ArrowCool Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I haven't really played since the update, but when I logged on tonight, I noticed I was getting 90+ FPS WITH V-Sync turned on. I have the refresh set at 60Hz. I mean, not a huge deal, but I don't want the GPU working harder than it needs to. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykologist Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I haven't really played since the update, but when I logged on tonight, I noticed I was getting 90+ FPS WITH V-Sync turned on. I have the refresh set at 60Hz. I mean, not a huge deal, but I don't want the GPU working harder than it needs to. Any ideas? Downgrade your video card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemonjax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I haven't really played since the update, but when I logged on tonight, I noticed I was getting 90+ FPS WITH V-Sync turned on. I have the refresh set at 60Hz. I mean, not a huge deal, but I don't want the GPU working harder than it needs to. Any ideas? Turn off vsync in the game, and force it through your drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalRokko Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I haven't really played since the update, but when I logged on tonight, I noticed I was getting 90+ FPS WITH V-Sync turned on. I have the refresh set at 60Hz. I mean, not a huge deal, but I don't want the GPU working harder than it needs to. Any ideas? I had the same issue, turning VSync off then on again fixed it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathDiciple Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I haven't really played since the update, but when I logged on tonight, I noticed I was getting 90+ FPS WITH V-Sync turned on. I have the refresh set at 60Hz. I mean, not a huge deal, but I don't want the GPU working harder than it needs to. Any ideas? VSync in game is not working for me since 1.1 either. It does absolutely nothing for me, as once I set 'default on unless app sets otherwise' in drivers it WAS turned on, even tho i disable it in game. Driver just ignores it now for some reason. So either way have to be set in driver now it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrowCool Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks guys. I appreciate the help. I will try setting it through the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowsix Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Eh, not extremely computer literate here, but just for future reference, how could having v-sync on and getting 90+ fps be bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrowCool Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 I had the same issue, turning VSync off then on again fixed it for me. I just wanted to update this in case anyone else was having the same issue. I did what the above poster said, and it fixed the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelinCarnate Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Have you tried underclocking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GthcRvn Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Eh, not extremely computer literate here, but just for future reference, how could having v-sync on and getting 90+ fps be bad? Because outside of competitive gaming, anything above 60 is pointless and not really noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastamanman Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 v-sync limits the FPS to the refresh rate of your monitor so u may have a 120mhz refresh monitor and getting 90 cause that is the max your cpu/card can handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigo Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Eh, not extremely computer literate here, but just for future reference, how could having v-sync on and getting 90+ fps be bad? When your framerate goes above 60, and the refresh rate is 60hz you can experience screen tearing which for some can be annoying. It also adds extra overhead to your gpu the temperature and power consumed. For what would appear for some as no real gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaverick Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Eh, not extremely computer literate here, but just for future reference, how could having v-sync on and getting 90+ fps be bad? It shouldn't actually be possible to get 90+ fps with a refresh rate of 60hz. V sync is supposed to lock your frame rate to the refresh rate of the screen. (I.e. at 60hz your screen updates 60 times per second) If you're FPS is higher than your refresh rate you'll never actually see the extra frames that it's rendering, so the smoothing effect that a higher frame rate has won't be noticed. Couple of things here tho, some engines update other things per frame than just the graphics. This means that in a badly written game you can end up with sound or physics or network prediction getting out of step with what you can see on the screen. What this actually suggests is that either V sync doesn't work in the game at the moment, or more likely the interface isn't correctly showing the state of V sync - the button is on but the actual value stored in the configuration files is set to off. TL;DR - It means its running faster than you asked it to and you're not getting the benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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