Refresh Rate : Crysis

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:48 pm

Hey guys,
I am wondering if there is any way we change the screen refresh rate cause i am desperate to change it my monitor supports 120hz at 1920X1080 but still playing it at 60hz if someone knows pls help me or is crytek going to include any widescreen + refresh rate changing options.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:29 am

Driver maybe what card u using?

im using 120hz monitor also and refresh rate with my 480's is fine

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:18 am

MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II and btw how u set refresh rate from drivers?

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:24 pm

Disable 'V Sync' in the game.

I'm otherwise an idiot, wouldn't this cause screen tearing?

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:55 am

You dont get it i dont want to play with vsync i just want to increase my refresh rate to 120 and thats right it will cause screen tearing

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:41 am

enabling vsync with 120 monitor will allow refresh rate to go up to 120 not 60
60 is only if youre using 60hz monitor
even with it disabled with 120hz monitor you will not get screen tearing unless your FPS go beyond 120FPS

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:50 am

GO into your nvidia control panel in the 3d settings. Under the game-specific settings, add crysis 2 if it's not already in the list.

Then you'll see an option here to force the maximum refresh rate.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:30 am

Thanks for your help folks will try these steps and let u know.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:11 pm

enabling vsync with 120 monitor will allow refresh rate to go up to 120 not 60
60 is only if youre using 60hz monitor
even with it disabled with 120hz monitor you will not get screen tearing unless your FPS go beyond 120FPS
My monitor is at 1680x1050 @ 75Hz and V-Sync caps me at 60?

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:02 am

idk maybe not really 75hz

mine is 120hz and with vsync mine caps at 120 and is silky smooth

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/7513/crysis22011032311403250.jpg

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:30 pm

Guys he's talking about the refresh rate the game is running at, it's got nothing to do with vsync or not.. and I gave him his solution

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:05 am

Guys he's talking about the refresh rate the game is running at, it's got nothing to do with vsync or not.. and I gave him his solution

V-Sync locks your framerate to the same as your refresh rate to stop screen tearing. It's completely related.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:36 am

V-Sync locks your framerate to the same as your refresh rate to stop screen tearing. It's completely related.
this

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:11 pm

Also forgot are you getting 60FPS in every game?
I noticed when i got my 120 monitor i used my premium DVI cable i already had and didn't work correctly.
Then used the one that came with monitor and was fine i guess i needed a dual link cable for higher refresh rate

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:00 pm

Also forgot are you getting 60FPS in every game?
I noticed when i got my 120 monitor i used my premium DVI cable i already had and didn't work correctly.
Then used the one that came with monitor and was fine i guess i needed a dual link cable for higher refresh rate
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. That's probably the problem.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:50 pm

Guys he's talking about the refresh rate the game is running at, it's got nothing to do with vsync or not.. and I gave him his solution

V-Sync locks your framerate to the same as your refresh rate to stop screen tearing. It's completely related.

Not to his question though.

He asked why the game was running at 60Hz, not why it wasn't synced vertically.

He wanted to run the game at 120Hz, turning v sync on or off will do nothing to help him achieve this.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:50 am

Guys he's talking about the refresh rate the game is running at, it's got nothing to do with vsync or not.. and I gave him his solution

V-Sync locks your framerate to the same as your refresh rate to stop screen tearing. It's completely related.

Not to his question though.

He asked why the game was running at 60Hz, not why it wasn't synced vertically.

He wanted to run the game at 120Hz, turning v sync on or off will do nothing to help him achieve this.
I incorrectly assumed that V-Sync will always lock you to 60FPS. Disabling it would release the lock and allow the game to run 'faster'.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:30 am

I incorrectly assumed that V-Sync will always lock you to 60FPS. Disabling it would release the lock and allow the game to run 'faster'.

You are correct there, but his monitor would have still been running at 60 Hz, so he wouldn't see any of those extra frames. By changing the refresh rate to 120Hz, you can then have vsync on or off and still see FPS up to 120. Since mouse input latency is also directly tied to refresh rates, it is hugely more responsive when running 120hz.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:18 am

I incorrectly assumed that V-Sync will always lock you to 60FPS. Disabling it would release the lock and allow the game to run 'faster'.

You are correct there, but his monitor would have still been running at 60 Hz, so he wouldn't see any of those extra frames. By changing the refresh rate to 120Hz, you can then have vsync on or off and still see FPS up to 120. Since mouse input latency is also directly tied to refresh rates, it is hugely more responsive when running 120hz.
The only reason I assumed so was, as stated earlier, my 75Hz monitor gets locked to 60FPS with V-Sync. Guess I have the same issue as OP

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:22 am

Hey guys, I have a question.

When you're getting 120 fps vsync, and the frame rate dips down to say 100fps, do you "feel it" the way I feel my fps dropping from 60 - 50 on my 60hz monitor?

» Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:13 pm

Hey guys, I have a question.

When you're getting 120 fps vsync, and the frame rate dips down to say 100fps, do you "feel it" the way I feel my fps dropping from 60 - 50 on my 60hz monitor?

Much much less.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:17 am

Hey guys, I have a question.

When you're getting 120 fps vsync, and the frame rate dips down to say 100fps, do you "feel it" the way I feel my fps dropping from 60 - 50 on my 60hz monitor?
There's a commonly said phrase - 'the human eye can't see more than XXXfps'. I don't know if that's true. It'd be difficult to see a difference.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:45 am

Oh, yes, I know that.

But if I had vsync off, I probably wouldn't notice it going from 60 down to 50. But with vsync on, if it drops from 60 at all, I get this big reeling slowdown. I think it's probably dropping down to 30, in reality, if there's no triple buffering. I was just wondering what it was like with the 120hz 120 fps jobs.