FPS/Video settings question

[seph32]

So I got my new screen today, but it seems my FPS has dropped switching to a higher resolution which bothers me. Dal is lagging abit and wondering if anyone knows any settings I can possibly change to reduce lage/increase FPS while I won't lose any quality.

As for my PC specs;
Dual Core 2.66 GHZ
Geforce POV 9800GTX+ 1G
2G DDR2 RAM
WinXP

Input please what I am doing wrong.

Many thanks!

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[Resin]

All your settings look fine...I'd say that you're probably just hitting the ceiling of what the graphics card is capable of.

[seph32]

Well, to be more precise here's another screenshots of my graphics card details taken from GPU-Z

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...rius/vspec.gif

[Norellicus]

Ground clutter doesn't really improve anything significant aesthetically and does improve framerates quite a bit I've found, could try turning those down.

[[Cookies]]

Turn off vertical sync. Going from ~60 fps to 100+ is oh so delicious.

[seph32]

Thanks Cookies that fixed my low FPS problem my FPS jumps alot higher. If you mind me asking what exactly is vertical sync used for?

[Resin]

I'm surprised that fixed the problem. Turning off V-sync just removes the ceiling; it wouldn't fix really low-fps areas, but sweet nonetheless.

V-sync forces the max FPS to cap at 60, since tearing and distortion can happen with some monitors when you go higher than 60FPS.

[[Cookies]]

No problem. Like Res said it just caps your fps.