Hello. I am new to GameGuru. I purchased, downloaded from Steam, and ran a few of the demo levels included. When I hit TAB to access the metrics, I see that in most cases I am getting a consistent 30 fps on all demos. On an empty level (only a flat, unaltered ground plane) I can get up to 40 fps. On a few demos, the frame rate dipped to 29, but it mostly stayed at a flat 30 (with occasional dips into 31 fps).

This concerns me because, frankly, I have a decent, if not exactly new PC. Here are my specs (if this helps):

CPU - Intel i7-5820K
RAM - 128 GB
Video - GeForce GTX 1070 with 8GB (latest drivers installed)
OS - Windows 10 (latest updates installed)

Frankly, on most games I can play on Ultra mode and get 60 - 100 fps and more. The latest DOOM? Ultra mode. So, why is GameGuru, with a virtually empty level (only a ground plane) giving me 30 fps? Do the frames per second increase drastically once you finally publish the game to an exe (i.e. is the low fps a result of running the game in a "test mode" via the editor)?

I'm not trying to slam GameGuru at all. I am honestly wanting to see if the low FPS is a result of running the game from the editor or if this is what I can expect from a game made with GameGuru.

I'd appreciate any help on the matter. Thanks.

You should be getting much better than that ..
When you run a test game press F11 and look at the bottom of the screen …
Check GG is using your card and not your onboard GPU … Also you can turn things off in realtime to see what is drawing your fps down.

Thanks! After posting my OP, I did some digging. I went to the setup.ini file and set vsync to 0. Now my FPS is sometimes close to 200 (usually around 180). In heavier scenes, closer to 120 - 130 fps.

Great News ..

Argent Arts ,glad you got it sorted.nice to see a new face here ,welcome

Dave

@granada - Thanks! Good to be here.

Just wish that GameGuru had let me know about the setup.ini. I wouldn't have known about it if I hadn't stumbled upon it while doing a search in an attempt to solve the initial problem. It makes me wonder what else is hidden away ...

Good job then .. Or you may never have found us

Thanks for the warm welcome, synchromesh. I appreciate it. Hopefully I can become productive with GameGuru. I'm curious to see what I can accomplish with it.

why is your pc syncing to 30fps? generally the rate is 60 - some gaming rigs are 90 or 120 but 60 is the "norm", what sort of monitor are you using?
30fps will not feel smooth so definitely worth checking why it won't sync at 60.
is geforce experience perhaps having an effect on the game/demos?

Thanks for asking that question, smallg. It helped me resolve an issue I didn't realize I was having. I am using a 4K monitor as my main screen. In the past, it has always been set to a refresh rate of 60. But I just checked it and the refresh rate was set to 30! I didn't do this manually, so I don't know how it got set to that. In any case, I set it back to 60 and now, with vsync turned back on (set to 1) I get a consistent 60fps instead of the previous 30fps.

Welcome aboard @Argent Arts glad you sorted you PC issues

Here are some tweaks you can do as an end user.