Strangest Performance Boost Ever Found

[_Fracture8]

Well since U15's supreme FPS crackdown I've been trying to find all sorts of different ways to give it a little boost. WF for me runs in the Liset idling 30 FPS. However it was during one of Mogamu's Amprex modding videos that I switched back to WF to copy his loadout and noticed that the FPS had risen by 20 FPS. Running at a constant 50 - 55, something that I've never had the pleasure of having up until that moment.

 

With further testing I've found that pausing any YouTube video in the background and running WF increases the FPS by an average of 10 - 20 depending on the mission you're running. Doesn't matter what video as long as its paused and in the background it works.

 

So I've posted this here to see if this works for anyone else. I'm not sure if its just my own hardware or something wrong with the game itself. Try it and see if it works for you, and come back here with the results.

 

Some people found it hard to believe, understandable considering how backward it sounds. Heres a couple of pics.

Without YouTube

 

 

With YouTube

 

 

Error989's GPU-Z suggestion results: Both done with WF in the background. First with YT second without

Edited October 27, 2014 by KilelrDrone492

[RCOAS]

What the derp?

[Scherhardt]

From 75 to 80 FPS.

Seems legit lol

[Stormandreas]

XD Sounds like a coincidence mate, not a performance boost.

[-FrostByte-]

what??? taking resources from warframe to load up a browser to load up a video increases fps??

[Sifu]

I tried it and it works! I got a memory boost from 4 to 32 Gb and my GTX 260 mutated to GTX 980 Quadro SLI!

[Error989]

Well since U15's supreme FPS crackdown I've been trying to find all sorts of different ways to give it a little boost. WF for me runs in the Liset idling 30 FPS. However it was during one of Mogamu's Amprex modding videos that I switched back to WF to copy his loadout and noticed that the FPS had risen by 20 FPS. Running at a constant 50 - 55, something that I've never had the pleasure of having up until that moment.

 

With further testing I've found that pausing any YouTube video in the background and running WF increases the FPS by an average of 10 - 20 depending on the mission you're running. Doesn't matter what video as long as its paused and in the background it works.

 

So I've posted this here to see if this works for anyone else. I'm not sure if its just my own hardware or something wrong with the game itself. Try it and see if it works for you, and come back here with the results.

might just be your gpu acting wierd

my gpu (ATI 5850) underclocks to 400MHz when there's a video running (stock clocks are 870...actually overclocked...)

difference in framerate is the same as in the clock speed :D like 110% more fps at 870MHz

download GPU-Z and check at what speeds it runs when you have a vid open and when you dont, it might be not detecting 3d application and the vid might be activating it's actuall clock speeds

[_Fracture8]

might just be your gpu acting wierd

my gpu (ATI 5850) underclocks to 400MHz when there's a video running (stock clocks are 870...actually overclocked...)

difference in framerate is the same as in the clock speed :D like 110% more fps at 870MHz

download GPU-Z and check at what speeds it runs when you have a vid open and when you dont, it might be not detecting 3d application and the vid might be activating it's actuall clock speeds

Will try that out, thanks for the info

[_Fracture8]

I tried it and it works! I got a memory boost from 4 to 32 Gb and my GTX 260 mutated to GTX 980 Quadro SLI!

Yes and rainbows farted out of the power input. Very funny.