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yonef   03-28-2009 at 08:31:05 PM

Hi
I've just wondering if there is some application that can limit MAX FPS to 30!
Why? Because when I play some games that run at 60 FPS(vsync=on) my CPU and GPU loads to ~100% and generates a lot of unnecessery heat and noise. I'm talking especially for GTA IV, when I'm in buildings, game runs at 60 fps and all my fans get laud.
The game that HAS FPS limiter is EndWar. It runs at 30 fps all the time(monitor refresh is 60Hz) and my system runs cool&quite and gameplay is smooth!
I can not lower refresh rate of the monitor lower than 60Hz so the only option is to find app that puts a cap of frames rendered by Graphic card.

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strangestranger   03-28-2009 at 09:25:25 PM
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Nope, can't think of any off the top of my head, only thing i can think of is downclocking your hardware. That should do the trick in keeping heat and noise down.

Not unless the game itself has a max fps command like source games do.

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yonef   03-28-2009 at 10:02:15 PM
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hmm, thats bad news :(

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GexX2   03-28-2009 at 10:16:12 PM
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Here ya go. Read the readme, don't remember where I found it, but I uploaded it for you.

http://rapidshare.com/files/214695 [...] T.rar.html

Hmm. Just noticed the readme left out alot of instruction. Just use this as a template.

Code :
  1. start C:\FPSLIMIT\FPS_Limiter.exe /r:D3D9 /f:40 /x:OFF /l:OFF "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dead Space\Dead Space.exe



r= renderer

f= framerate

x= Framerate display ingame

l= logging

Make a .bat using notepad, and use it to start the game.

You can also use the FPS_limit.jar GUI to make this.

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Message edited by GexX2 on 03-28-2009 at 10:36:42 PM
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yonef   03-28-2009 at 10:48:10 PM
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thanks mate! I'll try it.
but it is not working for DX10 :(
Do you know how can I run GTA IV in DX9 mode?

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edit1:
yuuhuuu, IT is working! that is exactly what I needed!
Thank you very much GexX2 !


Message edited by yonef on 03-28-2009 at 11:00:49 PM
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GexX2   03-29-2009 at 07:24:48 AM
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NP. If it helps you might find a new version if you look up FPS_limiter and focus on Ms Flight sim pages, as I'm pretty sure it was a MS Flight sim page I got it from.

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yonef   03-29-2009 at 02:19:33 PM
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I couldn't find new ver. of FPS_limiter. It seems that this is the latest one, but if you find something that do the same on DX10 games please post it here, I'll greatly appreciate it.

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Gigabyte MA790X-UD4 (SB750); Corsair 2x2GB 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 HDD Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB; HDD Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 250GB;
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Sporkinator   05-14-2009 at 08:58:51 AM
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GexX2 wrote :

Here ya go. Read the readme, don't remember where I found it, but I uploaded it for you.

http://rapidshare.com/files/214695 [...] T.rar.html


Hey, this sounds like what I'm looking for! Unfortunately, the file reached its download limit. Can you re-upload it somewhere? I recommend FileDen or perhaps Host-A.net.

I have an old 1998 PC game that needs its FPS capped at 60 to run properly.

If it requires command line/batch files, perhaps I'll write a GUI app for it to make it more user-friendly.

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yonef   05-14-2009 at 10:12:15 AM
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Download it from here: http://files.filefront.com/FPS+Lim [...] einfo.html

...there is GUI that you can use to set up .

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Gigabyte MA790X-UD4 (SB750); Corsair 2x2GB 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 HDD Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB; HDD Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 250GB;
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Sporkinator   05-14-2009 at 11:34:15 AM
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Thanks a lot for uploading it so I could test it. This didn't work for my game though. Vsync doesn't work in the game, so I was hoping this was an app that could work around the lack of Vsync and control the framerate and keep it at 60 or less.

If you know another app that might be able to to this, I'd really appreciate it, I've been searching for a few days now.

Thanks for all your help either way, and thanks for the quick response.

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garth   07-07-2009 at 03:56:29 PM
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Can someone upload this file? Any links above works for me.

thanks

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