UT3 Capped At 60fps?

jrwagh333 · 7 Feb 2009 at 13:26

Hi I have a EVGA-260 Core-216 SSC edition

I am using 1680x1050
When I played UT3 I can never go over 60fps I assume there is a cap somewhere. I have looked around in the game settings but cant find much.

Any help please would be appreciated.

James.

shep_no_platinum · 7 Feb 2009 at 13:37

jrwagh333 said:
Hi I have a EVGA-260 Core-216 SSC edition

I am using 1680x1050
When I played UT3 I can never go over 60fps I assume there is a cap somewhere. I have looked around in the game settings but cant find much.

Any help please would be appreciated.

James.

lol, have you got V-Sync on?

Also, the average human eye cant tell the difference between 60+ fps so it doesnt matter mate. As long as it doesnt drop below 60 your fine.

jrwagh333 · 7 Feb 2009 at 13:50

Yeah V-Sync is off in the UT3 game and Forced-Off in Nvidia Control Pannel

KNiVES · 7 Feb 2009 at 14:28

Shep_Cobain said:
Also, the average human eye cant tell the difference between 60+ fps so it doesnt matter mate. As long as it doesnt drop below 60 your fine.

Aaah, it's the weekly can-of-worms fps debate. Yes you can tell the difference in framerates beyond 60. It varies from person to person. I'll now glibly tell you to proceed to the nearest specsavers' and be done with this conversation.

snowdog · 7 Feb 2009 at 14:44

Personally I haven't noticed the difference between 45 and 60 any more, but 30 definitely feels laggier than 45...

Regardless, I don't know, but a lot of games have frame limits these days, should be thankful it's 60 and not 32 like the monkeys in saints row 2 implemented it.

Duran · 7 Feb 2009 at 14:49

there is a setting called "smooth framerate". turn it off

PinkFloyd · 7 Feb 2009 at 16:30

Turn Smooth Framerate off like Duran mentioned.
I can't recall if it is in one of the option menus now, you used to have to turn it off from one of the ini files in my docs.

SpudMaster · 7 Feb 2009 at 16:39

yeah its in one of the options now. Options/Video/Advanced then uncheck 'Framerate Smoothing'

jrwagh333 · 7 Feb 2009 at 17:07

I have done that and still capped at 60 :S

bobert50 · 7 Feb 2009 at 17:10

Shep_Cobain said:
lol, have you got V-Sync on?

Also, the average human eye cant tell the difference between 60+ fps so it doesnt matter mate. As long as it doesnt drop below 60 your fine.

This is my pet hate

You can tell the difference between 30fps, 60fps, 76fps, 120fps an 200fps quite obviously tbh.

I thought the unreal 3 game was capped at 60fps ? I wasn't aware you could make it higher than that but i may be wrong!

Blackbadger · 7 Feb 2009 at 18:37

Unless you have a crt or a new 120hz samsung or viewsonic monitor.

Of course it's capped at 60 fps.. standard lcd's are capped at 60 hence the jerky movement. Which is why serious fps gamers are still using crt's.

The human eye can see the difference well over 500fps. We did numerous test at universtiy not 1 person including lecturers 70 years+ failed to notice the vast improvement high fps gives. It's a common myth that 30/60 is the most we can see. The higher the res + the larger the screen, the more fps you need to archive a smooth frame rate.

titaniumx3 · 7 Feb 2009 at 18:45

On 60hz LCDs, 60fps is the optimum since anything above that will be wasted and will actually look worse due to screen tearing. The only exception to this would be fps that is locked at a multiple of 60, e.g. 120fps, 180fps, etc.

shep_no_platinum · 7 Feb 2009 at 19:57

bobert50 said:
This is my pet hate

You can tell the difference between 30fps, 60fps, 76fps, 120fps an 200fps quite obviously tbh.

I thought the unreal 3 game was capped at 60fps ? I wasn't aware you could make it higher than that but i may be wrong!

Mate,

CS Source at 120fps and CS Source at 63 fps is no different using my eyes and i have excellent eye sight.

Thats my pet hate :mad:

KNiVES · 7 Feb 2009 at 21:18

Shep_Cobain said:
Mate,

CS Source at 120fps and CS Source at 63 fps is no different using my eyes and i have excellent eye sight.

Thats my pet hate

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grrr

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It varies from person to person.

snowdog · 7 Feb 2009 at 21:32

I find it very doubtful there's a major difference over 60 fps on a 60hz monitor, but I don't know, I haven't really compared.

Devil_Spawn · 7 Feb 2009 at 21:33

snowdog said:
I find it very doubtful there's a major difference over 60 fps on a 60hz monitor, but I don't know, I haven't really compared.

some input lag i suppose, but the difference is negligeable surely....

gurusan · 7 Feb 2009 at 21:35

I use a 60hz lcd but in CoD4 when the framerate drops below 100fps or so it annoys the hell out of me

FrostedNipple · 7 Feb 2009 at 21:37

Yes you can notice fps above 60fps, but 60fps is hardly detrimental to your gaming. Put v-sync on, its better running at your monitor settings.

TheMagic1an · 7 Feb 2009 at 21:40

UT3 is always capped at 60fps, but you can go into the config files and change it.

Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Config\UTEngine

[Engine.GameEngine]
bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22.000000
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=62.000000

On a 60hz LCD i don't see any difference over 60fps, i always keep Vsync on and when a game drops below 60fps, i certainly notice a difference.

asim18 · 7 Feb 2009 at 21:41

Doesn't disabling V-Sync cause tearing?