Yes, the frame counter still matters but, above everything, I go after the experience. Me and other players, though, have searched for something a bit different. Haven't you subscribed to our YouTube channel yet? The experience If we reach a given number, which is accepted by the community we belong to, we’re doing things right and that gives us this cozy feeling of being spending our hard-earned money on the right stuff. Perhaps we do this to have a goal that we hope to achieve or because we need to know that we are doing things right. Questions such as “what’s the FPS I should expect with my XYZ graphics card” or “what’s the average FPS I can get with…” appear often and people try to follow them. We are used to follow rules or, at least, rules of thumb. They tweak, and tweak, buy video card X, CPU Y, motherboard Z, install plugin A, change settings B, everything and anything to chase the numbers. Some folks follow it like the gospel and I have seen a lot of simmers out there get really frustrated because they can’t hit or can’t keep their system “at the numbers”.

And, just like you, I’ve always heard “the numbers” everyone mentions as if it was a recipe: “you’ll need X amount of this and Y amount of that, then add a pinch of salt”. Especially since my puny 1060 can just do so much. If you keep in mind I only fly helicopters, this means that I am always flying low around objects and cities (as most of you that are reading this, probably do) which very demanding. I can do VR, although not perfectly, but it’s enough for what I do. I would say this is pretty much the bare minimum for VR and for any decent gaming on newer titles. I have an i7 7700 (not the K one) and a nVidia GTX1060. And, obviously, different situations may need different solutions. What I have learned though, is exactly that: everyone, every system, every little thing is different. Every situation is different, every piece of hardware is different, and each person is different in their needs. Now, I’m not saying you don’t really need a new graphics card or CPU. But do you really need those extra 5 or 10 frames per second?

People get new graphic cards and CPUs to increase those frames because they need to hit those numbers and it makes sense for some of us.

We’ve all seen a lot of these: “You need 90 FPS”. The more FPS, the better.Īnd that’s generally true: the more FPS you have, the smoother your experience will be. We have all probably seen it on several groups, forums and websites: people asking for ways to get more juice from their computers in order to get more frames per second (FPS).

How to get more frames in arma 3