bioshock stutter vista

kmufc77 · 12 Sep 2007 at 19:48

hi guys i have the latest 163.67 drivers and the latest hotfixes but playing bioshock have a slight problem. game is really smooth with vsync on, but get the odd little slow down sometimes is this a problem with the game itself vista or my machine be interested to know your opions with ppl using vista with bioshock in direct x 10 mode.

citizen__erased · 12 Sep 2007 at 20:03

I've noticed a little slow down now and then, but it runs pretty damn well overall. Especially considering i max it out at my monitors native resolution.

modo77 · 12 Sep 2007 at 22:12

Running great here at 1280*1024 on max with vsync, no slow down.

Mindriot · 13 Sep 2007 at 00:39

It runs great on my machine, though it crashes when i try and enable vsync for some reason (8800GTS, Vista64, DX10)

Dutch Guy · 13 Sep 2007 at 10:09

If V-sync is on and the framerate drops below the refreshrate of the monitor the framerate is halved so with a TFT running at 60Hz it means the framerate drops to 30fps, so either disable V-sync, lower detail to have a framerate that is always >60fps or force triple buffering so it drops to 40fps instead of 30fps.

bfar · 13 Sep 2007 at 11:23

As above, get rid of vsync if you can't tollerate the stutter. For vsync to work well, you need a minimum fps of 60+.

Personally I never use it. I'd rather have the odd bit of tearing than the big fps drops.