Eliminating stutters and load glitches.

[HessleReich]

Hey all

Here is an app i use to stop load glitches by limiting FPS to 30 and setting my buildings distance to "Unlimited" or "High", i though origionally that this might effect my GFX perf negatively. But infact i see little or no glitches even flying low level over london. I hope it works for others too.

Download the trail here, it isnt freeware but you can use it indefinately if you wait 9 seconds before starting the program.
http://dxtory.com/

PS I have no SSD which i believe helps also...

[NLS61]

Use Vsync and the same wil happen for free :)

[HessleReich]

Vsynch will only cap at 60 fps or your screen refresh rate... not 30. When dialling down your fps to this level you are taking the strain off the gfx card.

There is a lot of info on google if you wish to read further about capping fps vs vsynch.

My post is to try and help people who cant at this time fly due to load glitches and effects causing stutters. I can now fly clod because of this application (and i didnt pay for it).

[Wolf_Rider]

troubles is, you get shudder as a trade off

[NLS61]

actuallly vsync il force your card to half you refresh rate your mointor is on

[AbortedMan]

A program called Bandicam does the same thing for free. You can toggle it on and off ingame to see differences. It's also customizeable, I limit mine to 40fps and it seems to stop the micro stuttering I get when using SLI.

[Igo kyu]

actuallly vsync il force your card to half you refresh rate your mointor is on
Vsync will stop your card sending another frame while a previous frame is being drawn onto the monitor. That will cap the output of the card it at whatever the framerate of the monitor is, but if the monitor is capable of 60Hz and the card is managing only 59Hz, it will drop the framerate to 30Hz, and if it's only managing 29Hz, it will drop it to (I guess) 15Hz (or should that be 20Hz?).

[_YoYo_]

For FSX I use FPS Limiter.

See here: http://www.venetubo.com/fsx/FPS_Limiter_0.2.rar

Free and very easy with BAT file. It could work with CoD too.

[HessleReich]

Good to know im not the only one that uses the same idea, have you guys considered setting building to high/unlimited? it seems to reduce load glitches when the buildings pop up...

Edit, I had no luck with "fps limiter" im going to try "Bandicam" later and see if its any better. Ty for the suggestions.

[NLS61]

Vsync will stop your card sending another frame while a previous frame is being drawn onto the monitor. That will cap the output of the card it at whatever the framerate of the monitor is, but if the monitor is capable of 60Hz and the card is managing only 59Hz, it will drop the framerate to 30Hz, and if it's only managing 29Hz, it will drop it to (I guess) 15Hz (or should that be 20Hz?).
This is correct.
If your card is capable of rendering the game to 30fps only then ofcoarse you dont need to use Vertical sync!

[SQB]

Good to know im not the only one that uses the same idea, have you guys considered setting building to high/unlimited? it seems to reduce load glitches when the buildings pop up...

Edit, I had no luck with "fps limiter" im going to try "Bandicam" later and see if its any better. Ty for the suggestions.

Bandicam works great for me!

[Wolf_Rider]

This is correct.
If your card is capable of rendering the game to 30fps only then ofcoarse you dont need to use Vertical sync!

but you will get shudder because of the FPS being less than the LCD screen native 60Hz

[Linwig]

Thanks for suggesting Bandicam, was having horrible stutters and after trying the recommended options and setting fps cap to 40 fps I am having a really nice smooth experience, stays capped over London too. :cool:

[gabuzomeu]

Just to support: Bandicam allows me to play the latest patch which otherwise stutters horribly.
This trick should be stickied in the forum, as it seems to work, is free :-P and is very easy to test.
I use 25 fps and get a very constant rate (system specs below)
Played yesterday the heavy missions from heinkill Sealowe campaign, on high settings: no problem.

[mikelt]

Just to support: Bandicam allows me to play the latest patch which otherwise stutters horribly.
This trick should be stickied in the forum, as it seems to work, is free :-P and is very easy to test.
I use 25 fps and get a very constant rate (system specs below)
Played yesterday the heavy missions from heinkill Sealowe campaign, on high settings: no problem.

You set the limit to 25 FPS?

[Herra Tohtori]

Yeah, VSync is short for Vertical Synchronization and what it does is prevent "frame tearing" which shows as horizontal lines when the screen starts to draw the frame sent to it by the GPU, but while it is drawing it, the frame buffer info changes, and it starts to draw the next frame.

This is avoided by syncing the frame output to a frequency that the display can support. Thankfully, most modern flat panel displays support a wide range of frame rates, typically 60 FPS is the "root" frequency and the highest they can use, but they usually also work with 50 FPS (which is part of 1080p50 definition, one of the competing HD formats), sometimes 45 FPS, 40 FPS, 30 FPS, 25 FPS, 24 FPS, 20 FPS, 15 FPS, 12 FPS, 10 FPS, 6 FPS and 5 FPS.

Basically, all the factors of the highest frequency are supported by default. That means, if the highest frequency is 60 Hz...

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30 and 60 Hz frame rates are all supported with no screen tearing.

If your frame rate is 12, that means you get five identical frames, then it switches to next, and since 12 x 5 = 60, it syncs up perfectly with the native refresh rate of the monitor.

The non-factor frame rates like 50, 45, 40, 25 and 24 FPS are sometimes added by manufacturers to reduce the "gaps" between supported frame rates on the high end of the factor list as well as expanding the support for different video formats.


Video capture programs such as Bandicam limit the frame rate to the configured frame rate of the video capture. If you have set it to capture video at 30 FPS, it will limit frame rate to that value.


Whether limiting frame rates manually does any good is dubious. I suppose it can enhance stability on the game when the application has a set amount of frametime to calculate each frame, but if it's doing it with CPU time to spare, you're essentially limiting your gaming experience for no good reason - and, of course, when the computer can't do it fast enough to render the game at 30 FPS, it will slow down regardless.

I personally find it much more sensible to force VSync on GPU control panel, and let the game run as fast as it possibly can.

[EAF51_Jimmi]

game way more smooth with bandicam!

i have it capped at 40fps and it rocks!!!!
changed my game experience!

ty for the tips!!!!
it's worth trying it!