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Lafiel on 01 April 2019

Based on my experience in Bloodborne I can notice it when I focus on it, but when I'm immersed in the game it's not really an issue to me.



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Burning Typhoon on 01 April 2019
Pemalite said:
Depends. I have seen some extremely bad frame pacing (Halo: Reach at one point on the Xbox One via backwards compatible) which made the game feel sluggish and unresponsive.

And then you had terrible frame pacing on AMD GPU's a few years back on PC, which meant there was a ton of stuttering in games which stuck out like a sore thumb, compounded when running multiple GPU's.

How much this impacts an individual will of course be up to the individual themselves, some people will notice it allot more than others.
Heck, I know people who are okay gaming at 20fps... And I can't stand anything less than 60fps.

You and me both.  It's also a waste of my hardware to not go beyond 60fps, when my monitor can go up to 165 fps.



melbye on 01 April 2019

I don't really notice frame-rate problems unless it get really bad.



StuOhQ on 01 April 2019
Mar1217 said:

They sadly got the power to make people perceive games differently because of this which is why I've been away from that stuff most of the time.

I like that they're able to quantify the experience in terms of performance. Usually, their videos just reinforce things I've already noticed in the game and they are almost always fair. I have never seen them blast a game that I felt performed well - the fanboys in the comment section, however... certainly do blow every little technical limitation way out of proportion. 



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SvennoJ on 01 April 2019

It depends on the game. When you're going 200 mph in NFS, bad frame pacing is definitely noticeable.



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haxxiy on 01 April 2019

When you're playing at 30 fps, it's definitely noticeable to me.



 

 

 

 

 

m0ney on 01 April 2019

My previous PC was Core2Duo + Geforce 650ti and when I played Tomb Raider 2012 on High I had the craziest frame fluctuation and that's when I knew I had to upgrade, na mean.



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Chazore on 01 April 2019

I do at times, and it irks me to no end when it becomes impossible to get rid of it.

I'm easily able to notice drops from 100fps down to 60/70 these days.



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danasider on 01 April 2019

As a console gamer, I don't notice it much, but it's probably because I'm not used to the fluidity/fidelity high end PC gaming offers. When I've seen a nice rig in action, I do notice how super smooth it looks compared to what I usually play (now PS4). However, I'm still not sure how low/bad framerate compares with bad frame pacing.

Favorite PS4 game is Bloodborne. DF calls out basically all From Software games for bad frame pacing and BB is no exception, but aside from the occasional stutter in high action areas, I don't notice the frame pacing issue. Ignorance is bliss, I guess.



viewjet on 01 April 2019

I've thought the same thing.  Maybe frame pacing issues are overblown.  But then again, once in a while you can clearly see the hardware struggling to make 20fps.