how FPS relates to GPU

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I'm building my first computer and i'm not sure what GPU to get I want to find my own, not have recommendations for good ones, my question is how do i know what the FPS will be like if i'm playing a first person shooter game I know for monitors you just look at the refresh rate and match that with the # of FPS you want but is there something like that for the computer? Please help and thank you.
 
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It depends on what monitors and games, fps depends primary off the gpu, secondly off cpu.

Fps is frames per second, if a monitor is 60hZ then the most fps it will be able to render is 60 fps.

Honestly when it comes to the card, research them and their performance at 720p and 1080.

The higher the resolution the more rendering the gpu has to do and the harder it has to work. The gpu will attempt as many fps as it can, so if you have a 60hZ monitor I recommend capping fps at 60 as any more is unused and wasted power.

Rendering 60 fps with most gpus today is very easy with 720, the higher the resolution the better card, the more intense the game, the better gpu you want.

What game in particular are you wanting to max? What's your...
It depends on what monitors and games, fps depends primary off the gpu, secondly off cpu.

Fps is frames per second, if a monitor is 60hZ then the most fps it will be able to render is 60 fps.

Honestly when it comes to the card, research them and their performance at 720p and 1080.

The higher the resolution the more rendering the gpu has to do and the harder it has to work. The gpu will attempt as many fps as it can, so if you have a 60hZ monitor I recommend capping fps at 60 as any more is unused and wasted power.

Rendering 60 fps with most gpus today is very easy with 720, the higher the resolution the better card, the more intense the game, the better gpu you want.

What game in particular are you wanting to max? What's your budget? And what refresh rate is your monitor
 
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A game like Battlefield 4, up to $300-$400 that's how much my CPU if going to cost (intel corei7 4790k), 60 hz, but if i'm looking for the number to base my info off of is it goint to be based off of the Engine Clock,the Memory Clock,or the Resolution. Thanks for your help.
 
I run bf4 at 150 fps, the servers cap at 30hz and 60hZ so y ou don't need more.

I use a 150$ amd fx 8320 8 core and it has 0 issues.

I can run the game max everything at 150 fps with just a r9 280. Which is 250. Get a gpu that's 200-400, get a cpu like the fx, or go for a intel, it should not have trouble with bf4.

Just a heads up, battlefield and some other games like dragon age are what you call amd partnered.

The game engine frostbite was made to run very well with amd radeon cards. They actually have a api built In called mantle that replaces direct x 11, 11, and 10. The game runs amazingly on it. Amd cards only offer mantle, no others.