MSI Afterburner Beta 10-FPS limiter in

BaDBoY_uK · 7 Jan 2012 at 10:36

Final8y said:
@BaDBoY_uK

I have just been reading on other forums that AMD Catalyst™ 12.1a preview driver and 11.12 CAP2 has made things much smoother in BF3 with CF, so i would say that the fps limiter is not wholly responsible but is clearly the best combo.

Yeah, I think you are right mate - it is definitely a combo of both. But I would say the MSI AB limiter made the graphs smoother definitely. Without it, the graphs were choppy albeit less so than without 12.1a preview. I think forcing a constant framerate puts less strain on the GPUs and means the FPS doesn't fluctuate between say 55 and 90. The game itself feels a lot smoother and that is what I am after really

Neil79 · 7 Jan 2012 at 11:36

BATTLEFIELD 3 - HOW TO

Download the LATEST msi afterburner Beta 10
http://downloads.guru3d.com/MSI-Afterburner-2.2.0-Beta-10-download-2839.html

Open the tiny Plane icon, Go to Settings - Monitoring, Pick an option in graph to monitor ( frame rate is a good test ), and show in on screen display. The on screen display icon should load up, click on the on screen display icon ( looks like a plane with a purple 60 on it ) and click the PLUS sign. Select the BF3.exe to make a new profile. Then select below

Select 55FPS for framerate limit and OK to save

Copy this file into your battlefield 3 directory, BACK UP YOUR OLD USER.CFG FIRST to another directory!!.
http://www.wupload.com/file/2636932942/user.cfg

Load BF3 turn off VSYNC and enjoy the frame rate limiter with vsync off

Tekgun · 7 Jan 2012 at 11:52

So do you need to keep the OSD running to keep the frame cap working?

Neil79 · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:02

Don't believe so no, but you need to know if it's working or not hence the frame rate OSD

setter · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:29

I always have the afterburner osd running during games, showing info such as fps, mem usage, temps. Theres an option in afterburner to remove it from any screenshots you take.

Tekgun · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:47

Yea I use a LCD display for all this stuff normally, but this don't seem to work without the OSD being on the monitor.

Tekgun · 7 Jan 2012 at 13:03

Okay I have it working without the OSD.
in AfterBurner Settings > Monitoring >
Show in On Screen Display - checked
Show in Logitech LCD Display - checked

Then after setting the Frame Cap for the application;
MSI On Screen Display server > Show On screen Display - Off

This displays the info on the LCD not on-screen, and the frame cap still works.

panyan · 7 Jan 2012 at 13:06

setter said:
showing info such as fps, mem usage, temps.

how do you get it to show the other stuff too?

Tekgun · 7 Jan 2012 at 13:08

On the Monitoring page, select what you want displayed from the list, and then check the box for show in On-screen display.

panyan · 7 Jan 2012 at 13:14

Tekgun said:
On the Monitoring page, select what you want displayed from the list, and then check the box for show in On-screen display.

of the actual afterburner program and not just the OSD program - i see - thanks

setter · 7 Jan 2012 at 13:20

Yep, just use the osd section in afterburner. I have it set to show info for both cards on screen. Therefore keeping my logitech g15 display for coretemp for cpu temp readings.

nitram100 · 7 Jan 2012 at 14:30

I set this up with my 75hz LCD to cap at 75frames and it didn't really make much difference, just gave me more screen tear.

I then downloaded rivatuner and tried D3DOverider to enable triple buffering, oh man now that is smooth like butter.

Deception · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:11

I agree, I dont seem to get any stutter using the fps cap with AB, yet I did with the nvidia inspector.

elrasho · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:30

nitram100 said:
I set this up with my 75hz LCD to cap at 75frames and it didn't really make much difference, just gave me more screen tear.

I then downloaded rivatuner and tried D3DOverider to enable triple buffering, oh man now that is smooth like butter.

Does using triple buffering through D3DOverider make the game look worse?

~>Dg<~ · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:37

no stutter set to 60 fps smooth as butter :cool:

elrasho · 7 Jan 2012 at 17:21

using ccc 11.11c preview drivers with D3DOverider triple buffer enabled and frame limiter set to 60... I get screen tearing

what am I doing wrong?

MoRT489 · 7 Jan 2012 at 21:08

I assume on a 120Hz monitor setting the fps limit to 120 will have the same effect as mentioned in this thread? Unfortunately I dont reach 120 fps on BF3 with single GTX570 tho

nitram100 · 7 Jan 2012 at 22:11

elrasho said:
Does using triple buffering through D3DOverider make the game look worse?

In terms of visual quality? It looks exactly the same to me mate.

nitram100 · 7 Jan 2012 at 22:13

elrasho said:
using ccc 11.11c preview drivers with D3DOverider triple buffer enabled and frame limiter set to 60... I get screen tearing what am I doing wrong?

Just to let you know, I am not using the frame limiter. I am using Overrider only and it locks it to my screens refresh rate with little to no input lag. Try using d3doverrider only.

Neil79 · 7 Jan 2012 at 23:20

~>Dg<~ said:
no stutter set to 60 fps smooth as butter

... I thought you said this frame rate limiter was a waste of time?

~>Dg<~ said:
so basically it is just vsync on which in fps = fail

~>Dg<~ said:
ive read the article but if neil sets his fps to 60 in bf3 i guarentee it will dip below

this does not stop tearing on its own either.

it is better to just not add fancy things and play normal at the correct settings to get your "highest fps " all the time.

also this isnt going to happen !

~>Dg<~ said:
i understand what was said about the limiter and like said its not a new idea its been around or trying to be done since 2009 ! its not been needed its just a option

capping your fps in fps games is a bad thing.

Dg sometimes lol