Display Actual Frame Rate

[alec123456789012]

My monitor is max 100 fps but I want to know what it is actually hitting before I buy a new one. I use Geforce Experience. I tried the steam fps counter and that just showed 100 too. Anything I can do to find the actual frame rate?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

I use EVGA Precision X or you can use MSI Afterburner. Even if you dont have one of their cards. They have a OSD setting and you can show framerate as an option.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Are you using gsync? If you have a gsync monitor it will stop at 100. You will need to disable gsync in order for the fps to go above the monitor refresh rate.

 

[alec123456789012]

Are you using gsync? If you have a gsync monitor it will stop at 100. You will need to disable gsync in order for the fps to go above the monitor refresh rate.

I just did that and it didn't work. I even ran a bench mark and the frame rate stayed at 100 even in 1080p. The average was 100fps.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Did you disable gsync through nvidia control panel?

 

[jaslion]

My monitor is max 100 fps but I want to know what it is actually hitting before I buy a new one. I use Geforce Experience. I tried the steam fps counter and that just showed 100 too. Anything I can do to find the actual frame rate?

You probably have vsync turned on in your games. This limits the fps to the max refresh rate of the monitor.

 

[photonboy]

1) HZ
When talking about the monitor you discuss the REFRESH RATE. In Hz. That is how many times per second it changes. Most screens are 60Hz (60x per second).

2) FPS
Frames Per Second. This is the output of the GRAPHICS CARD. If you don't cap via VSYNC or non-synced cap it will create as many FRAMES as it can until the GPU or CPU (or other) becomes overwhelmed.

3) VSYNC
This synchronizes the GPU output with the monitor refresh rate. If the GPU can keep up, AND the monitor is 100Hz then you (ideally) will have one new FRAME for every refresh. Thus always show 100FPS.

If VSYNC is ON and your GPU can't keep up the FPS indicator will just show whatever the GPU is producing (sort of... more below).

4) FPS indicator isn't always accurate
A new frame can be requested in software but may not actually be created so you can show say 60FPS but only be producing around 40FPS. That's why games can appear to have judder or stutter despite a constant FPS.

5) GSYNC (if you have it)
If you had a 100Hz GSYNC monitor then as long as you are below 100FPS from the GPU the monitor will simply draw a new frame when the GPU tells it to. It is slaved to the GPU.

A 100Hz monitor can't refresh higher than 100x per second. If it's GSYNC it can refresh slower to match the FPS but it can't refresh any higher than 100Hz.


But...
What do you mean your monitor is "max 100FPS"?
Unless it's an older CRT that sounds more like a modern 3440x1440 monitor.

**Please give the monitor MODEL so we can look at the specifications. In fact, we can help better if we know:

a) Monitor model
b) CPU
c) graphics card