Frame rate

[DevaVictrix]

I know this has been brought up a lot and I wasn't put off reading about 60fps cap but for some reason 60fps just doesn't feel like 60fps... more like 40. It feels like a bag-log of frames rush onto my screen every few seconds and it's ugly.

There seems to be numerous mods out there that remove that cap attached with vague warnings about being banned if you use them.

What do you actually get banned from doing if you remove the cap? I've no interest in playing online games (other than WoT), I just want to try and do the single player.

Thanks

[causality]

Being banned means absolutely nothing if you don't care about playing online but just to warn you the physics and other mechanics are most likely tied to the framerate so you won't get a normal experience.

[nfinite.recursion]

Originally posted by DevaVictrix:

It feels like a bag-log of frames rush onto my screen every few seconds and it's ugly.

If that's accurate then that sounds like a stuttering problem rather than a framerate problem.

[Pontar The Snowfyre]

Originally posted by DevaVictrix:

I know this has been brought up a lot and I wasn't put off reading about 60fps cap but for some reason 60fps just doesn't feel like 60fps... more like 40. It feels like a bag-log of frames rush onto my screen every few seconds and it's ugly.

There seems to be numerous mods out there that remove that cap attached with vague warnings about being banned if you use them.

What do you actually get banned from doing if you remove the cap? I've no interest in playing online games (other than WoT), I just want to try and do the single player.

Thanks

I had the same problem, I set the game to borderless windowed, it became more smooth

[DevaVictrix]

Thank you... I'll have a play tomorrow. I did have a bit of an issue today with it opening in a 2560x1440 window and I couldn't get it to change resolution or to full screen. My monitor is 3440x1440. Restarting the game didn't help.

I tabbed out to do an internet search and the game then re-took focus as full screen with the usual black bars I get with my uw monitor.

It ran fine yesterday, albeit at 50fps, 70% gpu and 50% cpu usage. Today it was 60fps.

That flurry of frames wasn't like it was in 'fast-forward', more 20fps then 60fps. I did read lots of neg reviews about stuttering but for some reason the description 'stutter' didn't come to mind.

If it's the same tomorrow I'll play about with the desktop refresh rate, window/fullscreen mode and my monitor also has a setting that makes it think it's a 27" 16:9 monitor... maybe that'll help. I've just found my first boss... I'll really need it smoother for that!

Thanks

[EugeneGT]

Just try 30 min ago. Mine, 3080 ti, just 40 to 60 rate, refund and back to ps5...

[keikei]

From my experience the frame drops usually come from an area having high effects & my card is choking. Its very predictable. Unless you want to change settings every time you go into certain areas, you may want to drop settings. RT, especially eats up a ton of performance unfortunately.

[Gnasty Gnorc]

The cap exists for a reason.

iframes are tied to the 60 FPS cap.

You can unlock it, but things will get wonky.

[burneddandelion]

Image quality got better when i switched to window borderless 144 hz. My VA screen can't do it's motion blur reduction / black frame insertion running 60 hz. It feels better but fps is probably same as before.

[pyr0kid]

you can bypass the fps cap just fine with "EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore" but you gotta use offline mode while "EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore" is running

[Wimpzilla aka gRAVE]

Originally posted by Havik:

The cap exists for a reason.

iframes are tied to the 60 FPS cap.

You can unlock it, but things will get wonky.

I'm playing uncapped with 50% FOV, so the camera is a bit farther, and i don't feel the game breaking.
I got so used having 50% FOV, than playing with the OG close range camera feel weird, easier maybe.


About the OP issues, be sure to also check the vsync and free-sync options in the gpu control panel.
Try various combinations of these settings, alongside locking the monitor refresh rate at 60Hz, check if you get a smoother game-play.

[AscensionVibe]

To anyone who experiences performance issues:

Turn off Vsync (done in the Nvidia Control Panel)
Limit your frames to 60 or 30 (also done in the Nvidia Control Panel)
Open Elden Ring and switch to borderless window

This will definitely improve your experience. Experienced stutters with an RTX3060Ti and Ryzen 7 5800X but after i switched these settings, the game runs perfectly smooth.