Millisecond Flipper Lag

[frankkasten]

I've played pinball for 60 years. Owned many machines including some in Williams collection. Have millisecond (maybe centisecond) lag on many FX3 Williams games. I use wireless XBOX 360 controllers. Have tried wired - no difference. I can compensate for the lag but I'm not as good. Is it the controller? Graphics card - AMD Radeon R9 M360? Me? Thanks.

[Mal]

This is input lag, and while it has been covered in previous posts here, you may want to google it.

In the meantime, you may want to turn off VSync in the options menu and see if this helps.

[frankkasten]

Thank you. Will research.

[Matt Beeching]

R9 M360 is fairly weak, I think there's a good possibility it could drop below 60fps - particularly on the Williams tables. If V-sync is enabled your FPS could drop down to 30fps.

If you haven't already try enabling the Steam FPS counter and monitor for drops. Reducing MSAA to 2x or disabling it will help with performance. If you're still struggling to maintain sixty drop the resolution to something with the same aspect ratio (e.g. 1920x1080 > 1600x900 > 1280x720).

[frankkasten]

My only need for a decent graphics card is FX3 Pinball. Any suggestions to replace my R9 M360. Thanks for your time.

[morbeious]

Originally posted by frankkasten:

My only need for a decent graphics card is FX3 Pinball. Any suggestions to replace my R9 M360. Thanks for your time.

ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 192-bit Gaming Graphics Card, Super Compact, ZT-T20600H-10M

[Mr. No_Effs_Given]

Originally posted by morbeious:

Originally posted by frankkasten:

My only need for a decent graphics card is FX3 Pinball. Any suggestions to replace my R9 M360. Thanks for your time.

ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 192-bit Gaming Graphics Card, Super Compact, ZT-T20600H-10M

Thats a bit too much just for FX3. A 1060 or 1050ti will do just fine. Plus he will save some money.

[Profiler]

Lol wut? Untill recently I played FX3 on5 yrs old gtx770. And had 60 constant with max details on 1080p. Even 1060gtx is overkill for this game, but I reckon you cant even purcahse lower gpu than that anymore. Except used stuff.

[Matt Beeching]

Originally posted by frankkasten:

My only need for a decent graphics card is FX3 Pinball. Any suggestions to replace my R9 M360. Thanks for your time.

What are your other system specs and is a 6-pin PCI cable available? Some of these cards may require one but it can vary between models.

Nvidia: GTX 1050 / 1050Ti
AMD: RX 560 / 570

Be wary of fake budget cards - old parts flashed with a new bios. An RX 570 is more GPU power than you require but there are some great deals around. A pre-owned GTX 960 could also be an option at the right price.

If you scroll through the Relative Performance section on this page you can get a general idea how these cards compare to your existing GPU: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-r9-m360.c2688

[wilbers]

AMD RX 470 (its what I have) is virtually the same as RX 570, just clocked very slightly lower.

[frankkasten]

Thanks everyone! Turning VSync off definitely made a difference and I think you're correct in saying I need a slightly better graphics card at most.