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Hello there!

I recently (the day before yesterday) bought myself a brand-new computer. I would like to share my whole setup with you guys and it would be awesome if you checked it.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H (1150)
Graphics Card: MSI R9 270 GAMING 2G, AMD Radeon R9 270, 2GB DDR5
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 in-a-Box
Monitor: LG Flatron IPS235P-BN

These are the important details so far... I am playing a lot of League of Legends (and Starcraft 2). Some of my friends have a similar (or even worse) setup, but they are running the game at around 200-300 FPS with every single setting on "very high" or "high".

I am constantly running 60 FPS at "high", which is kinda weird. Don't you think so?

Do you have any tips for changing my setup to get more FPS?
Is it even necessary to change anything at all?

Thanks for any advice/help!

Best wishes,
Don
 
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Actually, I have done that already.
I am using the right driver for the graphics card and yeah... That's all, I guess.
 
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Sounds like vsync.
 
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I think it's "on".
Should I disable it? To be honest, I don't really now what "vsync" is good for.
 
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Vsync removes screen tearing, but caps the framerate at the monitor's refresh rate.
You can disable it if you want, but you won't see a higher framerate than 60 on your monitor, no matter how high it is. Your monitor is 60hz, and will only ever display up to 60 fps. I'm willing to bet your friends' monitors are 60 hz as well, so they won't see a difference either. 60hz is by far the most common and practical. Very expensive monitors get up to 120hz.
 
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So you would keep it "on" or what?
I have a 60hz monitor and yeah, you're right. I read about people seeing FRAPS during games (like League of Legends) which displays numbers above 100, 200 or even 300 "FPS". It's not the same as the "real" FPS though, am I right?

Thanks for your help! I'm glad people know one's stuff.
 
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I would keep it on. If you turn it off, I'd recommend just temporarily to check how high of fps your PC is capable of getting.

When people use benchmark/recording software like Fraps to display a framerate above the monitor's refresh rate, that's how many frames per second their PC is putting out, or is capable of putting out, so it's real FPS in a way, but it's not visible on the monitor.
 
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Is there any reason to keep it on then?
It's kinda weird... I think it would display >200 FPS, but yeah... Do I even need THAT much?
 
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As mentioned, it removes screen tearing. It's when different parts of the screen aren't synchronized correctly and appear to slide past each other.

And, like I said, higher than 60 fps isn't visible anyway on that monitor. The extra frames won't show up correctly; they'll turn into tearing.

The only reason to have vsync off is for artificial benchmark purposes, and because it adds a small amount of input lag. Can be anywhere from 10ms to 50 ms of input lag, just barely noticeable, but enough to annoy some people.

Try it with vsync on and with vsync off. See if you prefer one or the other.
 
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