Questions tagged [framerate]
Frame rate (also known as frame frequency) is the frequency (rate) at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. Frame rate is most often expressed in frames per second (FPS) and is also expressed in progressive scan monitors as hertz (Hz).
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Show frames per second on Shadow Upgrade
I'm using the Shadow Upgrade cloud gaming PC, which is working nicely, but I would like to show an in-game frames per second counter to optimize performance.
I've looked at this list of top five ...
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Can modern CPUs run PhysX with high FPS?
PhysX is over ten years old now, and back then running PhysX supported games with cpu-only PhysX setting guaranteed low framerates.
Can today's fastest processors like Intel i9 paired with non-nvidia ...
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Does GTA IV require higher specs than GTA V?
I have a 940MX GPU laptop with an i7 processor and 16 GB RAM.
In this, GTA V runs fine (30 FPS) at 1024 × 768 resolution and low to medium settings.
So I thought since GTA IV is 4 years older than ...
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I ran a UserBenchmark test and the graphics are at about 1.21%. What are some ways to fix this for cheap or free?
My benchmark: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/44519424
Specifications:
NVidia GTX 940M
Core i7-6500U (which is 2.5 GHz)
HP envy notebook (basically a laptop)
I have about 40-60 fps for low ...
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Why does Jedi: Fallen Order runs so smooth?
disclaimer: I'm new to PC gaming and this question may be dumb, but I couldn't find anything online
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order isn't a game known for its optimization. My friend, playing with a ...
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How can I increase FPS in games (Minecraft, various Steam games) on my low-mid end computer? Specs below [duplicate]
Specs:
Intel Core i7-6500U @ 2.50GHz x 4
HP ENVY Notebook
16384MB RAM
Display: Intel HD Graphics 520
Render: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 940M
Windows 10 Pro version 1909
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GT 710 Overclocking
I have a DDR3 GT 710 2GB Passive Edition from ZOTAC. As you all might already know, it is not ideal for gaming. Hence, I intend on overclocking it to gain a couple of frames for GTA 5 (gives about 35 ...
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GTA not using full GPU capacity
I recently installed Grand Theft Auto IV on my PC (Intel i3 6100, 4GB RAM, GT 710 2GB DDR3). I installed a few car skins and the game started to drop frames at High settings. So I reduced it to Medium ...
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Why does frame rate matter for speedruns in games with in-game timers?
Watching this video from Karl Jobst, he mentions that the speedruns of several Doom ports must take into account the game's poor frame rate. I know the 007 Goldeneye speedrun on the N64 also involves ...
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Why do i get Tearing/Graphics lag when FPS >= 60 on Rainbow Six Game / All games?
no matter on which way i achieve FPS >= 60 on Rainbow 6 (and other games), there is screen lag or tearing i do not know what it is exactly. Can anyone help?
I have tried all kind of monitors, ...
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Is there any reason to not limit a games framerate to your monitors refresh rate? [duplicate]
The title mostly speaks for itself: For example on a 60Hz monitor, do I get any benefit from >60FPS?
I am aware of this question, which asks for the exact opposite, and the accepted answer states ...
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Apex Legends stuck at 60 FPS (G-Sync 144hz monitor)
With +fps_max unlimited it still caps with the following behavior:
On "Triple Buffered" FPS Locks caps at 60 & g-sync works
On "Adaptive" FPS moves freely between 60-89 but monitor caps refreshes ...
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What is Dark Souls' frame rate on PS3 and Xbox 360?
I'm musing about possibly getting the remaster on Switch, running at 30fps and I'm curious about the original frame rate on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
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Why is screen refresh rate considered important in gaming?
I'm shopping for a gaming laptop. I play RPG/shooters like Fallout 4 and MMOs such as Guild Wars 2 and Black Desert Online.
I prefer high pixel density displays. In a 15.6-inch laptop screen, 1080p ...
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Are there quantifiable benefits to using a frame rate higher than a multiplayer games server tick rate?
I was having a conversation about video games with a friend, and we got to talking about frame rates. I just got a 144Hz monitor, and my friend swears that he will stick to 60Hz, because there is no ...
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How to record Vanilla Minecraft in higher FPS than the screen?
