Question Limit frame rate in Nvidia or game menu

[anjris]

Hi All

I have some queries regarding limiting the frame rate . Please help me to understand.

1. I have a 4k Monitor and it has max refresh rate of 60HZ.

So shall I limit the frame rate in "Max frame rate" in Nvidia control panel settings or inside the game menu. (In game menu i can see max fps").

And if I don't use these settings in either place. the benchmarks will show 80 -90 fps which is causing the screen tearing.

 

[boju]

Either method should be the same but perhaps having game's own rendering engine limit fps itself when applicable might be better. Try both and see what you think.

Another thing to try is limit fps to 59 whilst having vsync on. A trick, 1fps under maximum refresh causing somewhat a phantom frame buffer can result in smoother playback without the vsync peripheral lag.

 

[anjris]

Another thing to try is limit fps to 59 whilst having vsync on. A trick, 1fps under maximum refresh causing somewhat a phantom frame buffer can result in smoother playback without the vsync peripheral lag.

But I heard. if we turn on both things max frame rate and VSYNC. It won't give you much better result.

So its best to use either one of them

 

[boju]

But I heard. if we turn on both things max frame rate and VSYNC. It won't give you much better result.

So its best to use either one of them

Max frame rate with vsync on i get input lag. 59fps with vsync I don't get input lag. Fps limit alone without vsync is not as smooth from my experience on 60Hz displays.

Gotta start trying things and get your own opinion.

 

[anjris]

Max frame rate with vsync on i get input lag. 59fps with vsync I don't get input lag. Fps limit alone without vsync is not as smooth from my experience on 60Hz displays.

Gotta start trying things and get your own opinion.

Can i make it 58 fps with vsync on . Will it be more effective.

And where should I turn on vsync? In NVCP or inbuilt vsync inside the game?

 

[boju]

Your goal here is no tearing and no input lag, whichever feels and looks good. Try 58 or 59. Try Nvidia vsync or application control. Shouldn't matter which but see what you think.

 

[anjris]

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Your goal here is no tearing and no input lag, whichever feels and looks good. Try 58 or 59. Try Nvidia vsync or application control. Shouldn't matter which but see what you think.

Sure.

And just last query.

In Vsync which one should I enable.

On vs fast vs adaptive.

 

[anjris]

Your goal here is no tearing and no input lag, whichever feels and looks good. Try 58 or 59. Try Nvidia vsync or application control. Shouldn't matter which but see what you think.

But 58 is not divisible by 30. I see if we set any other number which is not in multiplier of 30. it should not have even frame rate,

 

[boju]

But 58 is not divisible by 30. I see if we set any other number which is not in multiplier of 30. it should not have even frame rate,

Not sure what you mean. If you mean if 58 could reduce Hz to 30 then maybe. 59 in my experience didn't drop to 30fps with vsync on monitoring fps in any game. Adaptive / fast tries to eliminate tearing and input lag and alternatives you can try as well.

I'm surprised. It's been a couple of months and you haven't tried anything so im assuming, hoping you were just busy, and not just now chit chatting.

 

[anjris]

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Not sure what you mean. If you mean if 58 could reduce Hz to 30 then maybe. 59 in my experience didn't drop to 30fps with vsync on monitoring fps in any game. Adaptive / fast tries to eliminate tearing and input lag and alternatives you can try as well.

I'm surprised it's been a couple of months and you haven't tried anything so im assuming, hoping you were just busy and not just now chit chatting.

Today, I will try. yes I was busy with some other stuff.

And I want to know your opinion. That's all

And thank you for explaining so well.

 

[kerberos_20]

On vs fast vs adaptive.

on = vsync always on even if framerate is higher then your monitor Hz
fast = alaways on, but use only when GPU renders more frames than your monitor can display. to reduce input lag (ie 60hz monitor, 120fps gameplay)
adaptive = on when fps higher then your monitor Hz, off when fps below your monitor Hz

 

[anjris]

on = vsync always on even if framerate is higher then your monitor Hz
fast = alaways on, but use only when GPU renders more frames than your monitor can display. to reduce input lag (ie 60hz monitor, 120fps gameplay)
adaptive = on when fps higher then your monitor Hz, off when fps below your monitor Hz

Right now I have 60 HZ monitor and 144 fps gameplay.

So which one should I enable?

 

[kerberos_20]

Right now I have 60 HZ monitor and 144 fps gameplay.

So which one should I enable?

fast for 144fps

 

[anjris]

fast for 144fps

Ok thank you

So not to use in-bulit VSYNC inside the game. Right?

 

[kerberos_20]

Ok thank you

So not to use in-bulit VSYNC inside the game. Right?

you can, if you want to limit fps to ~60 while having a bit higher input latency

 

[anjris]

you can, if you want to limit fps to ~60 while having a bit higher input latency

I will rather prefer to die than higher input latency.

 

[boju]

Another thing to try is limit fps to 59 whilst having vsync on. A trick, 1fps under maximum refresh causing somewhat a phantom frame buffer can result in smoother playback without the vsync peripheral lag.

I used to do this on a tv before buying 144Hz gsync monitor. It worked great for me.

 

[anjris]

I used to do this on a tv before buying 144Hz gsync monitor. It worked great for me.

Yes, I have Sony A8G 3840x2160 60HZ OLED HDR TV