FPS, Monitor Refresh Rate, and Issues

[szeir]

Hi All,

I apologize if this thread is in the wrong place, but I'm fairly new to TH.

I'm in the process of updating some components on my PC. I was looking into a new graphics card (I currently have a Radeon 7850 1GB) since my gameplay was usually full of screen tearing and stutter (even after v-sync). But the funny thing is I can play games such as League of Legends at about 150-200 fps, Battlefield 4 fluctuating about 60-75 fps, and other games that seem to go above 60 frames. After I ran FRAPS on these and saw I was getting great frames I figured I may not need a new graphics card.

My issue is that although I get get more than 60 frames in BF4, I still feel I'm not getting a smooth game. I've tried V-Sync since my monitor is only 60Hz refresh rate, but it seems to get worse. Now I'm not too knowledgeable about the graphics vs monitor vs frames, but I was thinking if I bought a 120Hz or 144Hz monitor that would make my gameplay a bit smoother.

If I could get a smooth 60 fps game that would be my ultimate goal, so I'm unsure if its something I can do with settings in AMD CCC or otherwise. Or does this mean I should get a new monitor? Thanks for your help!

Full Specs:

AsRock 970 Extreme3 1.7 MoBo
AMD FX-8350 CPU
AMD Radeon 7850 1GB GPU
16GB Corsair Vengence RAM
Asus 23' 60Hz 1920x1080 resolution monitor
750W PSU

 

[Pr3di]

Before you upgrade your monitor, try this setting in BF4 (or you can create a user.cfg file in your game folder and it will activate automatically every game):
gametime.maxvariablefps 60, or 59, or 59.94

I think that setting it to 59.94 will give you the best result.
This should lock your fps to the exact refresh rate of your monitor without using v-sync.
I still might experience some tearing or input delay, meaning you might have to change other settings as well.

 

[szeir]

Before you upgrade your monitor, try this setting in BF4 (or you can create a user.cfg file in your game folder and it will activate automatically every game):
gametime.maxvariablefps 60, or 59, or 59.94

I think that setting it to 59.94 will give you the best result.
This should lock your fps to the exact refresh rate of your monitor without using v-sync.
I still might experience some tearing or input delay, meaning you might have to change other settings as well.

Thanks for you help, I will definitely try that tonight and post some results!

 

[szeir]

I tried that, but it seemed to make it worse.

I did a check and it doesn't look like I'm getting 60-75, its more 40-50 ( I think I may have gotten the game wrong, I was FRAPSing a bunch).

I scaled down to 720, nothing changed. Changed to medium, still had some serious tearing and just overall lag. I've played this before at a good setting, just not sure what has changed.

 

[Pr3di]

I found something else yesterday, and it seems to have improved my tearing.
Use the same command I gave you to set the max FPS to 58, and also turn Vsync on.
This should remove most of the tearing and input lag.