What Is Your Ideal Frames Per Second?

No_Style

What's your ideal FPS for all your games in general?

I'm a VSYNC user, so I like mine at 90 FPS.

P.S - I love polls. Poll related questions generate interesting discussions, like the Engine Poll I started.

pr0digal jenius

i too like vsync in older games, where i know it will consistantly run at the vsync limit

in newer games i try and shoot for 45 or so, but even at 30 i dont much mind so long as its consistant and looks awesome (ut 2004 stays aroudn 30 at 6x/16x AA/AF and 1600x1200 res)

Vampyromaniac

It's different for different games. Sometimes 60 fps looks good on some games, but not fast enough on others.

I use Vsync, so I'm at 120 or 60 at 12x9 res or below, 100 or 50 for 12x10 or 16x12.

Of course, I use triple buffering when possible, to get higher framerates

Anyway, 100 or more is ideal for me 98% of the time

EDIT: I voted Vsync, but afterwards didn't know whether 100 or Vsync is the right vote lol.

No_Style

The problem with games like FarCry or UT2K4 is that the rate of movement is very noticable when you rise from 30 FPS to 50 FPS. If it's consistently 30 FPS I wouldn't mind that much, but that flux bothers me.

Whobetta

I wish more games would let you set the fps or lock it.

No_Style

Yeah. I also more games would allow you to change the in game refresh rate Damn you NOLF2 locking me at 75 Hz

TwistedMetal

I voted 30 FPS or higher.

I'm not a big FPS man myself, I don't worry about FPS that much. As long as the game isn't choppy or laggy, I could care less about FPS. The higher the FPS, well.... It's makes no difference, it still plays the same. 30 FPS or higher you won't get any choppiness or lagginess. I played America's Army with around 20-30 FPS and it ran smooth. But, with today's graphics card, you should get 30+ FPS on any game out with high settings. Which is just fine by me.

GutterPunk

60+ 60ish is optimal

BWX

45 is fine, dipping into 30's is ok, but not for long.. 60+ is optimal, but if I can run 60+ all the time, I'm cranking the IQ settings up.

@/2ct!<

vsync is best, but anything over 40 is fine unless you have lame quake engines where you do stupid tricks at super high frames, honestly, we all need better engine locks. (Why cant we have locked engines but unlocked visual fps ? )

Judas

with v-sync enabled.... everygame will result is being more fluent looking... maxium refresh rate though.... can't stand anything under 85.... perferably 90hz or 120hz... for the best results....

MSX

V-sync gives me headaches. I only use it if I have to keep games from tearing.

60+ is optimal.
100+ is overkill.

Dom

85

Zardon

50+ with the IQ on insane level. anything over 50-60 fps isnt noticeably "better', but I can tend to notice smoother rates between 30-50.

mkk

It's up to the game. In a strategy or adventure game anything above 30 feels fine most of the time. Otherwise i feel happy with around 50-60fps in most shooter games, while in a few special cases like Quake3 it starts to feel choppy below 100'ish because of game engine shortcomings in physics and input handling.

Whenver using VSync you should make sure the game runs with triple buffering. If a shooter game can't do triple buffering then there is a huge performance hit to run with VSync on. It's nice to see a game like Far Cry enabling triple buffering automatically for what I can see, but most games so far have not been so intelligently made.

dipstick

60fps is the sweet spot for me although I'm happy with anything over 30fps(I always have Vsync on btw)

No_Style

It's good to see that nobody is an FPS maniac anymore The last option is untouched.

BMG_Cya=-

60 is ideal...but if I have to sacrifice frames even down to 20-25 fps in order for the game to look good, I don't mind.
Far Cry at 1280 x 960, 16x Aniso and 4x AA runs far below 60 fps on my 9800XT, but man...it looks damn good.

IQ...beauty...and immersiveness are more important. IMHO anyway.

Zelig

Idealy, my fps would always be at 120, which would be my refresh rate at 1600x1200... too bad neither my video card nor my monitor can do that. I'm pretty happy as it is though.

Danhill

I'd say about 60, but anything between 30-1000 is OK

BWX

Yup, that about covers it.. Unless you're playing an online FPS w/ a quake 3 based engine, then 30 seems a little sluggish, but still playable.

MIG-31

for me most games run smooth enough with my newly installed x800pro. 50+ im happy with but thats without aa & af.40+ with them on high.

the one exeption at the moment is farcry it still does not like aa & af with cats 4.7's.

Vampyromaniac

agree 100%

Judas

i like anything over 1000 though....

i hit 2900fps in quake 3 a few times.. although, building a map gives a good reason

movingincircles

30 is coo, as long as it is detailed

BWX