Bounding Graphics?!?

[TheDarkWraith]

Why do people think they have a problem if they see FPS drop? You do not have any problems if your FPS stays above 30. 30 fps is what the human mind perceives as fluid motion.

Be thankful you can keep the FPS greater than 30. Anything more is overkill and not needed.

[0rpheus]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Why do people think they have a problem if they see FPS drop? You do not have any problems if your FPS stays above 30. 30 fps is what the human mind perceives as fluid motion.

Be thankful you can keep the FPS greater than 30. Anything more is overkill and not needed.

Actually, if you're v-synced to 60 fps, you'll notice a drop to 40 as brief screen tear, just as the OP did. The eye most definitely notices when the frame rate drops below 60 - I certainly do - because your smooth frame rate 'jumps' as v-sync skips the torn frame and replaces it with the next one.

The idea that 30 frames is all you need is a legacy of the slower frame rates used in film-making (which is about 25 fps if memory serves, could be wrong though) - the eye perceives quite a bit more than that, especially in terms of variation in perceived motion, and it's better to think of 30 fps being the bare minimum that can still maintain a reasonable facsimile of real vision. It's especially noticeable if you use stuff like TrackIR.

The reason 60 has become the 'standard' value is simply that most hi-def monitors have 60hz refresh rates, and therefore 60 fps with v-sync activated (because v-sync fixes the framerate to your refresh rate) has become the norm as the technology has become more common.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by 0rpheus

The reason 60 has become the 'standard' value is simply that most hi-def monitors have 60hz refresh rates, and therefore 60 fps with v-sync activated (because v-sync fixes the framerate to your refresh rate) has become the norm as the technology has become more common.

nVidia's 600 series video cards has adaptive v-sync that gets rid of the tearing problem now. It appears to be best if one does not enable v-sync in the game when using a 600 series card and adaptive v-sync.

[THE_MASK]

Just use antilag at 38fps and you wont get the stuttering .

[0rpheus]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

nVidia's 600 series video cards has adaptive v-sync that gets rid of the tearing problem now. It appears to be best if one does not enable v-sync in the game when using a 600 series card and adaptive v-sync.

Yeah that's available in the latest 5xx series drivers as well, though I've had mixed results with it so far. Not thought to try it in SH5, tho FXAA works very well with it.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by 0rpheus

Yeah that's available in the latest 5xx series drivers as well, though I've had mixed results with it so far. Not thought to try it in SH5, tho FXAA works very well with it.

didn't catch that in the latest nVidia drivers. Now you got me curious (GTX590 here)

[finchOU]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Why do people think they have a problem if they see FPS drop? You do not have any problems if your FPS stays above 30. 30 fps is what the human mind perceives as fluid motion.

Be thankful you can keep the FPS greater than 30. Anything more is overkill and not needed.

I dont have a problem with it....at all. As long as the game runs smooth who cares? I mean..why wouldnt it drop under more load? ...seems to make sense to me. But i am intersested in is seeing if using SLI in SH5 has any effect on performance. Only thing I've seen is a miniual drop in temps from the first graphics card....but i'm still looking at it. I'm too afraid to overclock right now...maybe in the future..but it runs just fine right now.

As far as drivers...the Nvidia 300 series Beta drivers causes some funky stuff with my computer...I'll wait till its not Beta and upgrade.