How Do You Prefer To Play Your Games ??...

[PX7800GT]

Hi Boys ! I Just Want To Know How Do You Usually Prefer To Play Your Games ? In Wich Type Of Graphics ??
I Mean :
1- Ultra-High Resolution (Even With Medium Or Low Detail)? (1280x1024 or 1600x1200 )
2- Medium Resolution With Highest Details Possible ( W/O Shadows or W/ Shadows) ?
3- 4xAA Must Be ALWAYS Activated ? (Like Me :twisted: , Hehe... )
4- Shadows , Shadows and More Shadows (Nothing Esle is Important )?
(Hey , I Know That Most Of You Can Play All The Games With All Details at Maximum Resolution , But Lets Just Imagine That Your System Have Some Limitation For Future Games ...)
Tell Me Your Oponions ... If You Like !

 

[PX7800GT]

Hey ,You Can Set Resolution To 800x600 and Have Some Details :twisted: ( Like Me With My Previews Sparkle FX 5900 ) ...
I Really Dont Care About Resolution ... 1024x768 is enough For Me ...

 

[ara]

i prefer (and my monitors most comfortable resolution) is 1024x768, this is because i really can't get anything higher then that, but i try to get as much detail as possible out of the game which keeping things smooth... framerates first. (i don't really notice the difference with AA on and off)

Ara

 

[PX7800GT]

What ? You Dont Notice The Different Between AA on and off ?
OH ... Boy , I Prefer To Play At Lowest Detail Possible But With 4xAA ... I Cant Play Without AA ... and I Dont Care About Shadows ...

 

[ara]

no difference... that i can actually spot, i just notice the framerates dropping...

ooooooh, i love shadows... especially quake 4 shadows, sometimes helps you see if something is around the corner...

Ara

 

[PX7800GT]

... Strange ... Yes I Love Shadows Too , But They Waste Awesome Frame Rates ...

 

[Human1]

Oh you need the shadows in Q4. So much better. Without them it's just a well lit shooter.
I run at 1024 res, 4xAA and 2xAF. At a medium or low res AA is a must. Q4 seems to run really well with those settings for me, very few FPS dips.
BTW, how do you get your FPS to display in Q4? I'm guessing I get around 45+, but I don't know the command to show it. Thanks.

 

[davesphone00]

I like to play my games at 800X600 with all details at the lowest settings so I can get 10-40 fps with my 128MB 4X AGP Nvidia GeForce 4. Gaming at work though I prefer the high resolutions over the quality textures, lighting, and shadows.

 

[storpedo]

Hate low res with a passion, the lowest ill settle is 1280, 1024 AT MOST. I prefer at least 2xaa, but as long as i have 10+ framerate on 1600x1200 i dont care.

 

[chuckshissle]

X4 AA, 8xAF, High Quality, Trilinear, Supersampling on my 7800GTX 256. I get good performance and quality at the same time.

 

[storpedo]

[q] X4 AA, 8xAF, High Quality, Trilinear, Supersampling on my 7800GTX 256. I get good performance and quality at the same time. [/q]

haha, try playing those same things on any next gen game that just came out right now; the 7800 gtx is in the dumpster, as unfortunate as it is.

 

[penguin_d]

Most games I'd say max detail lower res..

but for games like DDO and such, a higher res for a little wider field of view, at the sacrifice of quality of course.

 

[kickbutt]

Allway as high I can go with good fps on my AL1914 19" 1280*1024
Thats 1280*1024 with 4x AA and 8x AF in WoW
Trying to keep 1280 cutting down untill I get decent framrates on more intense fps games.

Have to agree when u played a game with 4x AA then playing without it looks lame. As when u played quake software compared with a GLquake.

Nvidia 6800 128Mb AGP with some luving
A64 2800+ (754) at 2250 (250*11 - 270*11max)
1024 Mb twinmos fullspeed DDR 2,3,3,7 1T (2*512)
Still work good with most games out there

Wouldt mind a x2 939 with a 7900 but would i gain much at 1280 and bellow? Well sure with 4x AA and 8x AF on I would (even 6x AA and 16x AF then).

Im pretty happy as it is right now

 

[PX7800GT]

Any One Just Want To Play at Highest Resolution ... Ah ...
You Know , I Cant Play NFS Most Wanted At 1280x1024 + MAX + 4xAA + 16xAF
So I Have To Disable Shadows !
But I Reduce The Resolution To 1024x768 insted of Disabling Shadows ...
Now I Feel Better ...
Shadows are Good ... We Cant Live Without Them ... Hehe :twisted:
(Same About 4xAA)

 

[godlyatheist]

simple, the way games are supposed to be played. Uber mAxed out on eye candies at whatever resolution that doesn't lag.

