i heard that nvidia recently gave an option to limit the fps in games with its latest driver release. i'd like to do that with my radeon, since i ended up with a motherboard with barely any space between the pcie slots, so am having a heat issue. i noticed that using the built in option in ffxiv recently to minimise the fps to 30 helped temps in that game allot so would like to do it with other games that dont require 60 fps to play smooth, until ivy bridge comes and i can replace this mobo!

The beta of Afterburner allows this iirc

Why would you want to limit the FPS? surely for a fluid gaming experience, you want the FPS as high as possible?

Jay794 said:

Why would you want to limit the FPS? surely for a fluid gaming experience, you want the FPS as high as possible?

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That's only half the story. Massive FPS does not = smooth gameplay

d_brennen said:

That's only half the story. Massive FPS does not = smooth gameplay

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....it doesn't? surely the more FPS you have the smoother the game is? as long as your gfx card can handle it?

I tried out the Afterburner software and found it didn't help when set below 60, however I have upped it to 64FPS (V-Sync turned off through CCC) and the gameplay is very much improved

most games that aren't first person shooters can be played smooth at 30 fps, an if the framerate isn't constanly jumping from 30-60 it can appear smoother and not jerk about, plus as said in previous post it will help my heat issue until i replace this mobo.

thanks brennan - im having a look in the msi afterburner options and can't find it!

Say you swing from 120fps to 60, then 85, then 35 and back to 140 during a fast pace complex scene (going toe to to with an enemy for example) the combination of FPS spazing up and down and possible tearing may be unbearable to some people

30fps is too low for me personally and vsync kills any fast paced FPS games, though I'd rather a solid 30 fps than have tearing/mouse lag

d_brennen said:

Say you swing from 120fps to 60, then 85, then 35 and back to 140 during a fast pace complex scene (going toe to to with an enemy for example) the combination of FPS spazing up and down and possible tearing may be unbearable to some people

30fps is too low for me personally and vsync kills any fast paced FPS games, though I'd rather a solid 30 fps than have tearing/mouse lag

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exactly but as said the main reason i want to do it is the heat issue, it seems i can limit fps in fraps or afterburner by recording a video but thats it?

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1038289499

Have a quick read

d_brennen said:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1038289499

Have a quick read

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nice, thanks, hopefully that guys right about it being built into ccc 12