Is DE Better With Higher Framerates?

[MYBUTT]

I heard that having an unlocked frame rate can make the game go faster. It’s something I’ve heard about for awhile, and I think I’m gonna Reinstall DE just to see how it feels with V-Sync off.

Usually I have it on cause I like a consistent solid 60 FPS, and no annoying screen tearing at 1080p.

[o_dey]

Depends on your playstyle, to me personally it made the game a thousand times better. But it's not only more FPS = better, often times consistency is important too.

Some mechanics of the game are very much framerate dependent, one very prominent example being the meathook, as you may or may not know, when strafing and then disconnecting from it while holding forward, it can give you lots of forward momentum (which can then be kept by bhopping), and the amount of speed it gives you grows with the number of frames for which you're being connected, so higher FPS = more frames on the hook = more speed.

Weapon switching is a little faster on higher FPS, and quick switching (and related combos) become easier and more consistent, which I guess also has to do with the decreased input lag. This is where a consistent framerate is very beneficial. The BFG can do more damage, as its tendrils do damage over time, so higher FPS = more frames on which damage is being applied, this is why you can see speedrunners looking at the floor after firing it, this is to get max FPS for max damage.

Bunny hopping is easier and more consistent on higher FPS, as the window of opportunity for the hop becomes bigger the higher the FPS are. Dashes are a little faster on higher FPS.

Some enemies, specifically the knight class ones, go crazy on higher FPS, some of their movement will feel like they're teleporting. You'll notice that pretty quickly when a dread night jumps across half the map in the fraction of a second.

As far as tearing goes, my 144Hz monitor died a while ago, and I'm using my 60Hz work monitor currently, I've capped the game at 240 FPS, set motion blur to ultra (yeah, yeah, I know, motion blur bad blah blah) and I pretty much don't notice any tearing, so to me personally it's perfectly fine.

[Nauskills]

I remember seeing a video about higher framerate affecting stuff like the meat hook and the projectiles if I remember correctly.
But honestly I wouldn't worry too much about it, the advantages you get from a higher framerate is vastly more advantageous than the slightly increase difficulty you get from it.
I play on Nightmare at 144Hz and I'm doing fine

[JP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4CoQQxO0vY this is the video

[MooP]

It depends on the game/engine if it will "freak out" with higher frame-rates...

You want to buy a monitor that supports a higher refresh rate like 144/240hrz with a feature called G-sync(Nvidia) / Free-sync(AMD) to stop the screen tearing. That is the reason you're seeing the screen tearing while playing anything 60+ FPS on your current monitor.

I have a Samsung G7 curved monitor @ 240hrz, 1440p + HDR with G-sync.
I have zero screen tearing in the games I play at 120+ FPS with smooth as silk gameplay.

[MYBUTT]

Originally posted by Private Jeff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4CoQQxO0vY this is the video

This video is what made me ask this question