Graphics Card tester program

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 11:48

is there a program for testing frame rates etc if so can someone please link me to it, thank you

Minstadave · 27 Jan 2007 at 12:02

What do you want to do? See the frame rate in the games you're playing? Or do you want a benchmarking app like 3DMark?

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 12:55

im not sure i just want to know how ell my graphics card is running so i guess a bit of both

sunlitsix · 27 Jan 2007 at 12:57

Fraps
or some games have built in FPS counters

Minstadave · 27 Jan 2007 at 12:58

3dMark 2005 and 2006 are the most commonly used benchmarking applications, you can use your scores in them to compare with others with similar setups and see how you're getting along.

Fraps is a little app which displays your framerate whilst you're playing a game.

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 13:21

kk thanks for the help all.

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 13:33

on fraps is 60 in yellow on the top left of the screen a good score?

khemist · 27 Jan 2007 at 13:44

Depends what you have running and also you may have vsync enabled and that limits the framerate to 60 fps ...try turning it off in your gfx card options.

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 13:49

i dont know what a gfx card option is and it was running at 60 in bf 2142

MeatLoaf · 27 Jan 2007 at 13:51

What resolution are you running the game at and do you have any AA or AF on?

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 13:53

evrythig is on high and maxed out settings highest res etc.

viking12344 · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:50

I would bet that if you are sitting at 60 in yellow at the top of your screen then you have vsync turned on. Shut it off and see what that puppy can do

60 is real good for all but fps games, even then its good to most but some folks like their fps over 100

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 21:23

how do i go about turning it off sorry im a bit of a hardware noob. thanks in advance

gurusan · 27 Jan 2007 at 22:03

viking12344 said:
I would bet that if you are sitting at 60 in yellow at the top of your screen then you have vsync turned on. Shut it off and see what that puppy can do

60 is real good for all but fps games, even then its good to most but some folks like their fps over 100

60 is plenty in a FPS game...you're not going to notice much difference past 60...anything below 60 sucks though

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 27 Jan 2007 at 22:17

so how do i turn it off? p.s im using windows vista

geeza · 27 Jan 2007 at 23:52

gurusan said:
60 is plenty in a FPS game...you're not going to notice much difference past 60...anything below 60 sucks though

rubbish, i played unreal on a cyrex 333 and matrox mystique 220. 4fps is easily enough!

really though, I can play down to about 25fps then its gets rubbish

X_Inferno_Uk_X · 28 Jan 2007 at 12:14

please can someone awnser my question?

melbourne720 · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:10

Right click on your desktop, go to Properties, go to Settings, go Advanced, and it will be on the tab that is specific to your graphics card. It's called VSync (as in vertical sync), and having it on synchronises/caps the frames per second to the refresh rate (normally 60Hz, or 60 cycles per second). Turn it off to let you fps go above 60.

edit: that's where it is in XP, should be something similar in Vista.

gurusan · 29 Jan 2007 at 11:02

geeza said:
rubbish, i played unreal on a cyrex 333 and matrox mystique 220. 4fps is easily enough!

really though, I can play down to about 25fps then its gets rubbish

It's all personal preference...I can't play FPS games under about 40fps for singleplayer and under 60fps for multiplayer.

I did beat R6 Vegas running about 25-30fps the entire time.....but that game was just too cool