Game running hot

[Mr Fantastic]

Game is running hotter than cyberpunk in max settings

8700k 2080ti 32gb win10pro64

[Wizard of Woz]

Turn down the settings....

[Oleg Kazakov]

You can increase vsync count to limit the framerate

[Mr Fantastic]

Originally posted by Oleg Kazakov:

You can increase vsync count to limit the framerate

I have no idea what that means.

Lowering graphics from highest to second highest seems to have fixed it, and I don't notice any change, perhaps it was the shadows doing it

[Sishiya]

Originally posted by Mr Fantastic:

Originally posted by Oleg Kazakov:

You can increase vsync count to limit the framerate

I have no idea what that means.

For future reference, vsync is a graphic setting that forces the software to limit the speed at which graphics are rendered so that it (usually) matches up with the refresh rate of your monitor. If you don't have vsync turned on, or it's set too high, then the software will render as fast as your hardware can handle, which is fine, but it will definitely heat things up.

By turning vsync on, you force the software to throttle the work it makes the GPU do which, in turn, makes it run less hot.

[Mr Fantastic]

Originally posted by Sishiya:

Originally posted by Mr Fantastic:

I have no idea what that means.

For future reference, vsync is a graphic setting that forces the software to limit the speed at which graphics are rendered so that it (usually) matches up with the refresh rate of your monitor. If you don't have vsync turned on, or it's set too high, then the software will render as fast as your hardware can handle, which is fine, but it will definitely heat things up.

By turning vsync on, you force the software to throttle the work it makes the GPU do which, in turn, makes it run less hot.

I have a global vsync limit of 60fps.

What does it mean to increase vsync count? Did he mean decrease fps instead?

[Sishiya]

Originally posted by Mr Fantastic:

Originally posted by Sishiya:

For future reference, vsync is a graphic setting that forces the software to limit the speed at which graphics are rendered so that it (usually) matches up with the refresh rate of your monitor. If you don't have vsync turned on, or it's set too high, then the software will render as fast as your hardware can handle, which is fine, but it will definitely heat things up.

By turning vsync on, you force the software to throttle the work it makes the GPU do which, in turn, makes it run less hot.

I have a global vsync limit of 60fps.

What does it mean to increase vsync count? Did he mean decrease fps instead?

Many people, depending on the software they're running and the hardware that they are using, will turn vsync off in an effort to increase FPS; in that sense, turning vsync on to any setting would be an increase of the vsync setting. Mr. Kazakov, not being in a position to know what settings you were using, assumed you had vsync off (which is a good assumption to make when dealing with overheating issues or video "tearing"), hence his advice to increase the vsync count/setting.

By "global vsync", I'm assume you're referring to the global settings on your nVidia control panel. Bear in mind that the "Program Settings" tab houses additional settings for individual programs (not sure if Gedonia is automatically added to that list or not) and those individual settings (as well as in-game settings) will override your global settings.

But, it sounds like by lowering the graphics one notch, you managed to reduce the heat output to a more tolerable level. :)

edit: to answer the question you actually asked (sorry), yes, turning vsync from off to on will typically result in reducing your FPS, but raising vsync from, say, 30hz to 60hz, will usually cause your FPS to increase as well (assuming the hardware/software can keep up). Nowadays some people will mistakenly use vsync and FPS interchangeably, but, while closely related, they are not at all the same thing.

[Oleg Kazakov]

Originally posted by Mr Fantastic:

Originally posted by Sishiya:

For future reference, vsync is a graphic setting that forces the software to limit the speed at which graphics are rendered so that it (usually) matches up with the refresh rate of your monitor. If you don't have vsync turned on, or it's set too high, then the software will render as fast as your hardware can handle, which is fine, but it will definitely heat things up.

By turning vsync on, you force the software to throttle the work it makes the GPU do which, in turn, makes it run less hot.

I have a global vsync limit of 60fps.

What does it mean to increase vsync count? Did he mean decrease fps instead?

There is an vsync option in the video settings in the main menu. I was talking about that one