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    Stuck at 60FPS with every game

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Oneshot2285, Jul 18, 2017.

  1. Oneshot2285

    Oneshot2285 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Everyone,

    This is my first post and maybe this a noob question but I have an Alienware r4 17 that was manufactured January 2017. My specs are as followed: 6700hq, 16gigs of ram, 1070 gtx and got it on sale at a local retail store *cough cough BESTBUY* lol

    The system runs fine and have no complaints but one. When I got this system, I am pretty sure I do not have nvidia gync monitor as I tried looking everywhere within the computer to check. The issue I have is that with every game, games from low impact graphic intensive (minecraft, indie side scrollers) to intensive graphic games like (bf1, star wars battlefront, gears of war) all my games are capped at 60fps. Now it runs smoothly but I wanted to test out frame rate scores but I cant get past or under 60 fps. My monitor is a 60hz screen but for the life of me, I can't find or see if this thing is gynce monitor as I have looked everywhere...updating my drivers with Nvida Geforce Experience, looking in device manager, graphic properties and adapter settings...

    Am I missing something here? Or do I have a gync...the monitor type of what I can tell is a FHD 1080p IPS screen. And as I recall, dell doesn't provide nvidia gync for this monitor right?
     
    Oneshot2285, Jul 18, 2017
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  2. Ramzay

    Ramzay Notebook Connoisseur

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    Well, since your display is 60hz, you'll only ever be able to display 60FPS anyway.

    But check if vsync is on in games (that locks FPS to 60).

    Some games have the ability to lock your FPS to a set number as well.

    Maybe Dell ships the AW machines with the nvidia settings applying vsync to all games?
     
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  3. Oneshot2285

    Oneshot2285 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'll try and check to see if that is on but I'm pretty sure it is but wouldn't I have higher framerates even with v-sync on anyways; as I do remember having v-sync on in my desktop computer and still get higher frames than my screen with 60hz?
     
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    ThatOldGuy Notebook Virtuoso

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    V-sync is supposed to sync your frame-rates to your monitor refresh rate (in this case 60). You shouldn't have gotten higher frame rates on the desktop unless you were using a higher refresh monitor. Also It may or may not be on in the game; if everything is limited, then it could be on in Nvidia control panel.

    Also worth noting that many console port games are limited to 60 fps in the game files
     
    ThatOldGuy, Jul 18, 2017
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    Oneshot2285 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh well that figures....well thanks for everyone who responds and will check this out. :)
     
    Oneshot2285, Jul 18, 2017
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