Building a computer

[msey0002]

excellent, many thanks! 3 hrs to go

[msey0002]

this is unbelievable, I am getting FPS in the 80s in the Autumn Leaves scenario I use to benchmark!

I remember reading somewhere that it is beneficial to cap them at 20 or 40 or whatever, does anyone know why and how to do this?

[gptech]

The number the frame rate is capped at varies depending on the level of hrdware, and how 'busy' asset wise a route is. the benefit of capping eliminates the dropin frame rates from a high number to a low one which the eye will detect.
Inother words if you're getting 40FPS and hit a 'busy' area where the FPS drops to 20 you'll notice the drop. Capping the FPS at 30 still gives you a high enough frame rate to eliminate flicker, and when you hit that 'busy' area the drop in FPS isn't as obvious.

You can set the FPS limiter in a couple of ways, adding -FPSLimit=xx to the end of the desktop shortcut's target field, or adding the -FPSLimit=xx to the start up options in the Steam clinet. xx of course is the FPS you wish to cap the game at.

[msey0002]

thanks as always, gptech, you're a star .

After 4 years driving RW, never thought I'd enjoy it in such quality!

[rkk01]

To (hopefully) avoid a new thread on PC specs / performance....

As posted ^, my PC runs an old C2D chip at about 2.9 gig. It was always set up to allow an OC, but I never went ahead as the CPU monitor reports a high temp warning even at stock settings. As the machine will run all day and night with no probs, I always assumed the thermal monitoring sensor / software was a bit off...

Apparently my CPU runs at a constant 127C, irrespective of fan settings!

Any way to check / correct?... I'd quite like to ramp up with an OC

[markpullinger]

Hi, if it is really that hot, putting your finger on the CPU heatsink should take the skin off! If it feels a lot cooler than this, it is possible that the heatsink isn't actually on the CPU & is sitting above it or there isn't enough decent compound on it. If it really is that hot - I would check the fan is clean & the heatsink fins aren't clogged with dust.

Mark

[rkk01]

It's got a good quality heatsink and fan on it - and none of that feels warm. Same set-up on the previous chip ran at about 45 IIRC.

Chip was coated with a thin layer of Artic Silver thermal compound (I was always told that this should be a very thin film, maybe thinking has moved on...?)

Will remove the heatsink and re-coat with Artic Silver. Nothing has ever felt warm, and the setup has always been stable

[markpullinger]

Hi, if nothing feels warm it is probably the sensor faulty - just make sure the heatsink is on properly - I got caught out with my AMD 64 chip heatsink - the heatpipes were too low without the stock heatpad & were resting on the holder rather than it being clamped to the chip - took ages to find that out!