Weird FPS Limiting Issue

At first I thought this issue was only with FFXI, but I'm noticing it on all games. My FPS are being capped off at what looks like a percentage of max, no matter the settings (*MINE/CAP* FFXI on any setting 25.7/30, FFXIV on any setting 50/60 *yes, even with lowest settings, facing a wall, 50fps max), WoW on any setting 125/200+). Any thoughts on this? Maybe a driver issue? I've tried every single driver for the 5870m but has made no difference. Any other system driver that may cause such a weird dip in max FPS? It is driving me mad!

 

is vsync on?

 

I have tried with it on and off. FPS is always the same. I really have no clue at this point what the issue could be

 

FFXI frame rate issues? :: Final Fantasy XI :: ZAM

These guys have some settings at the bottom of the forum posts that yo could copy and see if it helps.

Also they talk about CAT 9.1 being better than 9.5 & .6. Might want to give either DNA or OMEGA drivers as i used to have an ATI card and they worked well when the standard ones weren't. However not sure about the current versions but worth a try if nothing is working.

 

If only I could get 9.1 to work with the 5870m but I'll give the suggestions in that thread at try

 

FFXI automatically caps @ 30 FPS by design.

WoW, with Vsync on, caps at 60 FPS.

First thing I would do is set your CCC settings to "performance" and see if that frees up some frames. It does make a difference.

 

I've tried all of these games on pure performance settings (even lowering the game resolutions and ingame settings to lowest on all of them), with the EXACT same max FPS, which is why I'm baffled. My 800Mhz netbook runs FFXI at 30FPS in the moghouse (player house) with nobody around. Yet the G73JH sits at 25.7, as if it were hard capped (as with all games) ... so annoying.

 

sorry i can't help further i think google is your best bet or try looking deeper in the forums.

 

FFXI is always gonna be capped @30 FPS. It was designed with the PS2 and a tv in mind. It will never go up. FFXIV maybe capped @60 FPS. Knowing SE they trying to make things efficient and will place a cap on it.

 

I'm full aware that the caps on FFXI are 30 and FFXIV are 60. My point is, I'm not hitting either of those caps on even the lowest graphical settings (and especially on FFXI this REALLY bothers me, with being almost 9 years old, to the point I'd consider getting a different computer). My FPS are literally exactly the same, and stuck, at any graphical setting. It has to be a driver issue somewhere.

 

Ok ... so I fixed the FFXI (haven't checked other games) FPS issue. Wanna know what caused it? Ready for something I can't explain? The overclock via SetFSB was causing it. Disabled the overclock from setting at start up and boom, fixed. I'd love an explanation for that one ...

Edit: Just did some testing while in game, if I raise the FSB by even .6, the FPS begin to drop. Each tick higher the fps drops a tiny bit more until obviously, a too high OC crashes the system. Strange ...

 

@xStealth

well, if u use TwinTurbo, you will loose also some frames.
I have oc-d the cpu as well and i could see that its totally pointless.
It looks like to me, that the cpu is starting to "protect" himself when you hit the game and it will downclock...and then again, in 3d mark you will get a highr scoore. dunno, anyway like i sayd dont oc your cpu, you wont win that much.