Laptop Locking In-Game FPS at 60

[Voldtekt]

I just got a new laptop and after trying a couple different games I can't ever get a game to run at more than 60 fps.

The display's refresh rate is 60 Hz, so its not the biggest deal for most games, but for a game like CSGO, input is buffered at the rate of your fps, so the higher the FPS, the smoother the controls you have, which makes aiming much easier.

I have tried both League of Legends and CS:GO, at varying in-game settings and 60 FPS is the most I can ever achieve. I am certain that I have both disabled the v-sync in the in-game menu, and in the nVidia control panel. I am also certain that the games are being run using the dedicated graphics card, and not the laptop's integrated graphics. The laptop is also plugged into a power source and the power settings are set to "high performance".

The model of the laptop is: Acer Aspire V 17 Nitro 7-792G-79LX - Black Edition, and the specs are Core i7 6700HQ / 2.6 GHz - Win 10 Home 64-bit - 8 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD - GTX 960M.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Atterus]

If the monitor is maxed at 60Hz, that is all you can get/perceive. If you run higher than the refresh rate (ie, the computer is running "144Hz" but can only display 60Hz), you get screen tearing which is, imo, worse than lag. The other thing you could be experiencing is the input lag of the monitor which could range anywhere from 1ms to 5ms on higher end monitors. Again, that's a hardware limitation that can't be fixed. The only other potential issue is that some games automatically lock the fps at some arbitrary value so they can sell it to lower end systems too. Fallout 4 had that problem initially when Bethesda forgot to remove the 60fps lock because it tied into the animation timings for consoles. I don't think CS would do that since they are primarily PC.

I mean no offense, but on a laptop you are not likely to reach the same kind of input/fps performance you'd expect from a Tower build since Towers put off a ton of heat to get the performance they do. It could be that your laptop has some limiter built in that prevents it from doing anything that pushes the hardware too far. That is a good laptop though, you'd have to shell out nearly 3k to get one that comes close to matching a Tower which isn't sane, at which point you should just get a high-end Tower.

 

[Voldtekt]

I mean no offense, but on a laptop you are not likely to reach the same kind of input/fps performance you'd expect from a Tower build since Towers put off a ton of heat to get the performance they do. It could be that your laptop has some limiter built in that prevents it from doing anything that pushes the hardware too far. That is a good laptop though, you'd have to shell out nearly 3k to get one that comes close to matching a Tower which isn't sane, at which point you should just get a high-end Tower.

I understand what you're saying, I also have a high-end tower that I do the majority of my gaming on, this laptop is just for when I'm away from home, traveling for example. I can assure you that CS is a game where the quality of your experience goes up the higher FPS you are playing the game at, which is why I was curious about the apparent frame rate cap that was being set. If it's a built in limitation that can't be helped, then I'll just play less CS while not at my desktop, no harm done really, but it's the first time I've heard of an FPS cap on a laptop/PC and was wondering if it was just a setting I was missing somewhere.

 

[Andreas Mellis]

I mean no offense, but on a laptop you are not likely to reach the same kind of input/fps performance you'd expect from a Tower build since Towers put off a ton of heat to get the performance they do. It could be that your laptop has some limiter built in that prevents it from doing anything that pushes the hardware too far. That is a good laptop though, you'd have to shell out nearly 3k to get one that comes close to matching a Tower which isn't sane, at which point you should just get a high-end Tower.

I understand what you're saying, I also have a high-end tower that I do the majority of my gaming on, this laptop is just for when I'm away from home, traveling for example. I can assure you that CS is a game where the quality of your experience goes up the higher FPS you are playing the game at, which is why I was curious about the apparent frame rate cap that was being set. If it's a built in limitation that can't be helped, then I'll just play less CS while not at my desktop, no harm done really, but it's the first time I've heard of an FPS cap on a laptop/PC and was wondering if it was just a setting I was missing somewhere.

Disable vsync both in-game and on your GPU settings.

 

[Voldtekt]

Disable vsync both in-game and on your GPU settings.

I have disabled both as stated in the OP