Question about FPS(Frame Per Second)

[Sicarius]

First question, is it good or bad to have high FPS. And vice versa.
Second question, is there a (free)program that shows how much your FPS is while playing PC games?

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[Tomcat]

First question, is it good or bad to have high FPS. And vice versa.
Second question, is there a (free)program that shows how much your FPS is while playing PC games?

It's generally good to have high fps, but too high (1000 +) can overheat your comp depending on how good it is.
Bad FPS means choppy, crappy gameplay, do not want low FPS.
Most games have a client command or option that shows your FPS.

[Sicarius]

Okay thanks.

[LeetZero]

You shouldn't need more than 20 FPS if you aren't going to record stuff.

Not for the fact that the game is speedy enought, but your eye isn't going to see a big difference. Also the animations may be rendered on a smaller frame (Example something reloading was done with 50 FPS), having 100 FPS will be forgeted up. However, it won't be a big difference.

[Cyanian]

Some people consider smooth gameplay to be 30 FPS while others consider 60 FPS to be a bare minimum.

You want an FPS range generally from 30-90 and anything higher generally isn't noticeable to the human eye.

[Bisjac]

but too high (1000 +) can overheat your comp depending on how good it is.

there is no such thing as to high, nor does it have anything to do with heat.

[Saber15]

You shouldn't need more than 20 FPS if you aren't going to record stuff.

Not for the fact that the game is speedy enought, but your eye isn't going to see a big difference. Also the animations may be rendered on a smaller frame (Example something reloading was done with 50 FPS), having 100 FPS will be forgeted up. However, it won't be a big difference.

you have some pretty low standards, bro. the eye can't tell the difference between framerates above around sixty frames per second, not twenty.

[Cyanian]

In terms of consoles, just as an example, Battlefield games are locked at 30 FPS, while Call of Duty games are locked at 60 FPS.

The reasoning is that Battlefields multiplayer maps are just so large and vast, that they must give up some FPS so that you can actually play with decent graphics.

But when it comes to PCs, the sky is the limit based on your hardware.

[zackin5]

you have some pretty low standards, bro. the eye can't tell the difference between framerates above around sixty frames per second, not twenty.

People say the stranded for movies is 20 (Because of motion blur and such) But personally movies at 20ish still seem slightly choppy to me.

[DrPepper]

If you can, try to cap it at 60 fps. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't it use more of your computer power to give you that 100fps+, which is pointless?

[Niven]

I get 114 fps in CS:S :smug:

[Alphadin]

I like FPS rates between 40-60

[Doomonkey]

If you are a fly you'll need around 300 FPS.

[tails]

You shouldn't need more than 20 FPS if you aren't going to record stuff.

WHAT.

[Bloody Mary]

I think I read somewhere that the human eye can only process up to 60 frames per second. But even then, 60 is unnecessary. 50 should be more than fine.