High resolution or detail

My PC isnt very strong and I cant decide how to play games. On highest resolution with lowest settings or lower resolution with medium settings?

Experiment, and find out what you prefer.

If anything I'd prefer your screens native resolution and then whatever settings runs smooth.

If anything I'd prefer your screens native resolution and then whatever settings runs smooth.

ventnor

If anything isn't running at your screen's native resolution. It's gonna look funny no matter what settings your on.

My native resolution is 1920x1080. Thats usuallythe highest one in games and it makes me turn everything else to lowest to run smooth.

Multiplayer - max resolution Single player game - 1024x768 - medium/whatever settings work fine.

Go for detail but use a smaller res sceen if you have one.

I personally prefer more detail over higher resolution and I believe most gamers feel the same way since most console games are only rendered at 720p.

I personally prefer more detail over higher resolution and I believe most gamers feel the same way since most console games are only rendered at 720p.

demonic_85

I have a 1680x1050 resolution monitor.

I find that anything below 1440x900 is too blurry.

I saw a big difference from 1440x900 to 1680x1050. The textures are a lot clearer and crisper.

I usually lower a settings or two if I need to but I haven't really needed to do that for most games.

Only game I can remember doing that to recently was Just Cause 2.

I ran the game at 1600x1024, lowered the shadows by one setting and added 2xAA.

My older settings for the game were max settings with 1440x900 res and 4xAA. Going from the old settings to the new made a big difference.

Overall picture quality is a lot better than one or two settings.

If anything isn't running at your screen's native resolution. It's gonna look funny no matter what settings your on.

DJ419

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If anything isn't running at your screen's native resolution. It's gonna look funny no matter what settings your on.

harry_james_pot

Except if you still play on CRT monitors.

CRT monitors do not have this problem with resolutions.

[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"][QUOTE="DJ419"]

If anything isn't running at your screen's native resolution. It's gonna look funny no matter what settings your on.

Hakkai007

Except if you still play on CRT monitors.

CRT monitors do not have this problem with resolutions.

Some LCD monitors can too. My 19" HP can do 60hz or 75hz so 1280x768 @75hz fits fine and looks fine as do the native 1440x900 @ 60hz.

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[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"] I agree..jun_aka_pekto

Except if you still play on CRT monitors.

CRT monitors do not have this problem with resolutions.

Some LCD monitors can too. My 19" HP can do 60hz or 75hz so 1280x768 @75hz fits fine and looks fine as do the native 1440x900 @ 60hz.

[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

Except if you still play on CRT monitors.

CRT monitors do not have this problem with resolutions.

Captain__Tripps

Some LCD monitors can too. My 19" HP can do 60hz or 75hz so 1280x768 @75hz fits fine and looks fine as do the native 1440x900 @ 60hz.

It's going to look worse if the lower res is too low regardless of monitor type. 1280x768 on my 19" HP LCD isn't too far off from the native 1440x900. It's the same with 1280x960 and 1152x 864 on my old CRT monitors. Going down to 800x600 or 480p will definitely look worse. What the refresh does for LCD monitors is ensure proper proportions and make sure the whole screen is filled unlike in CRT monitors where higher refresh rates result in less flickering.

I prefer native res with highest playable settings. I tend to keep my stuff upgraded enough where i never have to choose anyway.

I prefer high res if I have to choose but my PC can max out stuff now

[QUOTE="Captain__Tripps"][QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

Some LCD monitors can too. My 19" HP can do 60hz or 75hz so 1280x768 @75hz fits fine and looks fine as do the native 1440x900 @ 60hz.

jun_aka_pekto

It's going to look worse if the lower res is too low regardless of monitor type. 1280x768 on my 19" HP LCD isn't too far off from the native 1440x900. It's the same with 1280x960 and 1152x 864 on my old CRT monitors. Going down to 800x600 or 480p will definitely look worse. What the refresh does for LCD monitors is ensure proper proportions and make sure the whole screen is filled unlike in CRT monitors where higher refresh rates result in less flickering.

