[2021] How can i cap my fps?

Originally posted by seven:

Originally posted by pApA^LeGBa: Care to explain? Works fine for me at least.

Ok, you are right to suggest v-sync. It depends on your hardware, monitor and the game but v-sync may work fine and give you the experience you want. It is the easiest to implement so worth a try.

I cap fps in 7DtD because my game room gets too hot, and riva tuner worked a lot better than v-sync. In my experience, with the games I cap, riva tuner always gives superior performance.

No need to use 3rd party software when it's built into the driver.

Originally posted by seven:

Originally posted by SylenThunder: No need to use 3rd party software when it's built into the driver.

I have had problems with setting it in the driver in some games. Admittedly I haven't tried in a while so maybe recent driver versions work fine, but there are other useful features of afterburner/riva so I'll still use that.

You can set it per-game. 7 Days and Empyrion are the only ones I cap the FPS on.

Also note that with experimental releases, and some early major builds, Afterburner will prevent you from playing due to compatibility issues with Unity. You see it with UE4 updates as well, but it's not as common as it is with Unity.

Sure it's a great tool, but if the only thing you're doing is capping FPS it is not advised at all.