Max Payne 3

Max Payne 3

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Astro May 16, 2024 @ 5:21pm
Does anyone know how to get better FPS
???
Originally posted by Photonboy:
Max Payne 3 will also do a "Half VSync" where it drops to half of the monitor refresh. If you can't hit 60FPS you'll drop to 30FPS... I assume you'd then drop to 20FPS if you can't maintain 30FPS.

(I forced on "Adaptive VSYNC" in the NVidia Control Panel back when I had a GTX1080 because it would sometimes drop from 60FPS to 30FPS in a split second making the game feel far more sluggish. After forcing Adaptive VSYNC I would drop to the 50-59FPS range and just get SCREEN TEARING due to VSYNC being off but not the massive lag increase.)

For Xe-G7 graphics the optimal settings first depend on whether or not you have Freesync/VRR capability. If you do then you'd want to aim for 40FPS as VSYNC shouldn't be working as I describe above. (40FPS as it's a nice balance between lag and better graphics)

Otherwise, if you had a typical, non-VRR/Freesync 60Hz display I would probably mess around with the resolution and game settings (1080p medium?) until you can maintain 30FPS VSYNC'd (assuming it's smooth enough).

Probably not a great game to play with that hardware though.
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darth_blunted May 16, 2024 @ 6:30pm 
post your specs. This game pushed the limits of the "Titan" Nvidia GPU don't forget and that was 1080p days.
Astro May 16, 2024 @ 6:33pm 
My specs are 8 GB ram and Intel Iris Xe G7 graphics
Astro May 16, 2024 @ 6:33pm 
their not too good but can run some games
ProperCharva May 16, 2024 @ 11:19pm 
get a better pc the game is really well optimised
Ishmollies May 16, 2024 @ 11:28pm 
gpu outdated. cpu probably lacking aswell... turn down literally aall graphics
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Photonboy May 17, 2024 @ 7:48am 
Max Payne 3 will also do a "Half VSync" where it drops to half of the monitor refresh. If you can't hit 60FPS you'll drop to 30FPS... I assume you'd then drop to 20FPS if you can't maintain 30FPS.

(I forced on "Adaptive VSYNC" in the NVidia Control Panel back when I had a GTX1080 because it would sometimes drop from 60FPS to 30FPS in a split second making the game feel far more sluggish. After forcing Adaptive VSYNC I would drop to the 50-59FPS range and just get SCREEN TEARING due to VSYNC being off but not the massive lag increase.)

For Xe-G7 graphics the optimal settings first depend on whether or not you have Freesync/VRR capability. If you do then you'd want to aim for 40FPS as VSYNC shouldn't be working as I describe above. (40FPS as it's a nice balance between lag and better graphics)

Otherwise, if you had a typical, non-VRR/Freesync 60Hz display I would probably mess around with the resolution and game settings (1080p medium?) until you can maintain 30FPS VSYNC'd (assuming it's smooth enough).

Probably not a great game to play with that hardware though.
Last edited by Photonboy; May 17, 2024 @ 7:49am
Photonboy May 17, 2024 @ 7:51am 
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After the Rockstar Launcher update, a bunch of my Rockstar games had their game settings screwed up... for some reason I can't change Max Payne 3 back to Fullscreen as the settings won't take. Trying to fix that now.

GTAV had the same issue but Borderless Windowed took so I'm not stuck in Windowed mode. No idea what's going on.
Astro May 17, 2024 @ 7:45pm 
Thanks for the replies,I have chosen to just play this on an xbox until i get a better pc
Heat, the Genius May 18, 2024 @ 4:28am 
Get better pc.
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