Are you obsessed with FPS?

davedudes · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:22

Ive uninstalled Fraps, bloody sick to death of looking in the top right corner of the screen :mad:

Just enjoying the experience of playing the damn game.

jrwagh333 · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:27

I only use fraps when I get a new game and tweak my settings.

Devrij · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:32

jrwagh333 said:
I only use fraps when I get a new game and tweak my settings.

+1

I do know where you're coming from though. Especially when you're running something quite demanding that isn't quite where you want it to be in perf terms. It niggles.

orderoftheflame · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:34

Only run it when I need to know FPS or if I'm trying to tweak settings.

Running it all the time seems daft.

arc@css · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:34

jrwagh333 said:
I only use fraps when I get a new game and tweak my settings.

Pretty much this.

Lakeland · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:39

If the game is to your satisfaction it doesn't matter what the fps is, imo.

arknor · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:42

fraps is for noobs i use msi afterburner it gives for more information

Murray · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:42

jrwagh333 said:
I only use fraps when I get a new game and tweak my settings.

This.

kylew · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:52

I very rarely use fraps, if the game feels smooth, then I go off that, if it doesn't, I'll use fraps to see what the FPS is, and go from there.

chris_uk333 · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:54

For me i aim for 50+ fps...I am definately obsessed with it

Schizo · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:56

never and will never use it,if a game runs good then i dont see a point in using it to be honest.

all i want to do is play a game.

shadow_boxer · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:02

schizo220168 said:
never and will never use it,if a game runs good then i dont see a point in using it to be honest.

all i want to do is play a game.

Yeah very much how I feel. Only really got into fps checking with flight simulator x. Very demanding sim and there are so many tweaks that I wanted it running as best I could.

Jae-So · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:08

jrwagh333 said:
I only use fraps when I get a new game and tweak my settings.

indeed, when I first set up a game, I use fraps and the SLI visual indicator to set it up then take both off

AlexTrickle · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:08

What I love about the source engine and games like CSS was getting ridiculous FPSs of like 300+

massive EPEEN

nitram100 · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:14

I use it to make sure the vsync is working, it also lets me know if the monitor is in 60hz mode or 75hz mode.

Neloz · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:20

I use MSI Afterburner with the G15 display, keep and eye on temps and FPS but I just take a peek down every now and again.

Rambo89 · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:23

I used to be then when i realised most games ran well i didnt really care to look anymore.

I downgraded from my 4870X2 when it died to a OC'd 450GTS and all games still run without any FPS lag at 1920x1200 at the same settings, so now i just dont really care since i can run everything full settings still.

Rambo89 · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:24

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delete double post fail

Semiskimmed · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:26

i used to be when i was rocking a geforce 2 but blame having aged eyes on not really caring as long as it runs at a decent speed! :cool:

Kenai · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:28

Rarely check it - if the game feels nice and plays well, then I couldn't give a toss if it's at 30fps or 200fps.