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pure skill Sep 1, 2020 @ 10:17am
Is there a way to cap FPS?
Is there a way to cap FPS? I'm vsynced at 240hz, which is way too much for this game. 100% constant gpu usage, so capping at ~120fps would be really nice.
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Citronvand Sep 1, 2020 @ 10:47am 
Nvidia Control Panel -> Manage 3D Settings -> Max Framerate
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Sorvete Sep 1, 2020 @ 10:50am 
I capped my to 30 (in attempt to lower gpu usage and temperatures), but it's still using 100%.
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Fellini Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:01am 
Tried control panel. Refresh rate stayed the same.
Not that that would justify why the game east through GPU like that.
Last edited by Fellini; Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:02am
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Sorvete Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:04am 
It seems there's something quite taxing on the gpu. Went to lowest graphics and it fixed for me. Now I'm upping stuff one at a time to see what is it.
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Fellini Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:08am 
Let us know what you find. I've tried turning stuff off individually and only the water reflection seems to make a bit of a difference.
edit: map objects also helps it seems.
Last edited by Fellini; Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:13am
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Sorvete Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:18am 
Originally posted by Fellini:
Let us know what you find. I've tried turning stuff off individually and only the water reflection seems to make a bit of a difference.

So far, AA 4x bumped my temperatures by 8C.
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Van Marcoh Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:20am 
On AMD Radeon Software you can enable Radeon Chill to set caps.
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jasperand2 Sep 1, 2020 @ 12:31pm 
Turn off Refraction and Advanced Shader Filters.
Brought my temps down by 13'C
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Husyta Sep 1, 2020 @ 12:35pm 
in nvidia control panel set max frame rate for ck3. I set it to 30 fps
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Citronvand Sep 1, 2020 @ 1:07pm 
Originally posted by Fellini:
Tried control panel. Refresh rate stayed the same.
Are you sure it is "refresh rate" you mean? Because refresh rate is not the same thing as framerate. Refresh rate is determined by your monitor and should be static (ex: 60 if you have a 60hz monitor) unless you have a monitor capable of adaptive sync (Gsync & Freesync) which will sync the refresh rate to the game's framerate.
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pure skill Sep 1, 2020 @ 2:39pm 
You need to uninstall Asus GPUTweak and reinstall nvidia drivers if you have it, otherwise the nvidia gpu cap will not work
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Fellini Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:48pm 
Originally posted by Kurohito:
Originally posted by Fellini:
Let us know what you find. I've tried turning stuff off individually and only the water reflection seems to make a bit of a difference.

So far, AA 4x bumped my temperatures by 8C.

Did that too :)



Originally posted by Citronvand:
Originally posted by Fellini:
Tried control panel. Refresh rate stayed the same.
Are you sure it is "refresh rate" you mean? Because refresh rate is not the same thing as framerate. Refresh rate is determined by your monitor and should be static (ex: 60 if you have a 60hz monitor) unless you have a monitor capable of adaptive sync (Gsync & Freesync) which will sync the refresh rate to the game's framerate.

Sorry, not a native english speaker, it's "Bildfrequenz" which is frame rate.
And I set it to sixty in the nvdia control panel. In game the rate is still 165 :/
Last edited by Fellini; Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:49pm
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Citronvand Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:55pm 
Originally posted by Fellini:
Sorry, not a native english speaker, it's "Bildfrequenz" which is frame rate.
And I set it to sixty in the nvdia control panel. In game the rate is still 165 :/
No problem, how do you check your framerate?
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Fellini Sep 2, 2020 @ 1:09am 
Originally posted by Citronvand:
Originally posted by Fellini:
Sorry, not a native english speaker, it's "Bildfrequenz" which is frame rate.
And I set it to sixty in the nvdia control panel. In game the rate is still 165 :/
No problem, how do you check your framerate?

The monitor has an inbuilt functionality to display it.
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Citronvand Sep 2, 2020 @ 4:12am 
Originally posted by Fellini:
Originally posted by Citronvand:
No problem, how do you check your framerate?

The monitor has an inbuilt functionality to display it.
Ah, then it all makes sense. My monitor has the same functionality.
The problem is that you are not checking the game's framerate on your monitor, you are checking the monitor's refresh rate (Hz) on the monitor.

The easiest way I can think of to check the game's framerate is to use steam. If you click on "steam" in the top left corner of the steam window, then you go to settings, click on "in-game" in the list to the left. There you should be able to show the game's fps, here's a picture: https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fps_1-650x459.png

If you have used your monitor in the past to check games' framerate and it has "worked" (ie: it didn't show up as static 165) is because you have gsync or freesync on your monitor which synchronizes your monitor's refresh rate to the game's framerate. If you have a static 165 refresh rate on your monitor all it means is that your gsync is not working properly. To fix your gsync for Crusader Kings 3, try make this change: https://i.imgur.com/0jwLJHt.png
Last edited by Citronvand; Sep 2, 2020 @ 4:14am
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