Thread: unlimited frame rate option has been removed from the client on 5.0

Originally Posted by Shurrikhan

You're point was that not everyone gets value out of added FPS, yes? Fair enough. I'll give that to you. It just could not be further from the case with DPS. It's distinctly a metric that has no soft cap, taper, or whatever else.

"Would you like to be able to finish your flight from London to Tokyo more quickly? Say... instantly?" "Nah, once its faster than 14 hours or so, I don't notice."

I'm not playing phone tag with you. New posts are a thing.

You can sit there and pick apart units of measurement or whatever, but that doesn't make me any less correct: Just like with DPS, people like big numbers. This is not an incorrect statement. You are not arguing with me because I am not arguing with you. There is nothing to argue. Pick someone else.

Originally Posted by Doozer

I don't even know what the big deal is anyway, whether the fps is 60 or 120 I wouldn't even be able to tell you because my eyes can't tell the difference. Just like with DPS, people just love big numbers and think the higher their fps is, the better they play or something.

This has nothing to do with big numbers. I run at an average of 110-115fps (144Hz monitor) and when the game drops to about 90 (80 for sure) I can tell see the difference and it's annoying.

Just because you can't tell a difference doesn't mean no one else can.

Originally Posted by Doozer

I don't even remember what I have mine at, but I changed some settings recently trying to resolve an unrelated fps problem (that has since been fixed) and didn't notice any stuttering when capping the fps while using a 120hz monitor.

I don't even know what the big deal is anyway, whether the fps is 60 or 120 I wouldn't even be able to tell you because my eyes can't tell the difference. Just like with DPS, people just love big numbers and think the higher their fps is, the better they play or something.

yea its the ...2019s people need to "flex" something to add meaning to their existence for some reason

Originally Posted by guardin

yea its the ...2019s people need to "flex" something to add meaning to their existence for some reason

That's a gross oversimplification. I wouldn't be upset at a 90 fps cap if the current in-game frame limiter worked properly. But it doesn't. It introduces noticeable stuttering that can only be avoided by not engaging it. If the in-game frame limiter worked like RTSS or other applications, yeah it would be annoying not to be able to play higher than 90, but I could deal. But this jittery mess that happens with the in-game limiter? Can't be overlooked.

Originally Posted by guardin

yea its the ...2019s people need to "flex" something to add meaning to their existence for some reason

Indeed. Some people need to flex good ol' "I can't see the fps difference, ergo it's meaningless" aka a twisted version of "Screw you, got mine".

This will cause a lot of problems for people on 120-144 or any high refresh rate monitors if this translation is correct. Clarification from SE would be appreciated here. The current ingame limiter causes issues with monitors over a refresh rate of 60 if not unlimited or 1/1 ratio. I find it hard to believe SE would have such an oversight on this and find it more likely that the patch notes translation is unclear, so if anybody from Square Enix could comment on this it would be appreciated by all of us using high refresh rate monitors who are worried about extreme stuttering.