Questions tagged [fps]
FPS is short for "frames per second" and is often a measurement unit of rendering performance.
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Getting low to medium FPS on a fairly decent mid-range notebook. What could the bottleneck be? [closed]
I have a Lenovo Z470 laptop and these are its specs (generated from Speccy):
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU: Intel Core i5 2450M @ 2.50GHz, Sandy Bridge 32nm ...
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Is there a recommended version of nvidia 8600gt drivers for Win 7? [closed]
I've read on some forums that people recommend an specific version of drivers for X gfx card and Y operative system.
Does someone knows if an older version of Nvidia 8600GT drivers for Win 7 that ...
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Comparing two video cards
First of all, I'm no computer expert, so I apologize if my question seems too trivial or somewhat ill-posed.
After googling a bit, I've found that the GeForce GTX 675M Discrete Graphics (DDR5 4G VRAM)...
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Very poor performance on GTX460, clock speed constantly high?
I'm running Windows 7 (64Bit) with GTX460 Nvidia graphics card.
I used to get great performance on every single game I played, including latest titles such as Battlefield 3 and Tribes Ascend.
I ...
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Why does my general frame rate slow down to 40fps randomly?
This has been bugging me for a while. Every once in a while, I find my computer to be sort of laggy and I thought it was because it was busy or something. However, I recently noticed that it wasn't ...
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Why does Windows Media Player play 30fps videos at 60fps?
I've tested it with FRAPS, and WMP plays 30fps videos at 60fps where VLC and MPC play them at 30fps. I would like to be able to play the video at the intended fps, is there a way to turn this off? I ...
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How to limit FPS for a DirectX application (e.g.: game) if it uses a launcher?
There are many games without an FPS cap. Most of them are free2play. The better PC you have, the more tearing you'll get. (Also, your PC may turn into a heater.)
What I found as a workaround for ...
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Radeon X300/X550 card running slower/faster than other box with onboard graphics?
I have two new (compared to my Win95) boxes (OK, they're both over 3 years old but whatever). One runs WinXP SP3 and the other one has WinVista SP2.
The XP box has an onboard VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP (...
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Recording a video game on a P4... speed me up, Scotty?
I'm trying to record a d3d game, but I have HUGE lag issues. I'm on a p4 with an onboard 128 MB 3D video card and 2 gigs of RAM. I'm trying to record quarter-size video with only 15 fps, but I'm still ...
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Does it make sense having FPS higher than the monitor refresh rate?
I've heard that the human eye processes twenty-four images per second. Also, monitors usually work with 60Hz.
My question is, for a highly interactive application (e.g., a fast-paced FPS game) does ...
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Issue with some games - extremely low framerate in menus (~1 fps)
(I know Superuser isn't for games, but I suspect this issue technically stems from a non-gaming problem. Since it's likely computer hardware or software related, I figured it's relevant.)
Hey guys, I ...
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Video encoding: How much does the video file size increase with fps?
Given that the next blockbusters of e.g. Peter Jackson (The Hobbit) and James Cameron (Avatar 2) are going to be shot with a frame rate of 48 fps (or even more) - i.e. more than the usual 24 fps - I ...
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Dell Inspiron 14R - Is there a Switchable Graphics utility?
I just bought an Inspiron 14R (N4110) for my brother who loves to play Minecraft. I made sure to get the discrete ATI card. Now, in the ATI CCC program, I placed Minecraft and Java on the list of ...
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How to convert 1080@50i -> 720@50p using ffmpeg?
I really like 50fps video, but I cannot make ffmpeg convert it to 50fps for me.
720p resolution is absolutely fine with me, just need more FPS.
50i just looks much smoother in proper players (for ...
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Intermittent massive graphics slowdown (25fps->1fps)
I'm seeing the following frustrating behaviour with my home PC (running Windows XP Home; dual 2GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card).
I'll be doing some fullscreen application - ...
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