Are you obsessed with FPS?

My GFX card is so bad these days I don't need fraps to tell its running less then 30fps havn't realy played any games in a month now as i'm waiting for my new 580 to turn up which should be on monday then I can game again with good setting and good fps
Old card is 4870 x2
 
Not really, I can tell when TF2 (pretty much the only game I play) is running properly by the feel. When it's running properly I know it's going at 100-121 fps (capped) because it's nice and smooth. When it's not running properly I can feel the stuttering and sluggishness, so I know it's going at around 50-80 fps. At that point I have to turn off everything in Windows because my Q6600, 4GB of RAM and HD6870 can't handle a 3 year old Source engine game.
 
I used to be obsessive over FPS and was forever justifying upgrades to myself over a few more FPS, nowadays can't be arsed as long as the game ain't a stutter fest I don't care.
 
Its main use is capturing screenshots and recording gameplay - at least, that's what I use it for.
FPS - not really bothered, if it runs smoothly enough that's fine by me.
 
H2F Scott said:
Not really, I can tell when TF2 (pretty much the only game I play) is running properly by the feel. When it's running properly I know it's going at 100-121 fps (capped) because it's nice and smooth. When it's not running properly I can feel the stuttering and sluggishness, so I know it's going at around 50-80 fps. At that point I have to turn off everything in Windows because my Q6600, 4GB of RAM and HD6870 can't handle a 3 year old Source engine game.
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I'm sorry, but you simply cannot tell the difference between 120 and 80 fps.
 
Oizu said:
I'm sorry, but you simply cannot tell the difference between 120 and 80 fps.
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It's clearly not the fps numbers that matters then. When the game is running ok it's smooth, and thus hits the fps cap. When there's something slowing it down, I get noticeable stuttering. It just so happens that the fps is around 50-80 when this happens. I doesn't bother me if you think I can't tell the difference, the difference is massive on my screen. I can force the bad fps by simply having Skype open and Aero enabled in Windows 7. That alone brings my fps down to 50-80 and noticeable stuttering.

If I can't tell the difference then how could I possibly know Skype and Aero are enabled simply by how well the mouse responds in the game?
 
I hate it when games jump between say 30-60, that drives me nuts so I always try to get 60 consistently in pretty much every game, only thing I get a bit obsessed by.

I'm fine with playing games at a locked 30 FPS (well, depends on the game) but when it jumps between it's horrible.
 
just tryed batman AA today with the 1.1 patch with the physX on HIGH, got 50 - 60 fps average with some small drops in places but when it got to the 'dream level' it got slammed to 1 FPS!!! and stayed there, so now i have to use medium which gives me 30 - 40 on this level :(
 
I use my eyes... ive not a great PC, but as long as it appears to run fine to me then im happy, whether than be 25-30fps or 60fps + as long as my experience is not spoilt then im fine.

When I played FPS games 'seriously' as you say, then for some reason that was all the rage and checking the FPS every second was the norm... but now I look back and think it was just an excuse for every death :D
 
Wouldn't say I was obsessed with it but I am quite demanding and tend to prioritise performance over visuals.

Oh and as for the above, I can tell the difference between 80fps and 120fps in a game I know well (Quakeworld). Not everyone can though which often leads to the good old "the human eye can't detect more than 30/60/wotever fps".

Finally it is worth mentioning that some people may be able to tell the difference between say 120fps and 200fps. Values like 60 and 120 just get heard because of typical TFT refresh rates, but when I ran a CRT I used over 120hz.
 
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