How to limit frame rate in x3tc?

[Diamonddragon]

A reliable way to force VSync is by installing RivaTuner. Once installed, there is a program called D3DOverrider. Using this, you can force VSync for any game. At least it works with the Witcher, didn't try it with TC.

[Gavrushka]

In respect to the OPs traumatic issue, and after much soul searching, I hereby agree to swap computers with him and the problem is solved... To underline my benign act I'll even pay the postage and throw in my younger sister.

....Well this is the Off Topic Forum, it doesn't seem right to have an entire thread without a pointless post that only gratified the equally pointless Gavrushka..

[fintoozler]

A simple solution would seem to be to underclock your graphics card, y'know move the slider in the tools all the way to the left instead of the right.

I know it's not a perfect fix but it might slow things down enough.

Also on the overheating thing. I have encountered cards where the factory cooling is just plain inadequate, like an ATI 4350 with a passive heatsink

-stop laughing at me!-

My solution was to grab the CPU fan off an old celeron 1600 and slap it on the passive heatsink and it works like a charm.

-no really stop laughing-

Anyway it seems to be the case with high end cards that after market cooling is often a good idea (I mean a proper job, not like just slapping a bit from a wreck on it).

[DeadlyDarkness]

My solution was to grab the CPU fan off an old celeron 1600 and slap it on the passive heatsink and it works like a charm.

I'm laughing, but probably not for the reason you might assume.

My Gcard fan was taken from a CPU fan, superglued to a piece of plastic and then screwed into the heatsink. What's so awesome is that it spins 2x faster than the old fan so my card is 54 degrees C at 100% load. This compares to around 90 degrees from a stock 4850.

[Drewgamer]

not sure if this problem was ever solved, but you might want to try

this program

you can limit your framerate to whatever you want using it.
Hektos

[xeon_1]

-stop laughing at me!-

My solution was to grab the CPU fan off an old celeron 1600 and slap it on the passive heatsink and it works like a charm.

-no really stop laughing-

Lol
Well i mounted the old stock heatsink of a athlon xp to my old laptop to keep the cpu cool.
And at work a fan failed of the gfx card of the server.
Not a problem i slapped the old heatsink on it from my old radeon1650 and soldered the fan wires to the old fan connector.
Works like a charm.

[travisdh1]

-stop laughing at me!-

My solution was to grab the CPU fan off an old celeron 1600 and slap it on the passive heatsink and it works like a charm.

-no really stop laughing-

Lol
Well i mounted the old stock heatsink of a athlon xp to my old laptop to keep the cpu cool.
And at work a fan failed of the gfx card of the server.
Not a problem i slapped the old heatsink on it from my old radeon1650 and soldered the fan wires to the old fan connector.
Works like a charm.

Now that's not what I call funny, that's just brilliant

[starship02]

I know, this thread is quite old. But because of my own experience on my new system, i post my solution here. Hope this helps others with the same problem:

For newer AMD cards (i have an RX470) there is also a new "Radeon Software", where one can set such options. If i just force "vsync" there, it does also not working, and X3TC climbing up to insane high fps. But "Radeon Settings" also have an option called "Frame Rate Target Control" in the same tab as you can the vsync option. Enable FRTC and set it to 60 fps works like a charme, i have now 60 fps in X3TC.

Maybe this helps others and eventually the nvidia settings have something similiar? I don't know for sure about nvidia, because i have none, sorry.

[CBJ]

That's three 8 year old threads you've dredged up to post the same answer. One would have been more than enough.