Limiting FPS?

[Whosonicus]

I have been searching across the whole web for a strong and definite answer, but no avail.

anyways...

 

Is there any pros of limiting FPS? Does it decrease frame drops? Will this help any computer components?

[Enderman]

It makes your CPU and GPU not have to work as hard, reducing power usage and temps and extending battery life on mobile devices.

[xDanielxOossiex]

I was actually searching for a program like that, because my laptop is heating up too fast in BF: Hardline (not in BF4 tho)causing the game to stutter which makes it impossible to play.

[Techicolors]

Just now, xDanielxOossiex said:

I was actually searching for a program like that, because my laptop is heating up too fast in BF: Hardline (not in BF4 tho)causing the game to stutter which makes it impossible to play.

you can use rivatuner, which comes with msi afterburner. 

[typographie]

10 minutes ago, Whosonicus said:

Is there any pros of limiting FPS? Does it decrease frame drops? Will this help any computer components?

In addition to the advantages listed above, you may also want to limit your framerate so that it doesn't exceed the max refresh rate of your monitor. That can lead to distracting screen tearing if you aren't using a Gsync or Freesync monitor.

 

@xDanielxOossiex Any particular reason you're avoiding vsync? That will cap your framerate at your display's refresh. Or do you want to cap it lower, like 30 FPS?

[alphaproject]

It does indeed work wonders. The card heats up less....you use less power... and you get less screen tearing. I suggest using it to a lot of people that don't have 144hz monitors.

 

Lucky my monitor actually goes to 75hz. 60 is right at that limit but 75 being slightly better gives me that little extra something. I put it at 70.

[xDanielxOossiex]

5 minutes ago, typographie said:

In addition to the advantages listed above, you may also want to limit your framerate so that it doesn't exceed the max refresh rate of your monitor. That can lead to distracting screen tearing if you aren't using a Gsync or Freesync monitor.

 

@xDanielxOossiex Any particular reason you're avoiding vsync? That will cap your framerate at your display's refresh. Or do you want to cap it lower, like 30 FPS?

I turned on Vsync in BF:H but FPS is still going above 60fps. Vsync does work, but not in any of the BF games. If my CPU is going above 96 degrees C, it will thermal throttle, which causes stuttering in BF:H.

[Praesi]

12 hours ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

I turned on Vsync in BF:H but FPS is still going above 60fps. Vsync does work, but not in any of the BF games. If my CPU is going above 96 degrees C, it will thermal throttle, which causes stuttering in BF:H.

96°...you have to overwork your Cooling. Thats a horrible temp. My cpu temp is max 50° under load and i use a relative small cpu cooler.

[GamerGuyEbby]

Well a friend of mine once told me he saw someone remove the fps limit on Skyrim and he saw a horse stretch really far and go everywhere, so I guess it makes the game not break.