This weekend I got crazy framerates in this game. I was getting between 120-150+ FPS. At one peak in the game, I swear saw 179 FPS.
I bought a new machine, HP Zbook Studio G5 with Nvidia Quadro but I think these rates are really high now because I also have a new monitor with AMD Freesync. I think this matches refresh performance to CPU and GPU.
- Has anyone else seen high framerates with AMD Freesync or NVIDIA Gsync?
- Is there a way to limit framerates in the game? These framerates are so high I’m sure this is consuming tons of unnecessary bandwidth. I’m okay with 30/60 FPS in SC2.
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go to documents/starcraft 2 variables.txt, add new line anywhere: frameratecap=desiredvalue
If you want f/gsync to be working, cap it somewhere under your refresh rate. After you reach your monitor’s refresh rate, gsync turns automatically off, as it cause input lag like vsync, but less. Keep room in case of fps spike like 5-10 above your min fps, so you don’t have drops under 60. In sc2 you can’t get more than 60 fps min. anyways. But otherwise you want f/gsync off in games where you have 144fps+, or what is your monitor refresh rate, because it adds input lag. Unless you prefer more smoothnes.
Also on gsync compatible monitors, they have lower input lag with gsync on.
Also for fps capping is best capping it in game engine, otherwise use riva tunner, it uses cpu fps capping method. Which is supposed to have delay only 1 ms, or something negligible.
Btw sc2 is single core game, only cpu freq and ram frequency matters. 2133 vs 3600 mhz ram 20 fps difference, stock cpu freq vs 5 ghz overclock again 10-20 fps difference. Also mainly 2080 ti provides huge boost in sc2, 2070 not so much. Previously there was no advantage between geforce 780 and 1000 series cards, because bottleneck.
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