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    How to turn Vsync off?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by nickspohn, Jun 20, 2006.

  1. nickspohn

    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    In game (CS: S) i have it turned off, i just can't find it on my go 7900GTX settings.

    My issue is:
    Im playing in my server, i have the better ping, and im getting FPS's of 29. In some maps, its 19FPS. It will just stay at that, and wont raise no matter what. Other people player (one user had a 7800GTX) and was getting 80.

    I cant figure out what setting and where it is at. I have things on for best performance, over quality...

    I hope someone can help me out, with this card, i shoud be getting 130FPS everywhere...
     
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    alright, nevermind


    i downloaded new drivers (TweaksRus 91.31)

    i used driver cleaner pro to clean the old ones out, and i must say, this driver is amazing. I doubled my FPS when my old drivers were working before this vsync issue. I actually hit 200FPS in a open map.

    Thanks anyways
     
  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Were you using the stock Dell drivers before? That was why your performance was so low.
     
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    I'm surprised you were only getting 29FPS even with the stock dell drivers! Glad to see you got it sorted though. 200FPS in open area....wow. The last time I played CS:Source on my laptop, I got 19 frames a second in a large open area on the compound level. Not the laptop in my sig though, I only got that today and have to test CS S on it yet....I do get 120FPS with CS on my desktop, I think source is the most hardware friendly engine I've ever seen....in proportion to its abilities that is.
     
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Actually no,

    I had Tweaksrus and laptopvideo2go 84.56, 84.36 and 84.25 drivers with similiar results.

    With the Dell drivers, the performance was somewhat less compared to those drivers. But the 91.31 drivers are amazing
     
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    arggh...

    its doing it again

    it wont go past 60 in any spots on a CS map. Just stays straight at 60 for a few seconds to.

    Vsync is off everywhere i looked

    can't figure out what could be wrong :(

    Anyone got any ideas?
     
  7. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Are you sure it is off in your video card's control panel? In the desktop properties, go to the Settings tab, then Advanced - there will be a tab for your graphics adapter. In the menu there will be options. I don't own and Nvidia machine so I couldn't tell you exactly where the option is.
     
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Yep it is. It's application controlled in off. (i tried it without application controlled, no difference)

    it will stay at 59-60 for quite a bit of time. And it has never once, gone passed 60.

    I dont know why it worked for the first few hours..

    i did the stress test with everyone maxed out, when the drivers were working, and got 105.

    Did it just now, and got a constant 59-60, without it going up or down the entire test
     
  9. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Try falling back to older drivers - the 84.26 from laptopvideo2go.com is what I used when I had the M1710 for reiview, everything ran beautifully.

    Some games are FPS capped, but as far as I know CS isn't one of them.
     
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    It's just odd. I had the 91.31's and they worked fine for a day. I didn't change anything, and now there back to normal. I reinstalled them to, and this time they stayed the same.

    I've tried 84.56's, and 84.36's within the last month

    Ill try 84.26's again
     
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    A2D Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm going to say the obvious and ask have you disabled V-Sync in the driver settings?
    (3D Settings -> Adjust Image Settings With Preview -> Radio Button Use Advanced 3D Image Settings - Take Me There -> Under Vertical Sync, Force Off)

    Sorry if this has already been written. *EDIT* Forgot to mention that this is with Dell's 84.69 drivers
     
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Umm yes, thats what i did, only in the nVidia control panel (since i have nVidia Drivers)

    I did a reformat. Now to see if the problem is fixed