[quote]Hi guys,
Thanks a lot for all of the hard work. I am trying to get more FPS out of my set up right now, and I have the occasional crash while running w/ the injector application. But, I am pretty happy so far.
Can you guys recommend an FPS tool? Are we all using FRAPS? Any others out there? Thanks.
I have two pieces of advice here:
1. Don't run FRAPS. I think these frame-rate counting programs increase the chance of crashing when used with the widescreen fix. This has significantly reduced my CTDs.
2. Once you have a smooth gameplay experience dialed in, don't obsess over and stare at FRAPS counter. I was getting very frustrated to see that, whether on one screen or three screens, the game only runs at 35-45 FPS in the outdoors much of the time even though I'm running three 580s. As I said before, this is because of a weird CPU "bottleneck" where the FPS increases as you increase CPU speed, but it's very inefficient since it only uses two threads.
Anyway, when I turned FRAPS off because of reason #1, I realized that even 30+ FPS minimum feels smooth and just fine in this game - no hitching and stuttering. This is not a title where you need 60 or 120 FPS like a fast-paced FPS. Just enjoy it!
Very true. These programs also effect games with standard resolutions as well. I've noticed that I would get any where from 15 to a 40% hit to my FPS in some games with FRAPS on, I figured this out because in these games I could turn on there own FPS counter in game.