 13:42 GMT
#32
There are indeed so much trolling in this thread. A lot of people don't understand how computers work..

Don't you guys understand that even if I don't feel differences between 60 FPS and 400 FPS, it's like using a Benchmark for my new computer to see how "good" the game runs. If you are closer to 60, it means your computer barely runs the game perfectly BUT if you are waaaaaaaay beyond, it's good to know you can run higher games, future SC2 Expansions if Blizzard decides to upgrade/improve game engine, etc etc...

Anyways, the problem is fixed thanks to DarKcS, and people still like to troll. If a mod see this post, you can close my thread if you want to.
EU Zerg player - Streaming @ http://twitch.tv/shade_cst
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 13:44:57
June 20 2011 13:43 GMT
#33
On June 20 2011 22:42 ShadeOfDraG wrote:
There are indeed so much trolling in this thread. A lot of people don't understand how computers work..

Don't you guys understand that even if I don't feel differences between 60 FPS and 400 FPS, it's like using a Benchmark for my new computer to see how "good" the game runs. If you are closer to 60, it means your computer barely runs the game perfectly BUT if you are waaaaaaaay beyond, it's good to know you can run higher games, future SC2 Expansions if Blizzard decides to upgrade/improve game engine, etc etc...

Anyways, the problem is fixed thanks to DarKcS, and people still like to troll. If a mod see this post, you can close my thread.


If you want to benchmark, maybe you should check out the trial edition of Futuremarks 3DMark11?

It's kind of a standard in benchmarking, and will let you compare directly to other PCs.

On June 20 2011 22:38 R1CH wrote:
I'm gonna start banning people from posting in tech support if they keep on spouting misinformation. Please don't post unless you understand the topic you're talking about. At the very minimum you should have read and understood this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2794/2


If you do that, do I get my report button back, since that's what I lost it for reporting?
Smackzilla
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States539 Posts
June 20 2011 14:11 GMT
#34
On June 20 2011 18:58 S.O.U.L wrote:
well as always, theres just one thing to say, whats the point of going higher? human eye can see only 30fps, so 60 is even double that, so you dont see any lag, and that you have more wont make you a better player or make youre game run smoother!
but if you really want to get higher, just fownload refreshlock and force youre monitor to 100khz to get 100fps!


That's wrong, The typical human eye can see over 60 FPS, but usually not past 80 (this varies from person to person). Take an old CRT monitor and compare 60 Hz to 85 Hz. For perfect glossy-smooth video game animation, you won't see it at 60 Hz unless maybe you have really bad eyes. "Refresh" for the eye gets slower with age.
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IreScath
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada521 Posts
June 20 2011 15:00 GMT
#35
Have you possibly flashed your video card bios recently? the only thing I'm thinking is the bios isnt taking the driver's v-sync setting properly and syncing anyway.

Just to confirm... This is with all games? Or just starcraft?
IreScath
cocosoft
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1068 Posts
June 20 2011 15:06 GMT
#36
The question is why you would ever like to go beyond refresh-rate...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
IreScath
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada521 Posts
June 20 2011 15:10 GMT
#37
On June 21 2011 00:06 cocosoft wrote:
The question is why you would ever like to go beyond refresh-rate...



1) That is irrelevant... The PC seems to be not functioning the way the user wants. It doesn't matter why he wants it that way. He does.

2) Sometimes these types of issue can mean there is an underlying issue that can effect the system in other ways negatively that he/she has not come across yet. It is always good practice to fix issue like this to ensure the best possible experience with your system.
IreScath
GarlicSauce
Profile Joined May 2007
Netherlands92 Posts
June 20 2011 16:01 GMT
#38
50Hz is the bare minimum for a typical refresh rate on CRT monitors / TV's (the eu/PAL standard)..

On LCD it doesn't work the same way because pixels can be constantly 'on' and don't always need to be refreshed, but this is beside the point.
Now because any refreshrate below 50Hz will look like a stroboscope to the human eye implies you can see above 30fps. Hence for a game to feel '100%' smooth it has to at least be able to run at 50fps, preferably higher. Higher means it's more likely to handle frameratedrops when things get busy on screen.
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Uhh Negative
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1090 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 16:43:52
June 20 2011 16:38 GMT
#39
This might be only for FPS games or something, but everywhere I've read says the ideal FPS max you want is (refresh rate)x2+1. So that's 121 for most people. I'm not sure the reasoning behind this though or if it's just game specific.

I've read about this on TF2 forums.
Genome852
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States979 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-20 16:59:43
June 20 2011 16:58 GMT
#40
On June 20 2011 20:30 Madoga wrote:
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On June 20 2011 20:07 Az0r_au wrote:
On June 20 2011 20:01 Madoga wrote:
On June 20 2011 19:42 LuckyLuke43 wrote:
It really amazes me, that in 2011, people still think there's no difference between 30fps and 60fps, and even up to 100fps. Also people seem to think that if your monitor runs on 60Hz, it can't feed you with more than 60fps effectively. Get educated people... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com peace.


Uhmn....
60 hz means that the screen refreshes 60 times a sec, so it cant show more than 60 fps.

V-sync links the fps to the hz of your monitor. If you turn it off your videocard will just churn out a useless high fps and it causes texture tearing, so I dont see a reason for disabling it.


Some games mouse movement is affected by vsync.


