I just wonder, I can play RPG games at 35-40fps with no problem (even 30), strategy games at 30fps but I have recently beaten Hard Reset which is a fast paced first person shooter and it was a torment to finish at 38-45fps. In multiplayer shooters I just simply cannot play below 60 fps or vsync off.

Here's a list of couple of games I play with varied FPS values:

  • Skyrim (High, 2xAA) 35-40 fps (60+ indoors)
  • Fallout series (High 2xAA) 45-60 fps
  • TF2 (Max, 4xAA) 60+ fps
  • Hard Reset (max, 2xAA) 38-45 fps
  • Civilization V (max( 40-50 fps
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I really can't play with less than 30 FPS(so i prefer sacrifice quality to get more performance in some games). 50-60 optimal for any game.

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50-60, I can't play without vsync because the screen tearing...

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Anything above 30. However 60 is a good point since if it drops you won't notice it assuming it doesn't drop below 30.

Also anyone who tells you then tell visually tell the difference between 40 frames and 60 frames is lying. When it's chugging and dropping frames sure but if it's smooth, no.

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Most of the time, I agree with you, but every once in a while, if the developers did a really good job on animation and the framerate hits 60, you can tell.

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If you want more FPS turn off antylizing, lower shaders. For FPS you should have 60+. Lower FPS in multi FPS games mean, that you are significally worse than smb with similar skill with at least 60FPS. Playable is stable 30FPS.

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If I get 20+ fps I'm perfectly happy haha. And that's with everything on low :P

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Same here ._.

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60 or nothing.

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I play primarily on laptop and 24fps work for me. 30fps = awesome.
I choose as high as possible w/o fps dropping below 23 (1366x768 with any kind of AA off cuz I don't want them)
I even remembered playing BF3 on highest (w/o AA) with GT540m (which is comparable to Intel Iris 5100 according to videocardbenchmark.net)

Edit: and motion blur off too.

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I can play anything above at least 50 fps. I can play lower up to 30 but it has to be consistent. There is nothing more annoying to me when a game runs around 50-60 but then has sudden frame rate drops which totally ruins the experience for me.

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35+

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If it dips below 30, it gets annoying. When it's smooth at 60, it's amazing. My playable range is somewhere in there, though game type influences the range heavily (TBS? 24 FPS works. RTS? Try 30. FPS? If you go below 30, I swear I'm going to quit and uninstall)

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I've never needed more than 30

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Ever since I started playing Dota 2 at around 20 FPS until the time I got my new rig, I can pretty much take that. Below that and it becomes unplayable for me.

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My PC can get 60+ fps in Fortix :D

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most games suck with less than 60fps. but there are exceptions. i played Force Unleashed 2 a while ago, and although i couldn't get it to work properly with 60fps (if you try to force it to 60, the cutscenes stutter like crazy, even the audio), i must say that it was surpringly playable at 30. in general i would say that third person games work much better with lower framerates.

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I need a minimum of 60, with 120 being what I consider acceptable. 144 is the perfect point, and anything over that is welcome for the reduced mouse lag :P

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Skyrim 40 fps with tons of mods is good for me, Far Cry 3 35fps good, all under 30fps feels bad.

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=60, otherwise my brain says "try different drivers", "shit port" or "buy a new GFX".

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i played crysis 1 on my old laptop on 14 fps (was sorta playable)

then the alien part came and it was 6-9 it was so bad i ran out of ammo and had to punch aliens to progress

oh and civ 5 in strategical view (also known as risk board view )on like 10 fps

now that i got a rig i play on 40-60 mostly

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Crysis 1 always ran like crap for me. Even with my current hardware (which supposedly blows the recommended Crysis specs out of the water) I usually get no more than 40 fps with very high settings.

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I prefer my games stay at 60 fps, but I can handle as low as 28-30 fps before it starts hurting my eyes and giving me a headache. I like my frame rate to stay stable as well, because constantly hopping from 30 to 80+ and back again can be just as jarring as a frame rate lower than 28.

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Closed 11 years ago by Laptoprocker.