Borderlands 2 R9 280 FPS drop during battle.

[M05K]

Hello everyone!

I've been playing this with all the settings max'ed without the PhysX by Nvidia at Low, during batle I've got 20/30, talking about intense battle, is it normal? Here's my setup:

CPU - I5 4430S 2.7Ghz
RAM - 10GB
GPU - R9 280
PSU - XFX 750w

 

[Vervs]

Hello.

What is your memory combination on your motherboard? For example 2GB X 8GB.

 

[M05K]

3 RAM's, they're different branded I know that could bring problems. But I think that's not the problem here. I turned off VSync now I have stuck 62FPS, with the Vsync ON it drops really like 20 FPS. Is it normal?

 

[Vervs]

Yes V Sync can drop the frames to 30 (usually) if the frame rate drop below the refresh rate (if it is a 60Hz monitor, 60 Fps).

 

[M05K]

My monitor is an 60Hz monitor, and like I said with the V Sync the FPS drops reallyyyyy well, that's normal then?

 

[finnigen007]

My monitor is an 60Hz monitor, and like I said with the V Sync the FPS drops reallyyyyy well, that's normal then?

The refresh rate of a monitor has nothing to do with the fps which your system delivers. You just can't see over 60fps on a 60Hz monitor. But not sure if it's totally normal to get that kind of drops on a such high end gpu.

 

[M05K]

I just get drop with the Vsync ON when its off i get stable 62fps with all settings maxed without the nvidia thing, so its normal with vsync on i get that drops?

 

[finnigen007]

Yes probably, because it even uses your lowest fps and puts it all together and when you often have so low fps it uses them and your total fps with vsync goes down. I would suggest when you have a high end graphics card like yours just turn vsync off unless you even get really low fps without vsync. Then you should turn it on, because there you could see the difference of the quality of a single fps.