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  • Max 30FPS on nVidia Control Center = Much improved Win10 experience

I've been doing a TON of research around my YouTube issue, and in doing so found FPS to be a big factor in eye strain for video.

I suspected the native 3D properties of Windows 10 might be a factor in why that OS triggers such intense eye strain, and found a setting to change that. Under nVidia control Panel, go to Adjust 3D settings, and under Global settings, you can set the Maximum FPS. I set it to 30, and the OS became MUCH less painful to use. Still far from pain free, but absolutely a noticeable difference

hayder1983

No, the refresh rate on this setup is 144Hz.

Refresh rate and FPS are different things. FPS is how many frames your OS is drawing on the screen (per second). Refresh rate is how many times the monitor is refreshing the image on the screen.

You could have a monitor running at 300 bajillion Hz, if your FPS is 30, you are only seeing 30 different frames being drawn on the screen per second. Each individual frame will be re-drawn 10 bajillion times, but there are still only 30 frames being drawn by the OS

Starting with Windows 10 and DirectX 12, the Windows OS is kinda of like a video game in that the UI is rendered through the OS instead of frames being drawn directly from the video card to the monitor. This is how you get the fancy little animations and effects, and how Windows 10 can offer native 3D support. (and why Windows 10 can suck so much for gaming)

Based on the experiments I have been running with video lately, FPS seems to have a SIGNIFICANTLY larger impact on symptoms than refresh rate, at least for me, personally. I have made up custom resolutions with Refresh rates ranging from 50 Hz to 144 Hz with almost no difference, but changing the Global FPS of Windows has made dramatic differences

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