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7 years ago

Apex Legends low fps GTX 1080

After the recent update I noticed insane fps drops from right after jumping with my squad to just visiting areas such as the cascades. Any one else lose performance after the patch if so any tips on ...

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low_tier_squid

7 years ago

@the_ambieneer wrote:
@MartenPhilip wrote:
anything above 60 fps is fine and overkill.
Overkill? Not in the least.
I'll concede that 60 is more than enough for some games, but any FPS will definitely benefit from 144+. The difference between 60 and 144 is quite noticeable.

This is correct. 60 is fine for single player games, basically. There is a massive difference in performance and input lag in multiplayer games when you are at 144hz with the FPS to match, though. When I got a new PC last year and upgraded to a 32 inch 1440p 144hz monitor, it changed everything for me in Overwatch, things didn't look so blurry/fast and confusing anymore, I could actually track fast moving heroes like Tracer and Genji with relative ease, whereas previously on a 60hz monitor I really struggled to keep up.

Ask any pro gamer from Overwatch or CS:GO or whatever and they'll all swear by 144 or 240 monitors which high FPS. These guys will even run top line PCs that costs over 3,000 dollars and still run games on low graphics and lower resolutions so they can milk every possible performance increase out of the game. It makes that big of a difference for them.

FinalSentence

7 years ago

Night and day difference with 60 to 144hz allows allows for players with mice that can do 1000hz to see a smoother result.

140 to 240 isn't as noticeable but I have played on both and you can tell when flicking your mouse how much smoother the flick is.

I have a 1080ti and still have everything disabled or low, to make sure I stay well above 144 fps. I have a 240hz, I would need a better CPU to keep it above 240 but running constantly at or above 144 is the goal for now. The almost $750 upgrade to get a better CPU is not worth the gain from 144 to 240.

I thought we were finally heading in the right direction when gamers stopped worrying about how beautiful a game looks like. It's about how it plays, drop your settings and play a FPS, this isn't a sims game.

Huntinwabits
7 years ago
Lmao. 600-800 dollar card and you run it on Low how sad
- VN_Noct
  7 years ago
  Open up Origin > My Libary > Right-Click on Apex > Game Properties > Advanced Options (?) > type in the box "+fps_max 144"
  This allows your game to stay at 144FPS.
  This solution may help you. I use a GTX 1070TI, i5-9600K with 16GB DDR3200.
  I set everything on low because you can see the enemies much better with low settings. Give it a try.