do i need to change the screen resolution?

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hey guys IK that games have an option to change its resolution(800x600,1280x800..)I have 1440x900 and I only play games @ 1280x800(farcry3,metro last light low settings).

So my Q. is if I change my screen resolution to the resolution of the game.will the game performce better?
 
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Exactly.
The only reason you would lower the screen resolution is because your hardware can't generate enough frame per second. Some games are okay at 30FPS, most shooters need 40FPS+, and it's preferable to have 60FPS (VSYNC'd to the monitor) for 60Hz monitors.

There are also OTHER settings which affect your frame rate such as Anti-Aliasing, Shadows, etc.

If you have a low-end gaming setup you'll have to balance the screen resolution AND quality to obtain the frame rate you think is acceptable.

*You can use FRAPS to monitor your frame rate while you tweak things.
 
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IK those already I'm just asking if I should change my screen,not in the game to get more fps.

Example:
Game is running in 1280x800
but before I play the game my display is 1440x900
So I'm playing a 1280x800 game in 1440x900.

So should I make the 1440x900 to 1280x800 to get a better result?
 
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No, doing that won't change anything, the game is running at the ingame resolution, changing the Windows resolution won't do anything.

And your resolution change is so little that you may as well run the game at 1440x900

The difference in pixels is about 12%, a 12% +- speed change is not really noticeable, may as well run at the monitor's native resolution and have it look better.
 
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Your question has been answered, but I feel like you don't quite understand the answer.

Your NATIVE RESOLUTION (desktop) should always be the same as the maximum your monitor supports (apparently 1440x900 for you).

When you play a GAME you have a choice of different resolutions up to that maximum. The LOWER the resolution, the less data your computer has to deal with and the more FRAMES PER SECOND it can create.

As I said, you only want to choose a lower resolution if you can't achieve the FRAMES PER SECOND you desire.

*Another issue is SCALING. If you play a game at a lower resolution you might get BLACK BARS around your game. You don't want that. You want the game to run at the lower resolution but be SCALED to properly fit the screen. Here's how you generally set that up in the NVidia Control Panel:

1."Aspect Ratio", and
2. Perform scaling on GPU

Aspect Ratio will scale up the game to fit the screen but won't stretch WIDE for example if you had a 4x3 ratio (i.e. 1024x768) game trying to fit your 16x9 monitor.

"Perform scaling on GPU" if you have this option should be used. It does all the scaling on your GPU so always sends out (in your case) a 1440x900 signal. If you "Scale on the monitor" then you need to ensure that your monitor itself has "Aspect Ratio" selected to get proper scaling.


Cheers.
 
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well in my display options(windows 7) there is a certain screen resolution which will not make black bars,(1440x900,1280x800 and 800x600).I just make my resolution the same with the game resolution,you know when you right click in desktop and there is a screen resolution option.

So quick question,do changing the desktop resolution the same with your game resolution make a better performance(fps)?

cause when i run heaven benchmark my score goes up,up to 20pts when I change my windows reso with the game.

,my total score is 6xx(with OC GPU and 1280x800 reso.)when in stock gpu and 1440x900 reso my score is only 350.
 
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Your computer (mainly the CPU and GPU) can output only so mainly FRAMES PER SECOND. A movie has 24. For a video game, 60 is generally preferred for smooth motion (most monitors can output 60 Frames Per Second).

The HIGHER the resolution of the game, the LESS frame per second your computer can send to the monitor.

As I've said before, there are other factors like QUALITY (anti-aliasing, shadows etc.) that are also demanding and the higher they are the less frames per second you'll get.

I hope this answers your question.
 
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well yes my gpu is not ok for gaming but IK that 30 fps is playable,60 is an overkill for me..

 
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