Lock fps in launcher?

(Ruben0s) #1

Is it possible that you guys could lock the fps in the launcher?

I get around 1400 fps in the launcher and that causes my graphic card to make a lot of coil whine (annoying beeping sound). Coil whine starts at about 400 fps with my card (thank god that I never get that amount of fps in any game). If you could lock the fps to 120 fps nobody would notice the difference and the coil whine will be gone.

Didn’t happen with the alpha launcher and it’s the first time that I hear coil whine from my graphic card.

Alpha

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Beta

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This video shows what coil whine is.

You hear it @ 1.50

//youtu.be/HP73edpQwgc

And you can see/hear that the coil whine increases when the guy looks at the ground. (most of the time you will get way more fps when you look at the ground and the massive fps boost causes the coil whine).

(Mustang) #2

Locked menu FPS gives lots of other people without this coil whine issue a laggy mouse cursor, which is an even worse problem.

I hope it doesn’t get locked, but I wouldn’t be against making it an option.

e.g. V-Sync: Off | On (Menu only) | On (Menu and in-game)

I was going to ask if you have an AMD, because they are badly known for their coil whine, but I see you are on a laptop, do you really count mobile graphics as a graphics card?

(Ruben0s) #3

[QUOTE=Mustang;478323]Locked menu FPS gives lots of other people without this coil whine issue a laggy mouse cursor, which is an even worse problem.

I hope it doesn’t get locked, but I wouldn’t be against making it an option.

e.g. V-Sync: Off | On (Menu only) | On (Menu and in-game)

I was going to ask if you have an AMD, because they are badly known for their coil whine, but I see you are on a laptop, do you really count mobile graphics as a graphics card?[/QUOTE]

I got a desktop as well and it has an AMD card.

Could you explain me why people would get a laggy mouse cursor if the fps gets locked at 120 fps (or even 60 fps) in the menu? Because in other games I play (with v-sync on) I have no problem with 60 fps in the menu. Even in Extraction.

If you put v-sync on the fps will be locked at your screen refresh rate. So when I enable it in Extraction I get 60 fps in the menu. I didn’t experience a laggy mouse cursor. Try it yourself and tell me if your mouse “lags”.

I know the Dirty Bomb menu used to be laggy once, but that was because the fps dropped till 15 fps and it was unstable.

Well there are other reasons why they should lock it as well which are imo way more important than coil whine.

+Cheap ass screens will get screen tearing.

  • Waste of power because you will stress your PC for a menu, where fps shouldn’t matter. (laptops will become hot, less battery power, more noise because your fans will blow harder because the stress will generate more heat. etc. etc.).

Other games like StarCraft 2 have the menu fps locked for a reasone as well and they wouldn’t have done that if the mouse would be “laggy”.

(biggyyyb) #4

It made my cpu overheat safety kick in last night. FPS in menus should be capped or it will inadvertently fry peoples hardware. The same problem was in ETQW load menus as well (it was also fixed in SC2 after users experienced the same problem).

(Breo) #5

That’s why I never buy AMD/ATI anymore always something with those cards :mad:

(Volcano) #6

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is my gtx670 usage normal for a launcher screen

(Mustang) #7

Only 97%?

Should be higher IMO.

(BomBaKlaK) #8

So I think there is a problem.
In the server browser I got some crazy 92 to 95 % usage of my GPU, but in-game I use only 40 to 50% all in low and maybe 70% max with all the settings in high.

Is it possible in the first time to limit the GPU usage in the server browser ? (1600 FPS I think 30 is enough :p)
And why only 40% usage in-game ?

(attack) #9

[QUOTE=BomBaKlaK;480581]So I think there is a problem.
In the server browser I got some crazy 92 to 95 % usage of my GPU, but in-game I use only 40 to 50% all in low and maybe 70% max with all the settings in high.

Is it possible in the first time to limit the GPU usage in the server browser ? (1600 FPS I think 30 is enough :p)
And why only 40% usage in-game ?[/QUOTE]

maybe the limit in game because your card is simply awesome :smiley: ,your card dont need more for ut3

(BomBaKlaK) #10

look like the same with lower cards ; )
tested with 580 / 680 / 780 and that’s similar

(Wezelkrozum) #11

[QUOTE=BomBaKlaK;480581]So I think there is a problem.
In the server browser I got some crazy 92 to 95 % usage of my GPU, but in-game I use only 40 to 50% all in low and maybe 70% max with all the settings in high. [/QUOTE]

What is your CPU usage in-game?

(BomBaKlaK) #12

[Edit]
CPU is around 40%.

but the problem is the full usage of the GPU in menu before connecting a server. (server browser, etc)

(Nail) #13

the framerate seems to be uncapped in browser, I think someone had fan whine

(Mustang) #14

If you don’t mind I’m going to close this in favour of the existing thread:

http://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php/38167-Lock-fps-in-launcher

(Mustang) #15

Duplicate thread: http://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php/38377-GPU-usage

(BomBaKlaK) #16

In game low settings :

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In the server browser

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So we can see GPU in full charge in menu but in game only 30%
I think that’s an FPS uncap to. not really a big problme but if SD can think about that can be nice.

Need a FPS boost in-game, not in the menu :penguin:

(BomBaKlaK) #17

thx for the moving wrong section !

(Nail) #18

[QUOTE=BomBaKlaK;480634]

Need a FPS boost in-game, not in the menu :penguin:[/QUOTE]

I’d buy that for a dollar
:slight_smile:

(Mustang) #19

1446 fps… I only get 470.