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Why have an Unlocked Framerates in Pause/Menus when it overheats things ?
- Thread starter chaosaeon
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I remember Crysis having this issue specifically, being the first time I'd ever actually run into the issue. The main menu would render in excess of 2000 fps, and would cause a VERY noticeable screeching from the GPU. Vsync obviously fixed it, but damn! 2000+ fps 😂
This guy has figured it out! 🙄
Run furmark with a temperature gauge. VRMs get toasty the more frames you put out. It's just GPUs are usually more adequately cooled/have quieter fans.
My guess is that it's usually a bug, and as a former QA guy I can tell you right now that it'd honestly be one that's real hard to catch in the QA process. Would be nice if there was a cert check for it (on consoles at least, where cert exists) just to completely nip it in the bud.
It's such a stupid problem that is so easily fixable.
The first time I encountered it this gen was with AC: Unity near launch. How is this STILL a thing?!
The first time I encountered it this gen was with AC: Unity near launch. How is this STILL a thing?!
I've noticed this as well when the pause screens run louder then playing the game it makes no sense to me.
Pretty much. It seems like it could also crash the game, albeit under specific circumstances, and that could be embarrassing for a dev/publisher.
I know. I should have ages ago. But if it's any consolation I think this is the time that I actually follow that advice so thanks homie. 🤘🏿
Do it my friend. May you get good frametimes and no more GPU going crazy in a 2D tetris clone. :"")
Will do and I'm laughing because I played a clicker that I'm sure was about to fry my shit 🤣
Nioh was the first game that made me aware of this issue. There was an uncapped framerate on the blacksmith menu, and the flame animation really made the PS4 fan go nuts. I always had to make sure to get in, do what I needed, and get back out of that screen as quickly as possible.
CoD menus on PS4 must be unlocked also as they make the PS4 spin up loud.
WW2 would cause my PS4 Pro to spin up randomly during map loading screens or in the game itself.
My Pro has the quieter fan also
Developers aren't setting frame limits and as a result games are basically stress testing hardware.
The first time I noticed it happen was back when crysis launched and menu frame rates would sky rocket into the hundreds causing video cards to buzz from power spikes. It was patched pretty quickly but it killed a few cards.
Why it's a problem this generation I don't know. Not all games have the issue so I can only assume the dev unit doesn't have an easy option to set it and certain devs don't take the time to do so manually.
The first time I noticed it happen was back when crysis launched and menu frame rates would sky rocket into the hundreds causing video cards to buzz from power spikes. It was patched pretty quickly but it killed a few cards.
Why it's a problem this generation I don't know. Not all games have the issue so I can only assume the dev unit doesn't have an easy option to set it and certain devs don't take the time to do so manually.
Do any Japanese-made games suffer from this? I'm trying to think of the games I remember doing this, and it seems to be limited to western ones?
Okay makes sense. I had to go back to Slim from Pro because my Pro sounded like a jet engine. Definitely the worst part of Sonys consoles this gen. It's a bit of a lottery...
I don't own the game but I remember the monster hunter demo on ps4 getting pretty loud in menus. might have been fixed in the release version.
If V-Sync is on you don't have to cap the framerate, since V-Sync already does this.
You can use RTSS for other benefits though, such as better frame-pacing in certain games!
No. 30 FPS menus are terrible.
Just make sure the menus run at 60 FPS and not more than that.
I have never noticed it, don't most console games use V-sync? I guess some demanding X360 games didn't like Blue Dragon. To not use a simple limiter is weird though.
Thankfully on PC we can simply use the limiter of your GPU vendor, in my case I use Radeon Chill.
Thankfully on PC we can simply use the limiter of your GPU vendor, in my case I use Radeon Chill.
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Yeah I remember playing UC4 MP and sitting in the lobby sounded like someone was using a hair dryer.
How are AAA games and big name developers the ones having this happen most often ? With all the time, money and huge dev teams you'd think they'd be least likely to have it, and would patch it really quickly. Reading some of the replies sounds like there really is no benefit or reason for it.
Yeah I mean dont QA and the devs notice the jets in their studios ??? Glady I use a headset otherwise it would suck a lot. My new Ps4 pro is relatively quite so far. Let's see how long it stays that way lol.
The most recent example of my PS4 fans going into overdrive was the Tetris Effect menu, actually.
Some studios just don't care. It's being noticed but other things are more important so more often than not it just slips through from my experience. I forgot on how many occasions it was actually addressed after being reported, since not every console turns into jet engine mode.
It also seems like it's being constantly overlooked when in reality it's being addressed but you won't noticed because in the retail versions the main menu won't make your console or PC take off, when that was the case in earlier builds. Games which don't have any sort of "taxing" menus or maps (due to unlocked frame rates or fancy background particle / smoke effects) are still the majority after all.
Devs work with kits that have awesome cooling systems in offices with air conditioning that drowns out any system noise.
also lol at easy fix all you armchair devs
also lol at easy fix all you armchair devs
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Yes, so silly, I bet people probably only think that because you can turn on a framerate cap in about 2 clicks on a PC -_-.