Lowest framerate is the critical measure

[Traak]

It doesn't matter if your computer can do a zillion frames per second at its fastest.

The ONLY thing that matters is how low the FPS gets in the worst, most effects-and-enemy-laden firefights. No other stats matter, period, full stop, end of story.

A computer that gets 30 actual FPS in a weapons, bullets, grenades, splash, moving enemies, panning and zooming firefight is far more useful than one that gets 400FPS anywhere else.

It is the lowest video speed that really is the measure of combat survivability, not how well the thing renders the dandelions in sanc while standing still.

People shouldn't even bother looking at the maximum framerates. The minimum are the real issue, not the AVERAGE taken over one or two seconds, I'm talking about the minimum framerates at any given fraction of a second.

If, during a fight, your frames drop, for 2/10ths of a second, to 1FPS or 6 FPS, even, that is only 1.2 frames, total, during that 2/10ths of a second at 6FPS, or not even one full frame for that 2/10ths of a second. That is all the time you need to die or have your armor sanded off to almost nothing.

Focus your attention on what you can do at the worst, not how fast your computer is at its best, and you will survive more firefights.

BTW, I know that it is an indicator, maximum FPS, but it is not the critical thing. Peak FPS means absolutely nothing. It is only nadir FPS that is the critical measure. Work on getting that up to no less than 30, more if possible, and see your kill stats go up.