I am not talking about that.

CRT monitors do not have alignment issues with pixels like LCD monitors do which can cause fuzziness or blur when an LCD doesn't play at native res.

[QUOTE="demonic_85"]

I personally prefer more detail over higher resolution and I believe most gamers feel the same way since most console games are only rendered at 720p.

Captain__Tripps

You my friend need to find a good CRT moniter. It may be old tech, but it allowed for playing at lower resolutions while keeping the game looking nice. Heck if I could find a 22inch CRT that wasn't so dang deep, i'd buy it.

If you don't mind having black bars around the image on your screen you could always disable scaling in your graphic card tool.
That way you'll be able to put a lower resolution without stretching the image, and you'll be able to select higher details and effects.

I personally prefer using the native resolution and adjusting the details in order to get satisfying frames per second.
I remember there was a thread before about that, and most people seemed to agree that native resolution is better, but in the end it's up to you to decide what you think looks better.

If you don't mind having black bars around the image on your screen you could always disable scaling in your graphic card tool.

mAArdman

Excuse the question but how can I do that? I have a nvidia card.

[QUOTE="mAArdman"]

If you don't mind having black bars around the image on your screen you could always disable scaling in your graphic card tool.

nameless12345

Excuse the question but how can I do that? I have a nvidia card.

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[QUOTE="Captain__Tripps"] Running a different refresh rate isn't the same, CRT monitors can run multi resolutions are still look good. But the number of gamers still rocking CRTs I imagine is really low...Hakkai007

It's going to look worse if the lower res is too low regardless of monitor type. 1280x768 on my 19" HP LCD isn't too far off from the native 1440x900. It's the same with 1280x960 and 1152x 864 on my old CRT monitors. Going down to 800x600 or 480p will definitely look worse. What the refresh does for LCD monitors is ensure proper proportions and make sure the whole screen is filled unlike in CRT monitors where higher refresh rates result in less flickering.

I am not talking about that.

CRT monitors do not have alignment issues with pixels like LCD monitors do which can cause fuzziness or blur when an LCD doesn't play at native res.

I have yet to see that with the HP 19" which looks fine either at the native 1440x900 or 1280x768. I've scrutinized it quite a bit with Crysis and couldn't see that much difference. Of course that's the monitor that can auto-adjust between 60hz and 75hz. My kid has a Samsung 19" LCD that's at a fixed 60hz. Perhaps non-native res may look blurry on that one.

It depends.

The native resolution of my monitor is 1360x768.If I lower it to 1024x768,there is virtually no difference.You can't notice any difference unless you upscale the lower rez pic and compare them side by side.Even then,you have to look really hard.That only applies to TPS and FPS games,though.If I lower the resolution in an RTS game,it looks like ****.

Run the native resolution so everything looks the most proportional, then raise the details accordingly.

It depends.

The native resolution of my monitor is 1360x768.If I lower it to 1024x768,there is virtually no difference.You can't notice any difference unless you upscale the lower rez pic and compare them side by side.Even then,you have to look really hard.That only applies to TPS and FPS games,though.If I lower the resolution in an RTS game,it looks like ****.

call_of_duty_10

I just noticed that too in Command n Conquer: Generals. I think RTS games are the most susceptible to non-native resolution blur/fuzziness. Flight sims, FPS, and other games with a first-person doesn't seem afffected too much if the res goes down one or even two notches. Three notches down, definitely. I'd love to hook up my PC to the 1080p Bravia in the bedroom. But, I'd have to seriously consider upgrading from the 5770 which is purring along quite nicely at 768p. :lol:

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[QUOTE="mAArdman"]

If you don't mind having black bars around the image on your screen you could always disable scaling in your graphic card tool.

mAArdman

Excuse the question but how can I do that? I have a nvidia card.

Doesn't seem to work but thanks anway.