High FPS

[Mepeet]

Hey guys I just start playing FFXIV and i was wondering if there is a way to limit the FPS? I went into the settings and couldn't find anything that made a difference. I'm constantly at 200+ FPS and I don't want to run the game at that when all I need is 60.
EDIT: I know there is a limiter on the FPS in the menu, and i have it set to 60. However, it still has me at way over that amount.

[ICEBREAKER]

Play it in fullscreen - windowed mode.

[Lee Jun Faun]

i don't understand. why would you want to limit your fps? won't your refresh rate essentially cap it for you or am i misinformed?

[Big Boom Boom]

But more fps is better regardless of monitor refresh rate

Or so the millions of CSGO players claim.

J/k aside, turn on Vsync. Personally I use FastSync uncap fps because FastSync is so good (if your fps is sky high).

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by Shirayuki474:

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

But more fps is better regardless of monitor refresh rate

Or so the millions of CSGO players claim.

J/k aside, turn on Vsync. Personally I use FastSync uncap fps because FastSync is so good (if your fps is sky high).

Unstable higher framerate above 60 is never better than static 60. Unstable because this is what you will get with no cap no matter what spec do you have. Besides once framerate reaches your refresh rate, anymore won't help you much.

Originally posted by Lee Jun Faun:

i don't understand. why would you want to limit your fps? won't your refresh rate essentially cap it for you or am i misinformed?

Only if VSync is enabled and as far as I remember FF XIV has no such option.

Unstable frame is only a problem prior to FastSync. Fastsync simply discards not used frame therefore there is no tearing nor stuttering IF your fps is always higher than refresh rate. The benefit is zero input lag from Vsync.

FFXIV has Vsync. It also has 1/2 Vsync, in game settings.

[Asphe]

Unless it glitches the game but I haven't had a problem with FastSync + FFXIV since it got introduced. I can cap FPS at 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 right up to the display's max.

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Some players might want to cap the FPS to lower the GPU's workload, i.e. lower TDP/etc. If so, you'd want to disable fastsync and just turn on Vsync and cap the framerate in FFXIV [you can choose between 1/1, 1/2 and 1/4 of the current frame rate, i.e. if your display's max is 60Hz, then 1/1 = 60fps, and 1/4 = 15fps

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Frame rate has some impact on how responsive the game feels... so usually the higher, the better.

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System Configuration - Display Settings (first option) - scroll all the way down to 'Frame Rate Limit'

[Mepeet]

Hi sorry for the late reply. I saw the settings in the system config to limit FPS, but whenever i do it doesn't work. I still have way over the amount i supposedly limited it to. I guess it's not too much of an issue, but i don't want to voer tax my system when im running multiple things at once.