Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I have a high spec PC i7 4770k and GTX660, in most cases even zerg I get constant 60fps in vsync mode.

But every time when the cinema mode came out like in vista view or story movie view, my fps always drop to constant 33fps, weird thing is if I switch from fullscreen mode to fullscreen windowed mode, this problem is gone, but this will give my GPU extra 5% overhead that will decrease my fps in extreme zerg case which I don’t want.

I’ve tried to remove vsync which doesn’t help, it still drops from 90+fps to 33fps.
An interesting thing I’ve noticed that if I disable vsync but use frame limit to 60fps on settings, it makes my game always run at 33fps instead of 60fps it supposed to do!!

I’ve googled around but the only thing I found could be related is someone suggested it is flash related, could be the game using some flash component for cinema mode? People suggest to disable hardware acceleration in flash settings but I couldn’t find it in latest flash player on 64bit IE11.

Is anyone experiencing the same issue or could help out ?

Thanks

So your complaint is that you don’t get 534287 fps in an “ingame video”? Are you kidding….

I’m probably safe in assuming you don’t even see 90+ fps anyway as your monitor is 60Hz, meaning it doesn’t matter once your fps is @ 60 as that’s all your monitor can display anyway.

my problem is when I enjoy the vista view, I should have 60fps, not crappy 33fps which is laggy! the vista view is not playing video, if you check your fps, I think most people get normal game play fps, not sudden fps drop.

when I use fullscreen(windowed) mode, I got expected 60fps in vista cinema view under vsync, which is normal.

sobe.4157:

So your complaint is that you don’t get 534287 fps in an “ingame video”? Are you kidding….

I’m probably safe in assuming you don’t even see 90+ fps anyway as your monitor is 60Hz, meaning it doesn’t matter once your fps is @ 60 as that’s all your monitor can display anyway.

That only applies when vsync is enabled, which locks FPS to the monitor (vertical sync) refresh rate. With vsync off, there is no limit as to how many frames per second can be rendered.

abomally.2694:

sobe.4157:

So your complaint is that you don’t get 534287 fps in an “ingame video”? Are you kidding….

I’m probably safe in assuming you don’t even see 90+ fps anyway as your monitor is 60Hz, meaning it doesn’t matter once your fps is @ 60 as that’s all your monitor can display anyway.

That only applies when vsync is enabled, which locks FPS to the monitor (vertical sync) refresh rate. With vsync off, there is no limit as to how many frames per second can be rendered.

When his monitor can only display the 60, what’s the point? Vsync on or off, his monitor will still only display the 60 that the monitor is capable

maybe none of you have patience to read the full description of the problem.
My bad for writing such long!

As I pointed out, even I turn off vsync, the fps
will drop from 90+ to 33 when watching vista or story line cinema.

Quick question for curiousity on my part. Why do you not just keep vsync on? Your monitor cap is 60 FPS, so if you have issues with vsync disabled, why not just leave it running?

In the Nvidia Control Panel, there are different Vsync options. Make sure yours is set to “Use the 3D application” and not one of the “adaptive” modes. There is an adaptive mode that will limit the framerate to 50% of refresh (60 Hz).