I just wanna know how you guys pick your graphics settings.
I usually pick the highest graphics settings first then lower them for a better framerate.
Edit: Please try to choose "Other" as a last resort as to not throw the poll off. If none of the choices best describes you (most of the time), then you should pick "Other"
Turn them all the way up.
Play game.
Start with the lowest setting.
Trying turning up a little maybe if it runs great.
Be happy I got a free laptop that still runs new games that aren't Skyrim.
Highest.
I like them differently each time, depends on the game I suppose
sometimes I like it with no anti-aliasing for that "old PC game-nostalgia" feel and really low settings on everything else too.
Other times I like them all pumped the hell up
Go to settings
Set to ultra preset
Wonder why AA disabled counts as ultra
Turn it higher
[QUOTE=kaze4159;38110708]Go to settings
Set to ultra preset
Wonder why AA disabled counts as ultra
Turn it higher[/QUOTE]
From my experiences, I can handle most games at High, but the second I turn on AA and my framerate gets cut in half.
Since I built my new rig I try to see how high I can set 'em. I couldn't even play TF2 in the lowest settings on my old one.
I usually set to the highest options possible. But games that are extremely graphics heavy I pull settings down lower till I get 60+ at 1080p. I'm willing to drop the graphics settings, but I always keep my resolution as high as possible.
I use highest settings available with AA. I need to lower settings and disable AA for some recent titles because it's a laptop.
I try as high as i can so i can calibrate the game for the best looking but still good running. This usually takes me some time,trial and error.
I don't care, so I just go with the default
go to the highest, and lower until i have a reasonable framerate and not a lot of mouse lag
[quote]I'll pick the highest settings first, then lower them for a better framerate.[/quote]
I think this is the most logical thing to do
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I also almost never go above 4x MSAA because the difference is hardly noticeable on my monitor
If it's an old game then I put everything to max but if it's modern then I put it on medium and work my way up/down. My laptop isn't that good anymore.
Step One: Turn to highest. If there is FXAA, I will use that instead of MSAA. If there is only MSAA, I will use 4x.
Step Two: Benchmark framerate. If framerate dips below 60 (even occasionally), tone down any expensive settings by a fraction.
Step Three: Maintain the best visuals without dipping below 60 by rinsing through Step Two.
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In the case of DayZ, I just keep my settings high because the graphics don't appear to change performance at all. I get 70-100FPS everywhere except the cities, where it dips down to 45ish. It's such a poorly optimized mod. My resolution is 1360x768, yet in ARMA 2 when I go to 1080p maximum settings I still outperform the 60FPS cap. Shows how poor DayZ is :v:
Highest fps settings, don't give a fuck about graphics.
Throw the graphics settings as high as possible and lower them until I get a stable FPS.
I don't see why you'd do it any other way and why you wouldn't want the best your PC can handle.
In singleplayer games I turn everything to high. V-Sync off. AA off too if I can't run it fluently.
In multiplayer games I put the settings as low as possible.
Highest everything because my rig can take it.
Highest, then custom to turn things even higher.
I have put alot of money into this computer
so low it makes doom look like crysis on graphic steroids with special configurations to get the lowest possible visual quality out of my game
my computer is literally a box
with nothing in it
I gotta have my anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering.
[QUOTE=Desuh;38111327]In singleplayer games I turn everything to high. V-Sync off. AA off too if I can't run it fluently.
In multiplayer games I put the settings as low as possible.[/QUOTE]
This pretty much.
Even in some games, having certain graphic settings on low makes the game look better somehow. I guess i just dont like everything being extremely detailed.
Max settings and 25 fps all the way.
I generally try find a setting where I can get a balance between looks and FPS
but thats generally hard to do so..
I try to max out everything but I don't really care for AA that much.
Start with max settings, then lower them if needed. For competitive multiplayer shooters, I want to keep a constant 60fps, for singleplayer I can go lower to enjoy better graphics, although i try to keep above 30-40fps most of the time. For older/less demanding games I usually force 16xAA and 16xAF through drivers if the game itself has no options for that.
Well, I can safely play Dota2 maxed-out.
It's not like you can find a better game to graphically max-out, except like GTAV or.. HL3.
Always starts out with highest then lower it if i notice it's choppy.
The first to go is usually Shadow Quality if it exists since most of the time i can barely tell the difference between High to Medium in most cases.
After that if necessary i lower AA to 2X and 8xAF in that order.
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