why always 60fps?

doggystyle · 7 Jul 2020 at 21:53

I'm playing doom eternal and steam tells me i'm getting 60 fps, it never goes a single frame higher.

I know my rig isn't the newest but to be stuck on 60 all the time seems odd.

i5 2500k
R9 380x
8gb ram.

Terminal_Boy · 7 Jul 2020 at 21:54

Got Vsync enabled?

doggystyle · 7 Jul 2020 at 21:56

Terminal_Boy said:
Got Vsync enabled?

Yes.

Jae-So · 7 Jul 2020 at 21:57

doggystyle said:
Yes.

There's your answer

doggystyle · 7 Jul 2020 at 21:59

I see you have the same cpu as me, do you feel it's still decent?

Jae-So said:
There's your answer

I never knew that, I'll take it off later.

The Radeon software is recommending an update to rx5700 and a ryzen 9.

Jae-So · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:02

doggystyle said:
I never knew that, I'll take it off later.

The Radeon software is recommending an update to rx5700 and a ryzen 9.

VSync will cap your FPS to whatever your monitor is capable of and sync your monitor refresh with the FPS produced. Usually that is 60FPS.

kingteeb · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:04

doggystyle said:
I never knew that, I'll take it off later.

The Radeon software is recommending an update to rx5700 and a ryzen 9.

Sometimes it can be a better experience with it on. Depends

Kirby Wurm · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:08

If when v-sync is on it's limiting your FPS to 60fps that means your monitor likely has a maximum refresh rate of 60hz. This is a good thing as it means your system can maintain the highest number of FPS your monitor can display.

Turn it off by all means but just be aware while your FPS will increase you're likely to encounter tearing (roving horizontal lines across the scene) which irritates the hell out of many (most?) folk, myself included.

SonicSW20 · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:11

Kirby Wurm said:
Turn it off by all means but just be aware while your FPS will increase you're likely to encounter tearing (roving horizontal lines across the scene) which irritates the hell out of many (most?) folk, myself included.

The flip side is V Sync can cause input lag.

doggystyle · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:16

Jae-So said:
VSync will cap your FPS to whatever your monitor is capable of and sync your monitor refresh with the FPS produced. Usually that is 60FPS.

my monitor is 144hz, its an aoc g2460.

SonicSW20 · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:19

doggystyle said:
my monitor is 144hz, its an aoc g2460.

Check in Windows display settings that it is set to 144Hz. Also check in game settings.

Kirby Wurm · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:20

doggystyle said:
my monitor is 144hz, its an aoc g2460.

Hmm, is it set to that refresh rate in the control panel?

I had the g-sync version of that monitor BTW, very solid piece of kit.

doggystyle · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:29

I tried it with the vsync off and I'm still only getting 60, strange.

doggystyle · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:32

SonicSW20 said:
Check in Windows display settings that it is set to 144Hz. Also check in game settings.

It was set to 60, reset it. trying again.

doggystyle · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:39

That's it fixed, I'm getting in the 70s sometimes 80s playing it now.

Thanks everyone

SonicSW20 · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:59

You're certainly not the first person to get a nice 144Hz monitor and be running it at 60Hz

rashers52 · 8 Jul 2020 at 01:32

doggystyle said:
It was set to 60, reset it. trying again.

how long have you had your monitor :eek:

doggystyle · 8 Jul 2020 at 06:54

rashers52 said:
how long have you had your monitor

Years, lol. I hardly ever play games, maybe one a year when something good comes out. I'm 50 btw.

SonicSW20 said:
You're certainly not the first person to get a nice 144Hz monitor and be running it at 60Hz

I wondered over the years why I never got over 60. Everything played well and looked good so I just got on with it.

On a side note I do still get the occasional bit of tearing with some games.

Terminal_Boy · 8 Jul 2020 at 07:05

doggystyle said:
I see you have the same cpu as me, do you feel it's still decent?

For 1080p single player games with a good graphics card it’s fine.

DoneADougalOnSofa · 8 Jul 2020 at 08:04

SonicSW20 said:
You're certainly not the first person to get a nice 144Hz monitor and be running it at 60Hz

Doesn't help that Windows updates quite often reset it to 60Hz... Has happened for me anyway.