For slowing down video footage, a high frame rate is useful. But if the screen only shows 60 frames per second, even if I set Minecraft and OBS to 120 frames per second, it only records 60 distinct ...
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Weird performance issue with Assassin's Creed on Laptop with GTX 1060
So I have bought a new laptop relatively recently: an Asus Rog GL502vm which has a GTX 1080, i5-7300hq, and 8GB of RAM. So I decided to put it through its passes, and installed Assassin's Creed ...
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Does running applications in background on Windows 10 machine when playing full screen FPS game affect performance?
Does running applications in the background on a Windows 10 machine when playing a full screen FPS game affect performance?
For example, I'm playing Squad now on and I sometimes have Chrome open in ...
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Collosal difference between FPS in Dark Souls II and Dark Souls III [duplicate]
I don't know if you here at Arquade SE accept technical questions, but I'm willing to try anyway.
I am a huge Dark Souls fan, so naturally, I have all three games on my laptop. Before we go into my ...
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Rocket league does not show frame rate when using a steam controller on PC
Title says it all, I have my steam settings set up to display FPS in the top left which works on rocket league when using keyboard and mouse, and Dota 2 (also when using keyboard and mouse) curiously ...
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Forcing NVIDIA on CS:GO [duplicate]
After an update my framerate dropped and I didn't know why. With measuring the GPU usage I found out that CS is using the wrong graphics. In my NVIDIA control panel I have set the global and the ...
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How can I fix this FPS drop following the 15/3/2017 CS:GO patch?
I've been running Counter Strike: Global Offensive on my laptop (NVIDIA GeForce 840M 2GB and an Intel processor) at 150fps, however after the 15/3/2017 update I'm suddenly experiencing only 30fps. ...
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How can I increase my frame rate?
I have a MacBook Pro with a 2.2 GHz processor 8 GB of ram and an AMD Raedon HD 6750M 1024 MB Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB Graphics card. After playing League for a year, I've always had low frames, ...
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Low fps on The Witcher 2 even though it should be better
so I have a graphics card in my Lenovo e560 laptop with the following specifications:
Graphics Card Manufacturer - Powered by AMD
Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon (TM) R7 M370
Memory Size - 2048 MB
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How to fix Skyrim's incredibly long loading screen caused by d3d9.dll?
I have just bought Skyrim, and instead of 3 hours of playing, I've been spending 3 hours getting it to work. I experienced heavy mouse input lag (about 0.2 seconds, try to block someone's sword with ...
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Is variable framerate still distracting with G-sync/Freesync?
I understand what G-sync/Freesync does and that variable framerate should feel smoother with it, but do you still notice it when framerate is fluctuating from let's say 60-90 FPS, or 90-120 FPS, ......
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Improve FPS in Fallout 4
My PC has integrated graphics, an AMD Radeon HD 7660D APU (3.4 GHz). I've done a clean install of the latest driver for it, but I still get atrocious FPS in Fallout 4. It stutters so much that it is ...
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How do I get rid of this funny number at the top left of the screen?
In all blizzard games, I saw a number on top left of the screen. That happens only on blizzard games.
I think I must have set that up before because I want to know fps. Now I have a fast computer and ...
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Why do I get very low fps even at minimum settings for far cry 4?
Im using MacBook Pro 2012 non retina base model running Windows 10.
As per steam the minimum requirements are given as
My question is why its not even playable in 800x600(minimum) resolution in ...
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Skyrim FPS drops when close to objects
Skyrim stutters terribly when I'm close to objects. For example, when closely passing trees at the intro scene or next to a bed when indoors. The game runs fine when outside or in the middle of a ...
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What do the dots next to the fps counter mean?
When I activate the performance-meter in the settings I can see my FPS in the top left corner.
When the game runs smoothly, I have one dot next to the fps, like that: "FPS: 70." However, in bigger ...
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BorderLands 2 VS BorderLands 1
So I've tried playing borderlands expectant of seeing massive drops in fps at the lowest possible settings seeing as how I'm playing on an integrated 256mb amd GPU.
Its a notebook so I'm in a tight ...
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msi GE72 2QF Apache Pro, Windows 10 laptop
I have a gamma issue. My computer is an msi GE72 2QF Apache Pro, Windows 10. It's a brand new computer, so the graphics card should be fine. The problem first started when I was playing Overwatch. I ...
