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How bad are inconsistent frametimes?

Posted: 22 Jan 2020, 16:39
by dutchie84
Lets say my lowest is 180fps and highest 237fps on a 240hz monitor
57fps between low and high and changing frametimes are they that bad for consistent aim? Or is it more of a myth and those tiny frametime differences are negligible?

Thx boys.

Re: How bad are inconsistent frametimes?

Posted: 22 Jan 2020, 18:27
by Simon95
dutchie84 wrote:
22 Jan 2020, 16:39
Lets say my lowest is 180fps and highest 237fps on a 240hz monitor
57fps between low and high and changing frametimes are they that bad for consistent aim? Or is it more of a myth and those tiny frametime differences are negligible?

Thx boys.
I would limit to a framerate, that you can reach 95% of the time. And yes your muscle memory suffer from different frametimes. If you limit the FPS you get a low input lag and on top of that you save energy.

Re: How bad are inconsistent frametimes?

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 00:16
by Chief Blur Buster
Depends on how you play, but yup.

Higher-but-consistent lag is sometimes superior to low-but-varying lag.

To an extent.

Capping can either increase or lower lag, but it’s a lag-consistency-improver as well as less lag than a worse lag (e.g. VSYNC ON treatments of framerates maxing Hz on a VRR display, if VRR is turned on), in which case, capping lowers lag. Capping re-times those frametimes to a glassfloor, to make lagfeel consistent. It can be easier to aim at exact 5ms lag than random-varying 1ms-to-10ms lag.

Re: How bad are inconsistent frametimes?

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 02:57
by dutchie84
Ok crystal clear! Thanks chief

Will set my benq to 182hz and cap the fps on that number too. I'm a bit disappointed that in some games the stress on the CPU is so high that a steady 240fps with an super high end rig is not enough.

Re: How bad are inconsistent frametimes?

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 11:42
by Stitch7
Which game? Any esports title can easily hit 182 on a decent gpu

Re: How bad are inconsistent frametimes?

Posted: 26 Jan 2020, 09:42
by dutchie84
Non esport game... bf1 main game

Re: How bad are inconsistent frametimes?

Posted: 26 Jan 2020, 09:44
by Stitch7
go for 91 fps then?

nvm, if you're going strobed, do not use anything except Hz=Fps. Hmm For BF1 either you tweak the settings or You're gonna have to put up with a stuttery game? You're really in a horrible situation. You could upscale, that would look bad though.
I don't know if any GPU can evem hit 182 on high at FHD. Sorry I'm at loss here.