Game is locked at 60 fps on a 120 hz monitor

[fpsobsessed]

With vsync on, is there a reason why the game is locked at 60 fps on a 120 hz monitor?

[Mehbah]

I'm just going to be unhelpful here and point out that your name is pretty amusing considering this thread.

Have you tried using the nvidia control panel or the AMD equivalent to get 120 FPS vsync?

[Craiazy]

First thing i would check is can your rig run the game at 120+ fps. If not vsync will put you at 60fps anytime your system would dip below 120 fps. same thing happens with a 60hrz monitor if you cant sustain 60fps vsync locks it at 30fps. Always halfing the amount based on performance.

[fpsobsessed]

I've messed around with the nvidia control panel. Doesn't work. My fps with vsync off never hits 120. It's around 110 or so. However, if I set the maximum frame rate to 110 or 100 and enable vsync, it's still locked at 60 fps.

[Mehbah]

Did you turn off vsync in the game when you tried that?

[fpsobsessed]

Yup. Did turn it off in the game. Oh well, no big deal.

[fpsobsessed]

Hmm, that sounds like it may work. Will have to try when I get home.

[fpsobsessed]

Actually, how do you go about removing the 60 hz option? I couldn't find a way to do that.

[fpsobsessed]

No worries. I appreciate you trying to help. It's not a big deal. Maybe I'll try googling it, but again, it's not huge deal for me.

[necrosand]

Originally posted by Craiazy:

First thing i would check is can your rig run the game at 120+ fps. If not vsync will put you at 60fps anytime your system would dip below 120 fps. same thing happens with a 60hrz monitor if you cant sustain 60fps vsync locks it at 30fps. Always halfing the amount based on performance.

Don't talk stupid.
Stop spreading disinformation.

[giorgio]

Is there a reason why someone needs more than 60 frames?

[fpsobsessed]

Because 120 fps is even smoother than 60. Try playing a first person shooter at 120 fps versus 60 fps. Big difference.

[Big Hat Logan]

You said with vsync off you are around 110fps, but never above 120. With Vsync on you will drop down to 60 (=120/2), unless the game supports something like triple buffering. Not sure if it does. If not, you will be limited to 60fps (vsync on) or need a faster PC. Third party tools might help, depending on graphics card manufacturer. Some are able to force triple buffering, but that does not work in all games. Cannot really test it, because my monitor is at 60Hz max.

[JazzKungFu]

Originally posted by 💎 NoVa 💎:

Basically to stop this from happening in full-screen, I actually had to "remove" 60Hz from being detected as a usable refresh rate (now 60Hz is unavailable in everything xD). Now the game gets locked to 118FPS instead of 60 in fullscreen like I wanted.

Originally posted by 💎 NoVa 💎:

All I can say, is that I used ToastyX's CRU to do it which I found off the 120hz.NET forums.

Thank you for finding and suggesting an extremely useful and effective solution to this issue!

[Helios]

It should be noted that running the game above 60 fps can break certain elements of the game such as the bumpers in Old Crasher's Castle.
See: https://steamcommunity.com/app/223220/discussions/0/135509472112970691/