Is there any way to set Crysis's max framrate?

DethThrasher · 18 Apr 2009 at 10:40

I'm looking through the configs but cant find anything! i want to set the framerate to 30

Devil_Spawn · 18 Apr 2009 at 11:18

vsync woulda kinda do this if you were getting less than 60fps. why?

psychas · 18 Apr 2009 at 11:53

there should be in console i guess but theres not much point as game does not get high fps

DethThrasher · 18 Apr 2009 at 11:55

I've got vsync on and am stuck around 40-50

psychas · 18 Apr 2009 at 11:59

well its probably because its crysis and your machine cant produce anymore framrates 40~50 fps is really good at crysis

DethThrasher · 18 Apr 2009 at 12:02

i know but when it goes from 50 to 40 i see slowdown so i'd rather just be stuck at 30fps all the time but i dont know how to do it

ojrules · 18 Apr 2009 at 12:49

be grateful with what you've got ?

but yeh vsync

DethThrasher · 18 Apr 2009 at 12:51

i have vsync on!

Devil_Spawn · 18 Apr 2009 at 14:45

check that something isnt forcing vsync off in drivers

alex24 · 18 Apr 2009 at 14:49

I don't think vsync will help in this situation. There may be a console command for crysis or a setting in a cvar perhaps. You could try searching or asking on the incrysis forums.

Inazuma · 18 Apr 2009 at 15:08

lol@everyone suggesting vsync, despite the fact that that'd only lock the frame rate at 60

drunkenmaster · 18 Apr 2009 at 15:14

Inazuma said:
lol@everyone suggesting vsync, despite the fact that that'd only lock the frame rate at 60

lol at that fact, except everyone suggesting it full well knows it will only lock to a framerate if you are currently producing MORE than that number. otherwise it locks to a lower framerate at intervals, if you have less than 60fps it will lock at 30.

DethThrasher · 18 Apr 2009 at 15:35

drunkenmaster said:
lol at that fact, except everyone suggesting it full well knows it will only lock to a framerate if you are currently producing MORE than that number. otherwise it locks to a lower framerate at intervals, if you have less than 60fps it will lock at 30.

It isnt doing that for me!

Inazuma · 18 Apr 2009 at 16:22

drunkenmaster said:
lol at that fact, except everyone suggesting it full well knows it will only lock to a framerate if you are currently producing MORE than that number. otherwise it locks to a lower framerate at intervals, if you have less than 60fps it will lock at 30.

Erm, I've never seen a game do this

alex24 · 18 Apr 2009 at 16:23

Inazuma said:
Erm, I've never seen a game do this

alex24 · 18 Apr 2009 at 16:27

Sorry to repost, but worth another bump:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12793170&postcount=17

Quick search of the forums was all it took. You'll need to enable the console to enter that, I can't remember how but the internet will tell you.

titaniumx3 · 18 Apr 2009 at 16:41

Vsync locks the framerate at factors of 60 (assuming you have a 60hz monitor).

For example, if your system can pull 80fps in a particular scene, it will lock the fps at 60, if in another scene you can only pull 45fps, then it will lock at 30fps, if you can only manage 25 fps it will lock at 20fps and so on.

It's not always that simple because you have things like triple buffering which can affect to what degree vsync is able to lock fps at a particular value.

Also, I think vsync is not quite the same as "limiting" fps to a particular value, because vsync will actually syncronise the change of frames with the the screen refreshes, where as simply limiting fps will not - you can see this in games such as Quake 4 and Doom 3 which automatically limit fps to 60, yet there is still screen tearing.

DethThrasher · 18 Apr 2009 at 16:51

i cant reach 60fps yet it doesnt lock at 30fps so what the hell? does this in mirrors edge also

FlukeRogi · 18 Apr 2009 at 17:33

titaniumx3 said:
Vsync locks the framerate at factors of 60 (assuming you have a 60hz monitor).

For example, if your system can pull 80fps in a particular scene, it will lock the fps at 60, if in another scene you can only pull 45fps, then it will lock at 30fps, if you can only manage 25 fps it will lock at 20fps and so on.
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While vsync will cap the displayed framerate to your monitor refresh (eg 60fps at 60hz), the rest of your statement is just inaccurate.

If your PC can render a game at 45fps, then you will get 45fps - it won't lock at 30fps. In that case, in one second's worth of update, you'd be getting something like 30 frames that will each render within approx 16ms (at 60fps, 1 frame has just over 16ms to complete), and 15 frames that could take anything up to 32ms each.

titaniumx3 · 18 Apr 2009 at 17:55

FlukeRogi said:
While vsync will cap the displayed framerate to your monitor refresh (eg 60fps at 60hz), the rest of your statement is just inaccurate.

If your PC can render a game at 45fps, then you will get 45fps - it won't lock at 30fps. In that case, in one second's worth of update, you'd be getting something like 30 frames that will each render within approx 16ms (at 60fps, 1 frame has just over 16ms to complete), and 15 frames that could take anything up to 32ms each.

Sorry but that makes no sense whats so ever. So your saying that for each second, half of that second will play at 60fps and the other half will play at 30 fps?