The Most Imporatnt Graphic Options in a PC Game

Res

AF

Details

Vsync

Resolution and vsync. Without those, a lot of games can be unplayable.

Graphic details aren't as important as most of the time they don't do much.

Well the only real ones on the list are vsync, refresh and AA and maybe at a stretch SSAO, AF and supersampling easily done by the GPU settings anyway, the other settings are meaningless unless you are talking about optimising for different cards but it would be a lot better for the developers to optimise for various setups so the user does not have to fiddle.

I find it insane that major publishers can't afford to test their games on various cards and provide automatic settings for 30 and 60FPS, they make millions of dollars and cant seem to afford to buy a handful of GPU's it's pathetic.

For example Fallout 4 runs like ass on my r9 380x in almost every interior, and it crashes the graphics driver when it rains sometimes which for some reason the driver does not recover from meaning I have to reset my PC, and no it isn't the card or PSU, the 12v line is bang on 12v at all times according to my multimeter, I've also run opencl vram testing programs and various stress testing and benchmark software none of which crap out.

I have to type "fw 15e" in the console to prevent it or it will randomly crash, it's been months and nobody has even attempted to fix it, don't think AMD even acknowledge it as a problem, and Bethesda don't care, others with the exact same problem have reported it to them.

I'd be happy if devs just tested their games properly.

You gotta give credits to AF tho, without a proper AF the textures would not look great.

He said "important, not "demanding".

@undefined: I voted Anti-Aliasing to be the most important graphics setting because jaggies are absolutely horrendous and distracting - but I didn't take into account that jaggies are unnoticeable once you get to a high enough resolution.

I would've voted framerate, but it isn't a graphics setting. lol.. it's something that is affected by your graphics settings.

Bust size.

Its all about them shadows for me. I actually dont care for any of them.

I did the same, but you need a quite high resolution, and hardware to match, to completely do away with jaggies, also depends on your screen size. AA can be applied at any resolution.

An option I didn't see in the poll was an FOV slider. It's only important for a few genres, but in those few a low FOV can literally cause harm to the player in the form of headaches and nausea. Kingdom Amalur comes to mind, I couldn't play that more than an hour before getting sick.

Resolution, AO, object detail, texture detail, and vsync are most important for me. Draw distance has gotta be good since pop-in can ruin everything.

Shadows, AA, and Post fx are least important in my eyes.

Obviously in MP you're going to be favoring frame rate over all else.

Super sampling.... I'm very fussy when it comes to IQ

Resolution, framerates (minimums do not dip below 30), detail levels, post-processing effects, AA. If I can avoid using VSYNC, I keep it off. The refresh rates of my TVs and monitors are either at 60 Hz or 75 Hz which is the default.

Resolution. You can raise all the settings as high as you want, but if you're not running the native res it all looks horrible.

Something I greatly miss CRT's over, I may actually dump my LCD's and get a Sony FW900 to be completely honest.

Resolution, vsync used to be must have but now I have gsync monitor so it's all good, it's literally the benefits of vsync w/o the negatives of vsync.

Resolution and texture settings.

Wait... where is my texture setting option ?

I also want Bloom, DOF, lens flare and motion blur options so I can turn those off.

FOV is also highly important, albeit it only really matters in first-person games or third-person games with very close cameras.

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Most important things are : console command and tweakable.ini file to control any settings or something that is equivalent of the .ini file (like user .cfg or other editable file)

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never care which Graphic options on/off

Ya. But, the thread is about graphics options, not files that contain settings for graphics options.

I'm surprised SSAO is so low.

I feel it adds so much depth and presence to objects/clutter and just giving ambience to the general environment.

Texture Quality

Resolution

Vsync - most important if screen tearing is really bad

My choces were close to most others. Resolution, SSAO, AF & V-Sync are all the most important to me. Also, when given the chance, like to boost the texture quality as high as my GTX770 2GB will allow...which is getting lower with each new release. If I have the room to spare, I will boost up the AA and shadows as well. Usually shadows and AA will get cut first though.

Having a VSync option in games isn't really important at all because you can always force it in your graphics card's driver.

I voted for refresh rate. I will take a smooth running game over a pretty game any day. In terms of graphic quality... aside from the resolution, good textures and lighting make the biggest difference.

I would always get a splitting headache after like an hour of using a CRT.

A common mistake I've seen are people not selecting the resolution with the correct refresh rate. For example, there are several options to choose from:

1280x1024 @ 60 Hz, 1280x1024 @ 72 Hz, 1280x1024 @ 85 Hz, etc.

Unfortunately, the selection does not state which is the optimal one. You have to read it from the specs. A higher refresh rate is better, of course. But, choosing a high refresh rate beyond what the screen can handle can break the CRT.

One university I attended a few years ago still used CRT monitors in its study room/library. All were flickering because the IT temp left them all at 60 Hz. I had to make him bring over the manual so we can see what refresh rates the monitors were capable of. They were NEC monitors which were capable of 120 Hz. Nice.

One good thing about an LCD is even 60 Hz is rock solid. Just their nature.

When it comes to CRT monitors, I'll take an NEC over any other brand. Expensive though.

I mean to turn it off. For some dumb reason, developers like to keep it on by default. Mostly because of console ports, but even PC exclusives come with it on by default.

texture quality

particle effects

ambient occlusion

resolution

I like Resolution and Ubersampling (because of Witcher 2 or Witcher 3). I started to hate AA, it kills fraps and doesn't really create a change. I like to turn Vsync off too.

Resolution by far. Having the ability to switch off horrible post processing crap like DoF, Motion Blur and Film Grain are just as important. Why do developers waste the resources and time with those horrible effects?

It really depends on the game. For some when playing an FPS and sitting at their PC and in front of the monitor, an important graphical feature is FOV as it can cause some people to get pretty bad headaches if the FOV is too low.