PC 60 FPS Cap

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Is there a way to uncap the FPS? I'm running an i7 w/ a GTX 1070 8gig card. I was hoping I could play on ultra low/low/some medium settings at a higher FPS bc I have a 144 HZ monitor.

Thanks for any responses, I appreciate it :)

 
Disable v-sync in nvidia control panel as well. And if you have Precision X or MSI Afterburner or whatever it's called, make sure the fps cap is set to where you like it to be (match the monitor's refresh rate to prevent screen tearing and excessive stress on the GPU).

 
Disable v-sync in nvidia control panel as well. And if you have Precision X or MSI Afterburner or whatever it's called, make sure the fps cap is set to where you like it to be (match the monitor's refresh rate to prevent screen tearing and excessive stress on the GPU).
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Okay I'm going to check that out right now. I don't know anything about the other two things you mentioned, but where can I choose the FPS cap for my monitor? I'd like to restrict it to 144 FPS because I've noticed on Aim Hero I'm hitting 300ish and that's just excessive.

 
Disable v-sync in nvidia control panel as well. And if you have Precision X or MSI Afterburner or whatever it's called, make sure the fps cap is set to where you like it to be (match the monitor's refresh rate to prevent screen tearing and excessive stress on the GPU).
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I've just found the FPS settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel.. by setting it to "Highest Available" for the Monitor (HP Omen) I'm assuming that will cap everything at 144. Is this correct? I changed it from "Application controlled"

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Turn off vsync.
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Is V-Sync the same thing as "Vertical Sync". Sorry for all the questions guys, I'm new to the PC world lol. Well, I mean the GOOD PC world. I can use PCs and Type fast but as far as managing Video Games and all the settings and options... I'm meh.

Personally after seeing the games stress on good PCs, I'm quite surprised the game even manages to run on a console, lol.

 
Yes, basically vertical sync, well, syncs the fps to the hz of the monitor. Dunno why it's an option, but most games have it.

 
I hope you have a 144Hz monitor, cuz if you happen to just have a standard 60Hz monitor, then setting the FPS cap to 144 is still wasteful and you'll get screen tearing. You can verify by googling the model number of your monitor (usually located on the back).

 
Yes, basically vertical sync, well, syncs the fps to the hz of the monitor. Dunno why it's an option, but most games have it.
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Okay thank you! I found it, and turned it off. I do have one more question for you if you don't mind.. I can't for the life of me figure out how to cap my FPS output. I tried changing the setting in the NVIDIA control panel that seemed like it was supposed to lock it to the HP Omen monitor, but apparently not because the Steam FPS counter is still showing Aim Hero at 309 FPS. Am I doing something wrong? I couldn't find the option in the MSI Afterburner settings either.

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I hope you have a 144Hz monitor, cuz if you happen to just have a standard 60Hz monitor, then setting the FPS cap to 144 is still wasteful and you'll get screen tearing. You can verify by googling the model number of your monitor (usually located on the back).
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Yes, I do.

 
I can't for the life of me figure out how to cap my FPS output. I tried changing the setting in the NVIDIA control panel that seemed like it was supposed to lock it to the HP Omen monitor, but apparently not because the Steam FPS counter is still showing Aim Hero at 309 FPS. Am I doing something wrong? I couldn't find the option in the MSI Afterburner settings either.
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Ya, Nvidia control panel is lazy that way. Assuming you don't already have Precision XOC or MSI Afterburner installed since you don't know what it is... my suggestion would be to find a way to get one of them. If your GTX 1070 was made by EVGA, then it's just a matter of registering your graphics card with their website and downloading the app for free, and I assume it's the same with MSI website if you have an MSI graphics card. If you have neither one, then maybe there's some other third party app that can do it. Unfortunately, that's about the limit of my knowledge on that matter. Keep in mind that any EVGA video card will work with registration just as long as there's a serial number sticker on it and isn't already registered.

In Precision XOC, under settings, you just manually set the frame rate target to 144, click OK before exiting out of that popup and minimize Precision XOC, and you're all done. There's a lot of features to that app which you may consider disabling or fine tuning. Custom fan curve is always a top suggestion with that app as default fan curves always suck. Just be careful with the clock speed tuning and stuff, if you're not familiar with overclocking, then just don't tamper with that part of it. The slight performance gain is usually not worth the risks anyways in my opinion.

 
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Ya, Nvidia control panel is lazy that way. Assuming you don't already have Precision XOC or MSI Afterburner installed since you don't know what it is... my suggestion would be to find a way to get one of them. If your GTX 1070 was made by EVGA, then it's just a matter of registering your graphics card with their website and downloading the app for free, and I assume it's the same with MSI website if you have an MSI graphics card. If you have neither one, then maybe there's some other third party app that can do it. Unfortunately, that's about the limit of my knowledge on that matter. Keep in mind that any EVGA video card will work with registration just as long as there's a serial number sticker on it and isn't already registered.
In Precision XOC, under settings, you just manually set the frame rate target to 144, click OK before exiting out of that popup and minimize Precision XOC, and you're all done. There's a lot of features to that app which you may consider disabling or fine tuning. Custom fan curve is always a top suggestion with that app as default fan curves always suck. Just be careful with the clock speed tuning and stuff, if you're not familiar with overclocking, then just don't tamper with that part of it. The slight performance gain is usually not worth the risks anyways in my opinion.
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I have the MSI Afterburner software I downloaded it. I wasn't able to find the frame rate setting, just a way to be able to graph it on the display. I will look at the Precision XOC in just a moment :)

 
I have the MSI Afterburner software I downloaded it. I wasn't able to find the frame rate setting, just a way to be able to graph it on the display. I will look at the Precision XOC in just a moment :)
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Interesting, so all those ppl saying MSI Afterburner is better is lying since it doesn't even have a small feature like that... nice. Sorry for the misinformation, I've always used Precision XOC. Now I'm kind of curious as to what it does have.

 
Because that's the post I found when I googled for a solution, I will post it here: in my case, it wasn't the VSYNC (I have it on) causing the issue so my FPS was locked to 60 but the fact that my game was in Exclusive Fullscreen Mode (A17.1).

How to turn off Exclusive Fullscreen Mode: right-click on 7 Days to Die from your Steam library > Show game launcher > uncheck Exclusive Fullscreen Mode > Run & Save as default.

 
Because that's the post I found when I googled for a solution, I will post it here: in my case, it wasn't the VSYNC (I have it on) causing the issue so my FPS was locked to 60 but the fact that my game was in Exclusive Fullscreen Mode (A17.1).
How to turn off Exclusive Fullscreen Mode: right-click on 7 Days to Die from your Steam library > Show game launcher > uncheck Exclusive Fullscreen Mode > Run & Save as default.
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Huh? Why are you derailing this topic while also bringing this 1 year old topic back to life?

 
Oh, it's been a while since I killed a zombie thread.

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