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How do I display the framerate (fps) in SimCity on a Mac?
I'm trying to find the best graphics settings for my Mac but can't compare because I can't see what the framerate is. How do I display the framerate on SimCity?
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Minecraft lag with the AMD A10 7850K APU?
I've made my first custom build PC for my grandma. She doesn't really use it for gaming but her grandchildren do, and she didn't have much money to spare, so I've build a PC with an AMD A10 7850K ...
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Excessive stuttering and occasional FPS drops in Optifine-enhanced Minecraft 1.7.5 despite high framerate [closed]
I am playing Minecraft 1.7.5 with Optifine on high settings (all video settings except OpenGL set at fancy). I get a consistently high framerate on average: 90-140 FPS. However, I also experience ...
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Every Unreal Engine game I play has a framerate drop after about ten minutes
I have been having this problem with a variety of games. The ones I can recall specifically right now are Life is Strange and the one I was just playing, The Old City.
Both games, and at least one ...
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Unexpected FPS drops (Sometimes)
I've recently run into a very annoying problem in Assassin's Creed Black Flag. I am playing this game on my laptop which have the following specs:
Intel Core i7 4510U @ 3.1 GHz (At turbo boost)
8 GB ...
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Why does connecting a laptop to a TV via HDMI cause a framerate drop?
I have encountered a problem recently: I plug in my computer to my TV with HDMI and suddenly any game will play at snail speed. Like ridiculously slow.
I have tried both of my TVs, lowered the games ...
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Why do resolution [and framerate] need to be higher in video games than in TV and cinema? [duplicate]
I've recently restarted playing video games after around 10 years, and I've noticed that there is a lot of attention about resolutions.
Now, putting aside that this could be as much an obsession as ...
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Skyrim frame rate issue for first 5 minutes of gameplay
I have quite a good computer with a core i7 processor, GeForce GT750, 16 GB RAM, so Skyrim should run smoothly all the time. However, for the first 5 minutes of gameplay the sound lags, the frame rate ...
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How do you do frame-rate tests on a console?
For 6th/7th/8th generation consoles, how do I do frame-rate tests, for an example, like this DigitalFoundry video?
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Why my games doesnt appear like it runs under 60 fps?
Let me give you an example that might explain you my question:
When Im watching 60fps videos of people playing CoD Ghosts it really looks very smooth, but when I play it on my PC it looks like 30fps?
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Minecraft framerate is lower in Ubuntu. Why?
Recently, I moved over to Ubuntu for various performance reasons, but I've seen a major drop in my Minecraft framerate. Usually I get 100-250 in Windows, but Ubuntu is struggling to keep me at 60.
I ...
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What are the benefit of locking an already v-synced framerate?
I've noticed some games run with less stuttering when I apply a 60fps lock, when already using (adaptive)v-sync on a 60Hz screen. Why is this the case if the frames are paced directly with my screen's ...
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Is there any reason to limit my FPS?
I recently built a new computer. It's not mind-blowingly amazing but it's pretty solid, and I can play any game in my Steam library on it. I've been messing around with graphics settings in ...
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How to view Borderlands FPS without third party software
I would like to see what my framerate is for Borderlands 2 (steam). However, the only way to do this that I can find on Google, is to install 3rd-party-software (fraps, EVGA monitor...). Right now, I ...
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FPS increase while holding any mouse button
I have a problem. Normally when I'm playing CS:GO I have ~30 FPS. But recently I realized, that when I'm holding any mouse button (mouse1 - mouse5) my FPS suddenly increases to ~70. One more thing - ...
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Dark Souls 2: Xbox360 vs PlayStation 3 vs Xbox One vs PlayStation 4
Is there a graphical/framerate/draw distance/weapon change difference between these 4 versions (Xbox360 vs PlayStation 3 vs Xbox One vs PlayStation 4) of Dark Souls 2/Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the ...
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Strangely low framerate in Shadow Fight 2 for Windows 8
I've been playing Shadow Fight 2 (Windows Store version) for about 2 months now, and recently a friend of mine decided to play the iOS version. The iOS version appears to have a much better framerate!
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