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F_YOUR_AIMLOCK's avatar
F_YOUR_AIMLOCK
3 years ago

Background FPS Limiter removal?

Hello,

I ran through several Apex wikis, random forum posts, knowledgebase posts and so on, however I could not find such option or "start argument" to pass to the EA Launcher.

I need this, because I am constantly alt+tabbing (3 monitors - playing in Window-Maximized) and when the game resumes from the FPS cap (which is 20-24 I guess?) back to 144  it lags/stutters for ~10 seconds until it normalizes. Sometimes - even the Windows itself fully freezes and nothing happens but audio output from a video/radio stream.

p.s/edit: Everything is up-to-date, tried even with clean Windows install on a separate machine - same issue.

Regards!

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  • The_Tibber's avatar
    The_Tibber
    3 years ago

    If you have a Nvidia GPU you can go to Manage 3D settings> Program settings.
    Then find Apex in the drop box or add it.
    In the list of settings below is an option to set Background Application Max Frame Rate.
    Select a new framerate, hit apply and test it out. (game needs to restart to apply changes)

  • F_YOUR_AIMLOCK's avatar
    F_YOUR_AIMLOCK
    3 years ago

    Hello and thank you for the feedback, appreciated!

    Unfortunately I'm with AMD (RX6600) and in the "Adrenalin" tool there's no such functionality, so my only option would be to pass an argument (if any) to the EA launcher before the game starts.

  • F_YOUR_AIMLOCK's avatar
    F_YOUR_AIMLOCK
    3 years ago

    The "FRTC" is used when you use the "Adrenalin" (AMD's software) for ingame settings, sadly it is unrelated to the limited background FPS.
    (It's already set by default to 144 - due to the monitor's refresh rate)

    The thing is that most likely the game has it "hardcoded" and no option to disable (or at least increase) through the game video menus, so I thought there should be a "hidden" parameter that I can pass to the EA Launcher, for example - "+fps_max 144" will set the ingame (while playing) FPS capped to 144

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