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BIg Jay Dec 23, 2019 @ 9:37am
30 FPS lock
Hi,

I'm playing on my Alienware R2 15 and can't get game to reach 60 FPS. The specs are:

i7-6820Hk
32GB of RAM
980M GPU

When I set everything to low it plays at 30 FPS when its high-medium it plays at 30 FPS so I know at low it should do 60 FPS. I've disabled the v-sync in game and in the Nvidia setting as other posts have recommended but still no help.

On my main desktop that's a lot more powerful, I had the same issue but disabling v-sync everywhere helped. I'm at a loss here.
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Robinicus Dec 23, 2019 @ 9:44am 
Have you got your monitor set at 30 Hz?
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Ryu Dec 23, 2019 @ 9:48am 
Have you got the power management set to not throttle things? Laptops are a bit finicky with power.
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BIg Jay Dec 23, 2019 @ 10:00am 
Originally posted by Robinicus:
Have you got your monitor set at 30 Hz?
Yes I do.
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BIg Jay Dec 23, 2019 @ 10:01am 
Originally posted by ~{DCMT}~ Ryu:
Have you got the power management set to not throttle things? Laptops are a bit finicky with power.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that also but its at the performance setting.
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margalus Dec 23, 2019 @ 11:29am 
Originally posted by fromage bout:
Originally posted by Robinicus:
Have you got your monitor set at 30 Hz?
Yes I do.
That is why. 30 hz is 30fps. It cannot display anything over 30. Set the monitor to 60.
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nuclearbabycakes Dec 23, 2019 @ 4:44pm 
Originally posted by margalus:
Originally posted by fromage bout:
Yes I do.
That is why. 30 hz is 30fps. It cannot display anything over 30. Set the monitor to 60.


where would i find this setting at ?
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margalus Dec 23, 2019 @ 4:47pm 
Originally posted by nuclearbabycakes:
Originally posted by margalus:
That is why. 30 hz is 30fps. It cannot display anything over 30. Set the monitor to 60.


where would i find this setting at ?

I don't know. You said you set it at 30, so it's wherever you did that.
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nuclearbabycakes Dec 23, 2019 @ 4:48pm 
Originally posted by margalus:
Originally posted by nuclearbabycakes:


where would i find this setting at ?

I don't know. You said you set it at 30, so it's wherever you did that.

oh sorry not me that did that not my post i was reading it and seen where someone said to check it so i was wondering where i would check it on my pc its alienware too .
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margalus Dec 23, 2019 @ 4:50pm 
Somewhere you have frame limiter set at 30 if vsync is off and it's locked to 30. It might be somewhere in the NVidia properties.
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nuclearbabycakes Dec 23, 2019 @ 4:54pm 
Originally posted by margalus:
Somewhere you have frame limiter set at 30 if vsync is off and it's locked to 30. It might be somewhere in the NVidia properties.


k thank you been trying to figure it out forever now .. especially since i got the c2c mod and the cana dream mod but they keep giving me errors thought since my fps was erractic that might help .
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nuclearbabycakes Dec 23, 2019 @ 5:38pm 
Originally posted by nuclearbabycakes:
Originally posted by margalus:
Somewhere you have frame limiter set at 30 if vsync is off and it's locked to 30. It might be somewhere in the NVidia properties.


k thank you been trying to figure it out forever now .. especially since i got the c2c mod and the cana dream mod but they keep giving me errors thought since my fps was erractic that might help .


is there a preferred locked setting for fps ?
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Robinicus Dec 24, 2019 @ 7:54am 
It all depends on your system and your preferences...some like to run FPS uncapped, I find anything beyond 60 causes too much screen tearing and unnecessarily loads the GPU for no real benefit. If you set your monitor refresh to 60, set the game refresh to either match it or default and set v-synch to on.

Really comes down to trial and error for what you find most enjoyable.
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nuclearbabycakes Dec 24, 2019 @ 9:36am 
Originally posted by Robinicus:
It all depends on your system and your preferences...some like to run FPS uncapped, I find anything beyond 60 causes too much screen tearing and unnecessarily loads the GPU for no real benefit. If you set your monitor refresh to 60, set the game refresh to either match it or default and set v-synch to on.

Really comes down to trial and error for what you find most enjoyable.

mine jumps from 1 to 180 or something like that my monitor settings are :

desktop resolution 2560 x 1440

active signal resolution 2560 x 1440

refresh rate ( HZ) 120 HZ

bit depth 8 bit

color format RGB

color space Standard Dynamic Range ( SDR )


Last edited by nuclearbabycakes; Dec 24, 2019 @ 9:37am
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Sandhill Dec 24, 2019 @ 9:50am 
What FPS do you get if you use the laptop screen at 1920x1080 ? (Assuming you have it running on an external monitor)
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nuclearbabycakes Dec 24, 2019 @ 9:53am 
Originally posted by Sandhill:
What FPS do you get if you use the laptop screen at 1920x1080 ? (Assuming you have it running on an external monitor)


i don't its the laptop monitor . and i haven't tried it haven't messed with it at all . should I?
Last edited by nuclearbabycakes; Dec 24, 2019 @ 9:55am
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