I feel so silly not knowing the answer, but should I be doing something to limit the fps on my mac? It hovers around 60-80 on land but can be almost double over the water. I actually searched the boards for any relevant information, but either there's nothing recent enough to apply to my computer, or I don't know how to pick my search categories. Regardless, any help would be greatly appreciated, as always.
MacBook Pro (15", 2017)
2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB
Still on Sierra because I didn't want to ruin a good thing after I got TS3 running well (or maybe because I like to procrastinate).
And yes,
@igazor, you're welcome to give me the Bootcamp spiel, and you're right, but it won't do me any good if I burn out my graphics card in the meantime. Besides, the fact that my legacy save has started to run up against the 2 GB Cider-imposed limit is probably the only reason I'm getting anything else done in my life. With all the new EPs I've bought, I could easily spend two weeks glued to my screen, forgetting to sleep or eat. Okay, maybe not that bad, but only because my cat has learned to chew on power cords. So someone's going to get fed, at least.
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Actually, I'm waiting to hear the answer also. Historically, Intel integrated chips wouldn't really have been capable of throwing overly high frame rates like that but the 630s are a bit stronger than their predecessors. Windows players face the same challenge so this kind of thing would follow you over to that side anyway, except on Windows we tend to have more tools to work with or those more familiar to most of us anyway, to lock the fps rates in.
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That GPU isn’t supported but as it’s AMD it doesn’t seem to cause the issues that the Intel ones do.
Does this mean that when @igazor magicks a Bootcamp setup onto my mac one day when I'm not looking that I still won't have to worry about fps? Or do you think I'd be better off using one of the PC tools to limit it? I know you're not a PC person; I'm just wondering if the mac setup has any protective tools or functions that would get lost in translation when I took my computer over to the dark side.
On the Bootcamp side, the best tool I've found to lock things in is RivaTuner Stats Server (RTSS). It's very easy to use.
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@igazor I think I actually bookmarked one of your RTSS instruction manuals already; that would be the one with pictures. I'll just add that to the list of things to add when I Bootcamp my mac. Which I'm definitely going to do. Some day.
Having a Boot Camped is so handy, basically two computers in one.