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    Razer Blade 2014 IGZO Panel Refresh Rate

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by jpl20, Jun 7, 2014.

  1. jpl20

    jpl20 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone - does anyone know the refresh rate of the IGZO panel? I ask because at the moment, playing CS:GO turns my Blade into a furnace (high 90s C temps for CPU), which is apparently not unusual based on how the game is very CPU heavy. Through discussions on Steampowered forums, I have learned to cap the fps at whatever the refresh rate is for the panel, because at the moment my blade is putting out 300fps, which I assume is a waste of fps and just unnecessarily taxing my CPU. I have capped it at 121 fps just making a guess, and I have already noticed a significant decrease in heat (temps now low 80's C). But can anyone explain the IGZO refresh rate to a relatively amateur computer guy like me? Thanks
     
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    60Ghz but there are also option for less.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 7, 2014
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    *60 Hz, 60 GHz would be insane(ly awesome)!
     
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    So theoretically I could cap my fps at 61 and not notice a difference?
     
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    Yes. There should be no noticable difference whatsoever aside from a cool and quiet blade.
     
    Justinus, Jun 7, 2014
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    OK thanks - for anyone else who plays CS:GO, this has made a world of difference. For the record, I haven't tried out 60 fps yet, only capped at 120, but it reduced my temps from near 100C to low-mid 80s at max settings. Apparently this is a problem that the game tries to put out just silly high fps numbers, so it was trying to generate 300 fps by default. The command to cap it is: fps_max 120 typed into the console
     
    jpl20, Jun 8, 2014
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    A nice tool is nVidia inspector, you can cap FPS 30-60 whatever you want.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 8, 2014
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    mturkel99 Notebook Consultant

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    Mine was already set to "PS_FRAMERATE_LIMITER_FPS_30" any idea what that means? I assume it is not the same as "30 FPS" because I have definitely been getting more than 30 FPS...
     
    mturkel99, Jun 9, 2014
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    I think you might need to press apply to start those settings.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 9, 2014
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