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Framerate Cap Questions (Please Help!)

ThomasFan400·3/1/2015, 4:29:13 PM·1 votes·1,271 views

I really need to know three things. If you can any that would be great! summoner 31

  1. What exactly does a framerate cap do? 2.What framerate caps do you guys use and are they free?
  2. My framerate is sometimes jumping to like 500 and sometimes like under 20. Should I be using a framerate cap?

5 Comments

Fae Sorceress3/1/2015, 4:47:08 PM1 votes

Frame rates are a technical term for how often your monitor refreshes. For example, 60 FPS means your monitor is refreshing 60 times a second. The lower the FPS, the choppier the game and animations will look. The higher the FPS, the more fluid the game will look. Generally, you want to have at least 30fps - more for high movement games.

A frame rate cap puts a maximum on the frame rate for the game. They are a built-in game setting - not something you have to pay for. Higher frame rates use more system resources since the monitor is refreshing more times a second. That is why sometimes people will choose to set a cap. At higher frame rates, it is very difficult to discern any differences, so it may not be necessary anyways.

ThomasFan4003/1/2015, 6:10:38 PM1 votes

Bump

EskimosUnited3/2/2015, 2:58:19 PM1 votes

It is depending on your monitors refresh rate, which is most likely 60ghz so I would cap it off at 60 fps.