 

[TabrisDarkPeace]

1280 x 1024 (CRT) at 85z

2 x FSAA (4x FSAA when in single player, but 2x FSAA keeps weighted minimum frame rate up online when I need it)

8x Ansio, but with MipMaps / Texture detail set to 3/4 texture size (with 8x Ansio it looks quite good still, like compressing a JPEG more, improves performance when changing scenes *very* quickly, but quality still very nice from the filtering method).

Sometimes medium texture detail in game, but pretty everything else on the top 33% of options.

I want my minimum frame rate to be 40fps, if not 60 fps, and my average around 120 fps, maximum I want at only 160 fps (I can't feel it in the mouse past that), and if the maximum is reduced it means more of a good average frame rate is from using stats from drawing the more complex scenes, and not empty hallways at 200fps+.

I think benchmarks should be limited to 80 fps, so frame rates of 200 don't lift the average frame unfairly, especially if dipping under 40 fps. Once cards get 60 fps average in make the benchmark more advanced. 8) , So you know which cards handle the complex scenes.

:?: What is better ?

- 100 fps average, with 25 fps min, and 400 fps max
- 80 fps average, with 60 fps min, and 120 fps max

More into game / dedi-server concepts / lag normalization:

40 fps with double buffering (forced in every 3D API, at least) means what you see on screen is 25ms behind the game.... and ideally this should match your ping. Better yet everyone on the server would have 25 ms pings, get kicked if their ping goes over 100 ms, and even if their ping is 8 ms online it should be adjusted to 25 ms by the dedicated game server software. I call this 'lag normalization' in work.

Basic soft shadows are nice, don't need more, only enough for tactical purposes.

If a given effect can get me under 45 fps, when used in bulk as some scenes online are, I'll tune it down.

 

[chuckshissle]

[q] X4 AA, 8xAF, High Quality, Trilinear, Supersampling on my 7800GTX 256. I get good performance and quality at the same time. [/q]

haha, try playing those same things on any next gen game that just came out right now; the 7800 gtx is in the dumpster, as unfortunate as it is.

What are you talking about :roll: . With 2xaa and max settings, I get over 60fps on BF2 and 83fps average on FEAR.

 

[turbo_mcgillicutty]

simple, the way games are supposed to be played. Uber mAxed out on eye candies at whatever resolution that doesn't lag.

agreed. its a bit harder for me because I have to find a widescreen resolution(usually not many of them in games) if i can and then crank everything up. If it runs well then i start to add on AA and AF until my x1800xl starts to buckle. Then i back of a tiny bit.

 

[KWH]

I try to balance between performance and eye candy. Come crunch time, I'll opt for performance. 1024x768 is good but I like a little higher resolution on bigger monitors. 8) I just hate to strain and squint to find my target.

 

[MarkG]

Everything maxed out at 2048x1536 with 4xAA. Pretty much any game from HL2 back to the beginning of time runs OK on this system with those settings, but a few more recent games like FEAR are too graphics-hungry.

Also, some old games like Trespasser can't handle AA, or 32-bit rendering.

 

[Human1]

Well, I tested my Quake4 frames and found that I get 60 usually (I have the vsync on, can't stand texture tears) and ~25 when a good firefight is on.
As for whoever thinks they need 120fps, sorry but you're an idiot. You eyes work just like everyone elses, which means they can interpret 30fps max. But hey, if you want to spend you money on vid cards, I'm sure someone's happy about it.

 

[michaelahess]

On my primary machine I play at 1280x1024 min, I don't mind if AA is all the way up 2x is good enough for me. Older games I run at 1600x1200 usually with everything on.

On my HTPC I run everything at 1024x768 maxed since it goes to a 32" CRT TV there is no need in going higher res as it only outputs at 800x600 anyway. I find that 1024x768 is more detailed even when converted to the lower rez.

 

[Finny]

Well unfourunetly i have a 6600gt 256mb and my games play well at

1024 no AA AF with all Max (softshadows HDR ect.)

10-30 frames smooth! so yeah its ok but im getting a 7900gt @450/1320 so im happy!!!!!!

 

[joefriday]

where's the option for minesweeper at 1024 x 768?
:?

 

[fainis]

medium to high details....most of games to high details...1024x768 for hard games like fear........1280x1024 the same high detail for nomal games

ohhh.....but of course all the games .. and i mean all the games must have AA4x and AF8x to 16x..and when posible i use vertical sync with temporal antialising