Weird Crysis 3 fps behaviour. With open firefox i getting boost 20 fps.

[sew999]

Hello. This is the strange thing what i saw in pc . Playing Crysis 3 without open FIREFOX browser i am getting 20 less fps. When i open FIREFOX i am getting 20 fps more. For example. Without opened firefox i am getting 100 fps. When i open FIREFOX and again run Crysis 3 i am getting 120 fps on the same place. Can somebody explain me this? This is so weird. Why FIREFOX giving me 20 fps boost? Oo

 

I am using latest drivers nvidia. Card is Inno Ichill 980 Ti OC.

[Nineshadow]

That's odd.

[sew999]

Yeah i know its odd. I dont know why it is happening. With opened firefox ( with 5 sites ) i have 20 fps more and no fps drops.

Without opened firefox i am getting 20 fps less and random fps drops. Any ideas?

[Praesi]

Makes no sense at all. What FPS Counter do you use?

[sew999]

Fraps newest.Also i am getting random fps drops from 100 fps to 30 fps without reason. ( thats without firefox ) . With firefox 120 fps and no weird fps drops. 

Why?

[UnknownEngineer]

Maybe your GPU clock is higher when firefox is running? I could see a GPU increasing frequency when it has more to do, or when it thinks it has more to do. 

[sew999]

Hmm no, boost is the same .

[UnknownEngineer]

Are you absolutely sure you are actually getting an FPS boost? Have you done a proper test yet?

 

Does the FPS change if you turn firefox on/off when the game is already running? Could it be achieved with other browsers/programs, or just tabbing out of the game?

[NumLock21]

Firefox uses gpu acceleration for certain contents that's on a website. Maybe that's why you get more fps in Crysis 3.

[Grinners]

Possibly your FPS counter is measuring the FPS of the firefox window, rather than crysis. This would explain it not dropping below 120.

[sew999]

The same problem was on my previous computer ( other components ) so its not hardware issue. On my previous cpu ( 3770K ) and previous graphic card ( 780 gtx ) i was get the same problem on Crysis 3.

 

And i am sure that fps counter measuring is in Crysis 3. When i run Crysis 3 with Firefox i am geting 120 fps in game ( the same spot ).

Then i exit game, run FIREFOX go to the same spot and i am getting 120 fps.+ no weird fps drops

[Briggsy]

change power settings in Nvidia control to "prefer maximum performance," if not already set to that.

[sew999]

Fraps is showing correct fps. I fell laggy when i have 100 fps and it drops to 30 fps on the same spots in game( this is without firefox ).
But when i exit game and then run firefox and then again run game i have 120 fps and no weird fps drops to 30 fps.
And like i say it on my previous pc the same situation was happened ( other gpu , cpu ) . So its not hardware issue.
I think its problem with timer resolution because mozilla forcing higher time resolution. What you think guys?