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Topic: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

I recently upgraded my ASUS VG278H 120Hz monitor to an ASUS VG278QR 165Hz G-Sync Compatible monitor.  When I run the frame rate at 144hz I don't have problems with dropped frames, but when I set the target to my refresh I get several frames dropping each and every second.  I want to set a custom target of 155 FPS to see if I can squeeze some extra frames per second without frame drops, but am unsure of how to do this.  144 FPS is the highest custom frame rate in the menu.

Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

All settings -> enter "target" in the search box, find the "fi_target" value corresponding to the selected profile, enter 155 or whatever

I believe 165 is a bad number. It must be 168 to get the integer FRC rate  = 24*7 = 168.

3 Reply by hoover1979 (edited by hoover1979 06-10-2019 21:21:50)

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Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

Thanks for the tip.  I found 144 FPS gave me the same stability as 120FPS did and 155 FPS would only drop 1-2 frames every few mins.  If I took it up to 164 FPS it only played without frame drops for 10 seconds and then dropped 1-3 frames every second with the occasional drop of 5-10 frames at once every now and then.  I guess an 8Gb AIO cooled GTX1080 isn't enough for flawless playback of settings of "164 FPS" or "Refresh" (165 FPS).

I wouldn't be game to set the target frame rate to 168 FPS, as that is above my refresh rate.

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Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

You can try to add custom refresh rate 168 Hz with NVIDIA drivers. You will see does your display can handle it or not. For example 60 Hz FullHD displays can handle custom rate 72 Hz in most cases.

5 Reply by hoover1979 (edited by hoover1979 07-10-2019 04:55:56)

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Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

I found that at 155FPS it played fine for about 5 mins and then dropped over 700 frames in one go turning the film into a slideshow.  It would have dropped a ton more but I quit media player classic.

6 Reply by hoover1979 (edited by hoover1979 07-10-2019 05:03:28)

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Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

MAG79 wrote:

You can try to add custom refresh rate 168 Hz with NVIDIA drivers. You will see does your display can handle it or not. For example 60 Hz FullHD displays can handle custom rate 72 Hz in most cases.

I don't think my screen's refresh rate isn't overclockable.  I did try setting 168FPS in SVP 4 pro, but right from the get-go, every movie dropped 4-6 frames every second.  It would be nice if MPC-HC and MPC-BE would use G-Sync and adjust the refresh to whatever the frame rate is, as dropping the refresh rate on the fly may avoid frames being dropped altogether, but I checked and even when set to 144 FPS the refresh rate still reported as 165Hz, whereas when I am gaming and monitoring my refresh rate the refresh rate drops with the frame rate.

I wonder what would perform better, setting the frame rate to 144FPS while the refresh is at 165Hz, or have the frame rate set to "refresh" and change the refresh rate from 165Hz to 144Hz before I watch a movie and set it back to 165Hz afterwards.

7 Reply by hoover1979 (edited by hoover1979 07-10-2019 05:46:36)

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Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

In MadVR what would you recommend the CPU and GPU queue sizes for a 4.0Ghz i7-4790k (in 4.4Ghz turbo mode) and an 8Gb Gigabyte Xtreme gaming GTX1080 Waterforce Rev2 (+25Mhz GPU clock, +194Mhz VRAM clock)?  I think I have them set too high and don't know what the best settings would be to avoid the queues being either too low or too high.

8 Reply by hoover1979 (edited by hoover1979 07-10-2019 06:37:14)

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Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

I find I can get 165FPS when I use "Enhanced Video Renderer (Custom Presenter)" instead of MadVR, but when using EVR renderer I have to set a target of 165FPS as if I just choose the "refresh" option in SVP 4 Pro, and press CTRL+J to look at the stats, for some reason it's trying to pup out 172FPS which is above my refresh rate of 165Hz so I used SPV 4 to cap it so I don't have any excessive resource use.

However, I prefer MadVR for what I ripped from my DVD's, especially my animated DVD's as I can use MadVR to thin and crispen the linework which makes it almost look native 1080p instead of 576p, but as I am really digging watching the files I ripped from my Blu-Rays running in full 165FPS, it looks like I will use EVR and 165FPS for HD content, then switch to MadVR and 144FPS for SD content.

9 Reply by dlr5668 (edited by dlr5668 07-10-2019 08:16:25)

Re: How do I create a custome frame rate in SVP4 Pro?

144>165 anytime since you can use new adaptive patter uniform-1m-2m