Using 3rd Party FPS Limiter Makes Windowed Fullscreen Run Better
I have a pretty high end system I built myself, and the game runs perfectly smooth with maxed settings in Fullscreen, but Windowed Fullscreen was never quite as smooth. I had some kind of problem with V-Sync where if my FPS ever dropped below 60, it would immediately dip to 30 (No Triple Buffering in this game I guess).
So what I did was I turned V-Sync off (Which on it's on makes the game not look very smooth), and installed MSI Afterburner which I use anyway to force the fan speed on my GPU to 100%. You have to go into settings and make sure On-Screen Display is enable, and then another icon should appear in your taskbar, 'RivaTuner Statistics Server technology'. You click the little wrench and there will be a 'Framerate limit' where you can input whatever number you want the framerate to be capped at. I originally put in 60 which made more sense to me, but for some reason values between 61-63 ran the smoothest. So with the all set up, it's essentially giving me V-Sync with no performance loss if I ever dip below 60 FPS. The game runs nice and smooth now on Windowed Fullscreen. I don't know how many other people have lesser performance in Windowed Fullscreen compared to Fullscreen, but I thought I'd post this on the off chance it could help even a few people. Just Google "MSI Afterburner", and it's the first thing that comes up. It's free and costs nothing. Last bumped on Oct 25, 2016, 11:23:32 PM
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hmmm might look into that n see if it helps me. im interested in trying to not make mine drop into single sidgets. if i can get to it cap at about 30 id be happy..
Smoother than Smooth. Last edited by Moist#6523 on Feb 13, 2013, 7:31:32 PM
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" Definitely give it a shot, see how it works out for you. It only takes a couple minutes to get it all set up and isn't very complicated. |
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Hey CK011885,
I had the same problem as you. My system is not the newest, but I think it's decent enough to run this game properly. With Window-Mode I always had fps drops from 60 to 30. Especially when I turned on a stream at the the second monitor, when I played. I set the framelimit to 62 fps and my fps varies between 55 - 63 with the highest settings. I think this is a good work aroud. Thanks, SclowbirD Last edited by SclowbirD#3098 on Feb 20, 2013, 10:26:27 AM
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" wow |
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If you have an nVidia card you can use nVidia Inspector to change some driver settings, nVidia has features like adaptive vsync and frame limiter built into the driver. Works great.
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" Did it work out for you? Thanks for the info Rheikon. Although I think it doesn't really matter which program you use to limit your fps. I'm doing fine with afterburner, I am using the overlay anyways. SclowbirD |
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Doesnt worked for me :(
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Some games offer triple buffering or fps limiting.
I've never seen a game that had both options. For smooth gameplay with vsync, you want both. |
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When i use VSync its smooth, but off, its gets unreal to play... And i run the OP idea.
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