Very high FPS in old games.

[WhitePhantom]

Hi. I was playing Max Payne 2 today and checking my FPS it is in the 500 - 600 range. I tried enabling global VSYNC on Nvidia control planel, but it had no effect. Would it be okay to play like this or is it bad for the GPU? I've checked around and keep finding mixed opinions. Thanks.

[Muppet among Puppets]

引用自 Autumn：

引用自 ｢C❤️A｣ Pocahawtness：

It's not a bogus argument at all. The hotter a chip runs the faster it dies. Allowing it to run faster than it needs to is just wasting the life of your very, very expensive card. I mean of course it's not going to make a lot of difference if you mostly play modern games, but if you play a lot of retro games all the time then you are greatly reducing the average lifespan of the card for no reason.

But OP, just download RivaTunerStatisticsSever from Guru of 3D and use it to limit the framerate to whatever you want.

Errhh, what?
Thermal output would be the same, 100% in x game will output the same heat as 100% in y game....

You dont need 100% to display 60 fps in an old game. But maybe if it displays 1000 fps without cap.

引用自 Autumn：

[quote=｢C❤️A｣
And, heat doesn't kill a chip, unless its out of spec, but at that point it would throttle.
Thermal cycles could DAMAGE a chip.
(Heat up/ expand - cool down / shrink - heat up / expand - etc etc.)
You're more likey to have the GPU become out dated before it dies though.

Unless you have some information that proves otherwise.
I would hate to spread misinformation.

Heat can cause the electric circuit loosing electrons. And the more that proceeds the more bad effect heat has.

Anyway there is no reason to not cap fps.

[Autumn_]

引用自 Muppet among Puppets：

引用自 Autumn：

Errhh, what?
Thermal output would be the same, 100% in x game will output the same heat as 100% in y game....

You dont need 100% to display 60 fps in an old game. But maybe if it displays 1000 fps without cap.

Heat can cause the electric circuit loosing electrons. And the more that proceeds the more bad effect heat has.

Anyway there is no reason to not cap fps.

No one said there would be an FPS cap in said example, so I didn't include one, if that's the case then it doesn't mater either way, I was simply correcting his misconception.

I agree, capping FPS is good, it stops frametime variances, allows 'breathing room' for the GPU incase a complex scene comes along, it lowers CPU load aswell (because the CPU has to prepare less frames for the GPU to fill in.)
But, having higher FPS than your monitors refreshrate has more positives than negitives, so if you cap it at something reasonable, while being above your refresh rate, you'll have the best of both worlds.

Edit ; fixed your quoting error

[Ron]

引用自 WhitePhantom：

Hi. I was playing Max Payne 2 today and checking my FPS it is in the 500 - 600 range. I tried enabling global VSYNC on Nvidia control planel, but it had no effect. Would it be okay to play like this or is it bad for the GPU? I've checked around and keep finding mixed opinions. Thanks.

A part the technical benefits of setting your video card to be able to run a game with the highest fps i just wanted to remember you that the max number of frames per second that the human eyes can see is 90

[AtomHAF]

just check your GPU usage and its thermal output if it's stable then you don't have to worry about anything and by turning v sync on it will allow your GPU to output only a set amount of FPS which depends on your monitor if it's a 60Hz monitor then only 60 FPS you will get, (if your monitor supports more like 144Hz then 144Hz output) it's more than 60Hz it will be given as per your monitor.

[Autumn_]

引用自 Ron：

引用自 WhitePhantom：

Hi. I was playing Max Payne 2 today and checking my FPS it is in the 500 - 600 range. I tried enabling global VSYNC on Nvidia control planel, but it had no effect. Would it be okay to play like this or is it bad for the GPU? I've checked around and keep finding mixed opinions. Thanks.

A part the technical benefits of setting your video card to be able to run a game with the highest fps i just wanted to remember you that the max number of frames per second that the human eyes can see is 90

>He hasn't used a 144hz monitor before.
Poor guy.

[nullable]

引用自 ｢C❤️A｣ Pocahawtness：

It's not a bogus argument at all. The hotter a chip runs the faster it dies.

Because it is bogus, it's hyperbole, as in the definition of I'm afraid. The teeniest bit of truth without any recognition for how inconsequential and insignificant the thing you're talking about is in real world application. IE hardware running within rated specs is not accruing damage that you need to micromanage or worry over.

But you're free to avoid using your GPU so you can "preserve" it. And I'll keep using my GPUs like a normal person, without worry.

引用自 Ron：

A part the technical benefits of setting your video card to be able to run a game with the highest fps i just wanted to remember you that the max number of frames per second that the human eyes can see is 90

90 FPS looks very nice, and more and more FPS provides diminishing returns in visual benefit. I certainly do notice a dramatic difference between say 90 and 120FPS. But it's not the most the eye can see. For starters the eye doesn't really see in FPS. And secondly there's a lot of variability in how you see depending on light levels and where you're looking out of your eye and so on. One arbitrary number is always going to be wrong.

It's akin to saying the most FPS a 1080 ti can render is 90. Maybe in a specific game at specific settings. But no single number is going to fit across all games or even a half dozen games.

[Muppet among Puppets]

引用自 Brockenstein：

引用自 ｢C❤️A｣ Pocahawtness：

It's not a bogus argument at all. The hotter a chip runs the faster it dies.

Because it is bogus, it's hyperbole, as in the definition of I'm afraid. The teeniest bit of truth without any recognition for how inconsequential and insignificant the thing you're talking about is in real world application. IE hardware running within rated specs is not accruing damage that you need to micromanage or worry over.

But you're free to avoid using your GPU so you can "preserve" it. And I'll keep using my GPUs like a normal person, without worry.

Some people like to use tools as needed. Not always as possible.

That has several benefits.