What is the best way to make BF4 look beautiful and save frames?

Sovelin

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I just got a new 1440p monitor, and have been playing around with bf4 to see how much of a difference some of the graphical settings actually make. One thing I found (and noticed other people also mentioned it online) is that Post AA makes overall graphical quality look worse. Sure, some trees might look nicer, but textures become meh. Disabling that gives me a few extra frames and better visual quality.

Next, the MSAA. I tried this setting in off, 2x, and 4x. Off to 2x makes a noticeable difference in visual quality. However, 2x to 4x was almost impossible to tell apart. Often times while playing I couldn't remember which setting I had loaded, and I would guess wrong. So I set it to 2x. Looks the same as 4x, and you get many more frames (and save the VRAM).

Resolution scale: I wouldn't touch this setting on a 1440p monitor with only 2gb of vram.

What settings have you guys (and gals) messed with that gave you a noticeable bump in frames and an unnoticeable difference in visuals?
 
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well what are you priorities? I've just basically been playing at Ultra with MSAA off since that's what my system is limited to if I want 60 frames minimum

Also, AA in general makes less and less of a difference at higher resolutions so at 1440p you don't really need them on at all (if 2x MSAA gives you the best picture then keep it on ofc), and obviously keep textures and mesh quality ultra, shadows and water can be down to high and still look great imo and gives a good boost in frames
well what are you priorities? I've just basically been playing at Ultra with MSAA off since that's what my system is limited to if I want 60 frames minimum

Also, AA in general makes less and less of a difference at higher resolutions so at 1440p you don't really need them on at all (if 2x MSAA gives you the best picture then keep it on ofc), and obviously keep textures and mesh quality ultra, shadows and water can be down to high and still look great imo and gives a good boost in frames
 
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I don't mind if my frames go below 60. But if there is a setting that markedly increases frames, but makes no difference visually, then I would rather just leave it off. Best example would be the MSAA 2 vs 4. I can't see a difference, but frames are better with it at 2. I can still play it at 4x (frames are lower, and I know this only if I have fps showing, otherwise gameplay is too smooth and I wouldn't know). But why work my gfx card harder if it doesn't benefit me.