Do higher resolutions increase game performance?

I didn't look into this until my friend told me his games ran better for him if he had them on higher resolutions. This didn't make sense.

For example, I've been playing FEAR and STALKER on either 800x600 resolution or 1024x768 resolution and I've been getting bits of lag here and there. After I switched to 1280x1024 (highest possible for my monitor), I'm not noticing any lag at all in STALKER or FEAR. So, do higher resolutions increase game performance, or is there some unseen force making my games play out smootheR?

Technically, the lower the resolution the higher your framerate. This then provides better performance at the expense of visual quality.

Stalkerisjustaweirdlyoptimizedgame,soIcan'treallyexplainthat.AsforFEAR,didyourunatbothresolutionswiththesamesettings?

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hmmm, weird then...

you should run some benchmark tests with fraps or something using the different resolutions... I kinda wanna see this =P

hmmm, weird then...

you should run some benchmark tests with fraps or something using the different resolutions... I kinda wanna see this =P

panzer539

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hmmm, weird then...

you should run some benchmark tests with fraps or something using the different resolutions... I kinda wanna see this =P

Skullheart

Press F11 while in-game , when you're finished , press F11 again. (Or cheack FRAPS settings)

Either you just deleted you sig or im on crack cus its not there anymore. I have been up for like 26 hours now but i really don't know. Maybe i was looking at a different forum at the same time. hmmmmmmmm.

P.S. Happy fourth of july everyone.

well actually think i depends on the type of computer you have if its a fast computer you should probaly try the resolution on high if its slow you should make it low if its in between you should make it how the game starts with it