How can I boost the FPS of a game?

[cwgzz]

I downloaded Octopath Traveler on Steam and I am using the built-in Xbox gaming thing to show the FPS but this game is running at 37 FPS. How can I boost this up to 75 FPS that my monitor and laptop can run? Thank you!

[Murasaki]

Lower some settings? Or even resolution if needed if you absolutely need to hit that mark.

[cwgzz]

9 minutes ago, Murasaki said:

Lower some settings? Or even resolution if needed if you absolutely need to hit that mark.

I did and still doesn’t work. Still getting 37 FPS… and this game is a 16 bit game so it’s not like it needs a lot of power to run 

[Murasaki]

7 minutes ago, cwgzz said:

I did and still doesn’t work. Still getting 37 FPS… and this game is a 16 bit game so it’s not like it needs a lot of power to run 

what hardware are we even talking about here?

[cwgzz]

5 minutes ago, Murasaki said:

what hardware are we even talking about here?

My laptop has gtx1650… sorry I always keep forgetting to mention the specs 

[Latvian Video]

16 minutes ago, cwgzz said:

My laptop has gtx1650… sorry I always keep forgetting to mention the specs 

That should be fine, as the recommended is a 1060, your laptop is worse, but I imagine it would be enough. What is your cpu? And what resolution are you running the game at?

[cwgzz]

8 minutes ago, Latvian Video said:

That should be fine, as the recommended is a 1060, your laptop is worse, but I imagine it would be enough. What is your cpu? And what resolution are you running the game at?

I was running the game at 3440x1440 but if I lower it to 2560x1080 it runs at 60fps but it’s locked to that. My monitor can go up to 75hz though. And I am not sure about the cpu. My laptop is the Acer Nitro 5 

[Kopaka]

If it's locked to 60, check that your monitor actually runs at 75 (in windows right click desktop -> screen settings -> advanced screen settingss) and check if the game has an fps setting in it's settings (probably not if it's an old game)

[Vishera]

3 hours ago, cwgzz said:

16 bit game

 

2 hours ago, cwgzz said:

60fps but it’s locked to that.

It's a game engine limitation and not your hardware.

 

Here is a fix:

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Set FPS cap in GameUserSettings.ini[3]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Add FrameRateLimit=120 under [/Script/Engine.GameUserSettings] where 120 is your desired frame rate.    Frame-rates above 60 will make the party-members' movements choppy and blurry

Source: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Octopath_Traveler#High_frame_rate

[SomethingUnique22]

get a faster gpu that always works for me.

[RTX2060Owner]

12 minutes ago, Caroline said:

 

 

Why was the card declined

[SansVarnic]

-= Moved to PC Gaming =-

[Latvian Video]

3 hours ago, RTX2060Owner said:

Why was the card declined

Because no money

[RTX2060Owner]

22 hours ago, Latvian Video said:

Because no money

 

21 hours ago, Caroline said:

out of funds or the item is too expensive I guess

 

Ah, Okay. I thought that if there were too few funds, the card would place the owner in debt, as opposed to straight up being rejected. Maybe that's different in the US. Or maybe she is using a card other than a credit one.

[Mark Kaine]

Lower resolution!

 

I played Monster Hunter World (pre Iceborn patch which actually improved things slightly) at something  weird like 480x360 on my Lenovo laptop at like ~45fps, it was fun, and honestly much better than nothing!

 

Only issue I had was text as modern games really dont scale up well in that department…

 

But still, it was great and after like 5 minutes you get used to the potato resolution!