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    Fraps showing <10 FPS but Ultra Skyrim is playing fluently?/

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by navyspaces, Aug 3, 2013.

  1. navyspaces

    navyspaces Notebook Enthusiast

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    Very pleased to have bought a new laptop yesterday with advice from some people on here, and I'm even more pleased that I've set Skyrim to Ultra settings with no problems whatsoever. It seems to be running very smoothly - however, Fraps seems to think it is running at 9-12 FPS....

    Something seems wrong here, no? Does Skyrim look oddly good even with low FPS, or is it simply the case that Fraps is messed up?

    Thanks in advance... :)
     
    navyspaces, Aug 3, 2013
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  2. maverick1989

    maverick1989 Notebook Deity

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    What GPU do you have? A game can't "look" much better with low FPS. FPS determines how a game feels. If you have to swerve 180 degrees to shoot someone and it takes you 3 seconds to do that, breaking and stopping at each 20 degree angles, that's not going to make for a very enjoyable game. Does that happen to you? It could be that fraps has a bug for your particular GPU.
     
    maverick1989, Aug 3, 2013
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  3. andros_forever

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    I used to play Skyrim at around 24-30 fps average and it felt very smooth, but that was with it all maxed with custom ultra textures and over a hundred mods installed. Haven't reinstalled the game on my new Laptop though.
     
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  4. Quagmire LXIX

    Quagmire LXIX Have Laptop, Will Travel!

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    fraps is messed up, try the latest or different version or try afterburner for a comparison. it would be impossible for the game to feel fluid at 9-12 fps and I'm one of the gamers that know a few games can be fluid in the 20s (like andros describes).
     
    Quagmire LXIX, Aug 4, 2013
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    octiceps Nimrod

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    Like others have said, 9-12 FPS is a slide show regardless of the game. Skyrim may not be a twitch shooter but it would still feel awful at that frame rate. Heck, I'm currently playing Witcher 2 and can't stand it when it dips into the 30's, but that's the price I pay for turning the eye candy up.

    LOL nice username @Quagmire 69. Is that a Family Guy reference? :p
     
    octiceps, Aug 4, 2013
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