Windows 10: Windows 10, Framerate capped @60-ish

Hi,

I recently upgraded to windows 10 home 64bit. All that went well, my games played 120+ FPS as it
should. So I decided to clean install win10, all that went well also, but now
when I try to play some games, they are all capped at 60 frames per/sec. I often
cannot even get over 40-ish fps.

I've searched this all over and I am posting this in various places in hopes someone has experienced this and found a fix.


My machine:

i7 4970k
ASUS Maximus Hero VII
2-way SLI ASUS GTX680
16 gb RAM
Samsung SSD 250gb

Display:
ASUS VG248QE with DVI-D cable windows detects that it is set to 120Hz refresh rate.




I have tried lowest visual and maximum visual settings.
I have Vsync disabled in Nvidia Panel and in game.
I have disabled and even removed the Xbox DVR thing
All drivers fully updated.



Anyone else experience this?

Thank you.

:)

 

Nvidia Optimus Laptop 60 FPS lock in DX11 games. Has it been fixed?

Hello. I opted in for a free upgrade to Windows 10 when it got offered and I was pretty happy except for one issue: forced 60 FPS framerate lock in DirectX11 games. I searched and found that the issue was only present for users of older-generation Nvidia
laptop dGpus that used Nvidia Optimus. The pool of people using Nvidia Optimus laptops isn't huge, the number of people for whom 60 FPS lock on a 60 Hz display is an issue is even smaller, and it only manifested in Dx11 games so... basically neither Nvidia
nor Microsoft bothered to fix the issue at the time. And so I downgraded.

System: MSI GT70 - 0NE, i-7 3630QM @ 3.2 Ghz, GTX680M 4GB, Intel HD4000?, 8GB stock ram.

Description of the issue: It was a normal 60 FPS framerate lock, not V-Sync. No I didn't use and forget about external framerate limiters. Nothing that I tried could solve the issue - if it ran on DX11, it had a 60 FPS framerate lock, much
to my chagrin since the things that I played on DX11 were mostly competitive shooters.

Has the issue since been fixed or do I have to stay bound to Windows 7 forever? I'm sorry if this question has already been answered, this is so niche that I have trouble finding topics even acknowledging the problem. I just repaired my
laptop and would like to install Win10, but this issue is a dealbreaker.

 

Request: Higher framerate for games

Aaah, yes, you're definitely right that the performance depends on the developer: I was behind the times and thought that the framerate was still limited to 30 fps by the operating system/XNA framework. Turns out that the framerate can now be increased
up to 60 fps:

"The XNA Framework on Windows Phone OS 7.1 supports the native device refresh rate, up to 60 Hz. If you set the
PresentationParameters.PresentationInterval property to
PresentInterval.One, then the PresentInterval.One value is used, targeting the native device refresh rate."

Source: Changed APIs for Windows Phone OS 7.1

I'll make sure to pass a message on to Half Brick... Hopefully they'll update their game to run at 60 fps soon!

Thanks!

 

Might be still an NVIDIA SLI issue with drivers and Windows 10. Knowing there is and was an issue with SLI.

 

Have you tried using something like DDU to make sure that your GPU driver is completely uninstalled, and then reinstalling the GPU driver? With SLI enabled on my W10 system, I have no problem getting well over 60 FPS.

Also, are you sure that SLI is enabled via Nvidia Control Panel?

 

Vsync enabled per chance? Are you using a correct refresh rate too? My monitor supports 60Hz and 75Hz (75 for some modes only).

 

Hi Doodz,

1. I don't think it is a SLI issue because when I did the upgrade, everything worked fine and I was getting 144 FPS easy as per usual. It is after doing a clean install that everything went outta-whack. Some games I get less 60FPS, other games can seem to apply VSync and work my SLI really hard.

2. I googled DDU, I will test it later and if that still fails, I'm just gonna friggin' do another clean install and hope for the best. Thanks for sharing that.

3. Ya I definately verified Vsync and SLI profile in the NVIDIA control panel and in-game settings. I have disabled and enable off an on all possible settings. My Monitor does up to 144Hz.

Well wish me luck doodz.

Thanks alot.

 

Share which games, if not all low fps.As said i realized VSync from some of my games will cap the fps.

 

Good luck man. Hopefully DDU helps. Make sure you run it in Windows safe mode so it can remove everything. It'll give you a prompt to boot into safe mode. I use it every single time I install a new GPU driver.

 

firstly, in response to the SLI issue, windows 10 does not support SLI out of the box, the reason it worked before is because it was upgraded and was using the SLI profiles for the windows version before the upgrade (probably 8.1), a fresh install will delete those profiles and there is no way to force them back into nv control panel, Nvidia has since released a working SLI driver for it and should work if you download the latest game ready driver at nvidia.com.

 

Isn't that Asus VG248QE a G-Sync monitor? If yes, Nvidia with their drivers seems to be regularly having issues getting their own technology to work properly, especially in combination with SLI. Suggest you check the Geforce forums and the Asus forums. Additionally, Nvidia's latest hotfix driver was specifically released to deal with G Sync issues. Might want to give it a try if you haven't already. Good luck indeed.

Nvidia 358.59 Hotfix Driver
Fixes "G-Sync Windowed mode & full-screen performance issue"

 

Hi doodz,

Thank you all for the responses. So I tried a few suggestions, notably DDU, (Which is awesome by the way thanks for that one blackroseMD1).

So my 2-way SLI works flawlessly for my games like FFXIV, Civilization V. But for older online games that worked before on Win7, I can'T get them to work. And must be related to the game itself somehow. Hopefully with future Nvidia updates or maybe updates to those older games will fix it.

So I guess this is "Resolved-ish". Again I thank everyone for taking a little time to help me.




To Specialkone: Yes the ASUS VG248QE is a GSYNC capable. But I bought one of the earlier versions which does not have it enabled. There was a way to upgrade it for GSYNC, but it would require me to buy an additional do-it-yourself upgrade kit for like 200 or 300 more dollars. The DIY upgrade kit was sold only for a limited time and limited stock back in 2014.