Limiting Frame Rate of Games

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Nielo TM

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I need to limit the frame-rate of some games to 30/60 and so far, I've only found FPS Limiter, but having trouble getting it to work. I couldn't find any step by step guide and it seems to be limited to DX9.

One of the titles I'm having issues with is HALO 2. I keep experiencing random frame drops and stutter, which is apparently common. I wish there's an option in CCC/NCP to manually select the frame rate.

I you know of any methods or apps, please let me know.


Thanks
 
Tried it and HALO 2 continues to drop frames randomly:(. Several people have stated that the problem disappears when frame-rate is restricted to 30, but I'm having trouble getting to run at 30.
 
Well there's a pretty clear-looking step-by-step guide for FPS limiter here (first Google hit, btw...). Yes, it's limited to DX9, but so is Halo 2 AFAIK.

If you can get it below 60fps (force AA, Transparency AA, SSAO if you've got it, etc.) then Vsync will drop it straight to 30fps.

Nielo TM said:
Several people have stated that the problem disappears when frame-rate is restricted to 30...
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Maybe you should be asking them :p
 
Maximuss said:
I gave up on H2 - It always lagged/stuttered.
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Just doesn't get along with some PCs, for some reason... Ran smooth on my Ti4400 / XP1800+, but I got hit by the stutter bug on every system since. I think the recent update to the Orange Box engine might have cleared it up at long last...
 
LuminaryJanitor said:
Just doesn't get along with some PCs, for some reason... Ran smooth on my Ti4400 / XP1800+, but I got hit by the stutter bug on every system since. I think the recent update to the Orange Box engine might have cleared it up at long last...
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well the reason is because halo 2 is a shitty console port that ms used for a cash grab. I never had the game running properly, one system would be too slow and others would sutter. and the worst part is I already had the xbox version, I just wanted to play the game in high res with a mouse :(
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If you have an LCD monitor you need to enable triple buffering.

Rivatuner has a lil program in it called D3Doverrider...You can force vsync and triple buffering in any game, which should help with the problem you are having.

Good luck
 
LuminaryJanitor said:
Well there's a pretty clear-looking step-by-step guide for FPS limiter here (first Google hit, btw...). Yes, it's limited to DX9, but so is Halo 2 AFAIK.

If you can get it below 60fps (force AA, Transparency AA, SSAO if you've got it, etc.) then Vsync will drop it straight to 30fps.


Maybe you should be asking them :p
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Halo 2 is a DX10 title because MSFT would only release it for Vista when it came out :rolleyes:

I don't think it even used any DX10 features.
 
DASHlT said:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2794

Good read, and explains whats up.

Triple buffering properly enabled, stop games from going to 60, then 30 right away (thats a general view of it ).
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I know what triple buffering is. You said you should enable it if you have an LCD. But you should also enable it on a CRT, plasma, LED screen, projector, or whatever else you've got plugged in. Just asking why you mentioned LCDs in particular.

BrunoPuntzJones said:
Halo 2 is a DX10 title because MSFT would only release it for Vista when it came out :rolleyes:
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It has an artificial Vista-only limitation, but it's DX9. There was a WinXP crack out within a month:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1203571
 
Try different combinations of "maximum pre-rendered frames" and "triple buffering".
 
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