i play GTA 4 at over 100 fps is that ok?

[knighttime]

someone in the GTA 4 forum was saying you cant break the game but if you dont cap it at 60 fps it might not run correctly is this true? im not trying to doubt the guy at all i would just like a second opinion please? he said go into nividia control panel to cap it can someone please explain to me what to do when i get in control panel? also why cant you run older games at over 100 fps i dont understand? the most fps i get with GTA 4 is like 160 fps. hitman 2016 and hitman 2018 i run over 100 fps.

[Cathulhu]

How about you post in the discussion hub of the game you are talking about?

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/#games

[Pyroflamer]

You can cap your framerate by using a program called RTSS (RivaTuner Statistics Server). It's free to download.

[L37]

Unless there are some bugs related specifically to gta4 the only issue is - having fps higher than monitor refresh rate is pointless. You will not see those extra frames and it will cause some artifacts too. So capping games at monitor refresh rate is generally good idea.

[knighttime]

prince thank you for that advice is that complicated? what if i go into my nividia control panel woudnt that be easier? thanks for the reply bro. my monitor refresh rate is 144 hz. can i damage GTA 4 if i play it at over 100 fps?

[knighttime]

cathulhu this is hardware and operating system discussion so yes i can ask these kinds of questions in here.......... also i very rarely ask these kinds of questions in here.

[Cathulhu]

It's mainly a game related issue as it is about stability of a game. So no, it's not a hardware and operating systems discussion.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

There is no fps cap method in Nvidia control panel. Use MSI Afterburner + RTSS. Enable the various OSD options you want via MSI AB settings. Once applied, RTSS should run in the background now. Click on RTSS in notification bar and enable it, set fps limit to 60. Yes GTA4 is best kept at 60 max to better avoid various glitches and also to help to better sync the in-game cut scenes and also things like in-game animations. Also do not use nvidia vsync or in-game vsync as this will force long loads of everything for basically no reason, as it's a bug with that engine that never got fixed.

If you are getting that high of an fps, maybe increase some settings to help improve visuals. Also it's fairly un-realistic to have the ped/vehicle density below approx 50, but lower only if in need of an fps boost.

For GTA4 it's best to not even use the in-game settings, aside from loading into a new game or saved game, go to the visual settings, set to defaults, apply. Then set the correct screen resolution, save. Then exit the game. Then use this config tool and setit to load your command changes with the launch of the game... https://gta5mod.net/gta-5-mods/tools/gta-v-commandline-tool-2-2/

[Julien, cut it out.]

It depends on the engine. Some mechanics could be tied to the amount of the fps. Some games tie their physics to the frames.
If the game allows you to run the game with uncapped frames, I don't think you need to worry.

If you want to run the game anyway with 60 fps on a 144 hz monitor, get Rivatuner[www.guru3d.com].
On the left panel choose "Add". Browse to the gta4 executable and choose it. To limit the fps ingame put the number of frames you want to run the game in the "framrate limit" field.

Originally posted by L37:

So capping games at monitor refresh rate is generally good idea.

Capping the framerate increases input latency.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You do not add the game exe to RivaTuner, that is an exclusion listing. All you have to do is have it turned on and configured and those settings will apply to any app that launches that uses DirectX, OpenGL, Vulkan

[uglyrhymez]

Originally posted by L37:

Unless there are some bugs related specifically to gta4 the only issue is - having fps higher than monitor refresh rate is pointless. You will not see those extra frames and it will cause some artifacts too. So capping games at monitor refresh rate is generally good idea.

There is a benefit having a higher fps than refresh rate, you get the most updated frame etc etc, Linus explains it better in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX31kZbAXsA

Pause at 20:15 and you can see shroud goes from averaging 0.6 hits to averaging 6 hits between 60 and 300 fps. I recommend watching the full video

[Julien, cut it out.]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

You do not add the game exe to RivaTuner, that is an exclusion listing.

You are mistaken, good sir. Hover your mouse over the list and read.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Bananarama:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

You do not add the game exe to RivaTuner, that is an exclusion listing.

You are mistaken, good sir. Hover your mouse over the list and read.

I've been using it since for all the time it's been out. I'm not wrong. It's an exclusion listing for apps that it is known to not get along with well, like adobe premier, photoshop, various media playback apps... apps that have issues with it running in background are what to add to that list and then RTSS will not apply to those apps.

[knighttime]

something i do notice when playing GTA 4 is when im in liberty city and when some people get out of there car and they are trying to run forward but they cant they act like they are drunk. is that because im running over 100 fps or is there some other reason for that?

[Julien, cut it out.]

Applications you don't add to the list are affected by the global profile.
You can of course set the framerate limit in the global profile, it just affects every application.
So it's easier to mantain and set up profiles for specific games, instead of changing or deactivating the global profile each time you want to play the game. Set it up once and you're fine.

Originally posted by knighttime:

something i do notice when playing GTA 4 is when im in liberty city and when some people get out of there car and they are trying to run forward but they cant they act like they are drunk. is that because im running over 100 fps or is there some other reason for that?

Try to play at 30 or 60 frames and what effect it has.
Initial release is even uncapped on consoles

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Originally posted by knighttime:

someone in the GTA 4 forum was saying you cant break the game but if you dont cap it at 60 fps it might not run correctly is this true? im not trying to doubt the guy at all i would just like a second opinion please? he said go into nividia control panel to cap it can someone please explain to me what to do when i get in control panel? also why cant you run older games at over 100 fps i dont understand? the most fps i get with GTA 4 is like 160 fps. hitman 2016 and hitman 2018 i run over 100 fps.

That’s pretty good TBH. Game runs least glitchy at 60FPS though.