Yea, some people have that problem, I never really had that problem, so I didnt really think of it.
Still I'd like to know why OP wants 60+ fps on a 60 hz monitor.
Specially since they implemented the max fps in sc2 cus the game was melting gpu's. So I dont think its wise to remove the max fps.


Vsync adds "mouse lag" (actually visual lag which results in input feeling laggy) due to the way it works. You might not feel it, but that doesn't mean it isn't there... it's the reason why no professional FPS player has it on in any FPS game. Vsync might fix tearing but it has it's own disadvantages, like needing to cut the framerate by a divisor if it drops below a set number, based on the monitor's refresh rate, and also the perceived input delay.

Triple buffering is great, but uses even more GPU memory and there is still mouse lag.

I honestly find it difficult to notice screen tearing in SC2 as opposed to FPS games, so I leave it off. Input lag is also something I can't really tolerate.

On June 20 2011 22:22 deanyo wrote:
Many uninformed responses in this thread, please dont post stupid shit in the tech support forums, there is little point in replying if you are going to come up with something stupid like 'it doesnt matter cus your monitor is only 60hz so you wont see a difference'. That is both stupid, and wrong.


No, it's correct. That is why 120hz monitors are becoming much more popular, because you can actually see 120 FPS effective now. In many games having higher FPS than your monitor's refresh rate is still useful and can make the game "feel" better (psychological perhaps), but you're still only seeing 60 frames per second. E.g. in Source Engine games (I'm not sure if it's been changed recently) the amount of data sent / received per second was capped by your FPS and also the cl_cmdrate, cl_updaterate, rate commands. In CS, higher framerate also increased the rate at which your crosshairs tightened after shooting (just the animation obviously). In Quake, I believe certain FPS numbers let you jump farther than other players. In SC2, your marines aren't going to shoot faster because you have different FPS than someone else.
Akta
Profile Joined February 2011
447 Posts
June 20 2011 22:41 GMT
#41
People shouldn't compare CRT and LCD monitor fps issues, a 120hz LCD wont be like a 120hz CRT just like a 60hz CRT wont feel like a 60hz LCD. And rapidly changing images look very different on LCD's and CRT's which is not mainly because the refresh rates.

Other than that it depends on game and what problem you are concerned with. Caps can be better than no caps, all depends on how the game works and what you want your adjectives to mean.
wesrawr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States7 Posts
June 21 2011 03:16 GMT
#42
Buy a new monitor.
If you are going over 60fps for other games, you are not actually seeing that many frames, however your computer is working harder, as though it were pumping out those extra frames.
It might say "125fps" or whatever amount but its still just 60.
Its a common misconception that just because you have v-sync disabled you can ignore physical limitations.
Tsenister
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom112 Posts
June 21 2011 03:38 GMT
#43
On June 20 2011 18:58 S.O.U.L wrote:
well as always, theres just one thing to say, whats the point of going higher? human eye can see only 30fps, so 60 is even double that, so you dont see any lag, and that you have more wont make you a better player or make youre game run smoother!
but if you really want to get higher, just fownload refreshlock and force youre monitor to 100khz to get 100fps!


I'm not sure where you picked up this urban myth but the eye does not look at light stimuli on an fps function...
Genome852
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States979 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-21 03:51:53
June 21 2011 03:51 GMT
#44
On June 21 2011 12:38 Tsenister wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2011 18:58 S.O.U.L wrote:
well as always, theres just one thing to say, whats the point of going higher? human eye can see only 30fps, so 60 is even double that, so you dont see any lag, and that you have more wont make you a better player or make youre game run smoother!
but if you really want to get higher, just fownload refreshlock and force youre monitor to 100khz to get 100fps!


I'm not sure where you picked up this urban myth but the eye does not look at light stimuli on an fps function...


It's a stupid myth that has been going on for ages.

I really can't see how anyone CAN'T tell the difference between 30 and 60 FPS.

Also, I'd like a 100000 Hz monitor.
Akta
Profile Joined February 2011
447 Posts
June 21 2011 16:03 GMT
#45
On June 21 2011 12:51 Genome852 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 21 2011 12:38 Tsenister wrote:
On June 20 2011 18:58 S.O.U.L wrote:
well as always, theres just one thing to say, whats the point of going higher? human eye can see only 30fps, so 60 is even double that, so you dont see any lag, and that you have more wont make you a better player or make youre game run smoother!
but if you really want to get higher, just fownload refreshlock and force youre monitor to 100khz to get 100fps!


I'm not sure where you picked up this urban myth but the eye does not look at light stimuli on an fps function...


It's a stupid myth that has been going on for ages.

I really can't see how anyone CAN'T tell the difference between 30 and 60 FPS.

Also, I'd like a 100000 Hz monitor.
Hehe, we probably have to wait for completely new panel technologies for those kinds of refresh rates to have any value outside of marketing since the LCD technology currently have major issues in that regard even at 60hz.
Certifydegoon
Profile Joined August 2015
1 Post
August 02 2015 15:46 GMT
#46
to fix the 60fps cap on win 10 . disable the dv-r feature in the xbox app your welcome
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20322 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-03 14:44:58
August 03 2015 14:44 GMT
#47
Cool i'l let a few people know to try that. Been investigating the mysterious FPS locks in w10 windowed mode
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