Team Fortress 2 settings in M1530?

Hi there.

What settings do you use with your M1530 in Team Fortress 2?

I started using default settings (details medium, no aa , no msaa) but I tried today high details, 8x aa and 4x aa.

What settings do you guys use? I don't really now which are the highest settings I could use in this game (I've only tried playing it without OC, but I can also OC (600/900?))

Thanks

 

I run it in 1440x900 with everything on high and 2x AA, I have dropped the AA before because I don't think it really made a HUGE difference. Just run it at whatever looks best without dropping your FPS down low in large areas of the maps or action.

 

And details in high or ultrahigh?

Also, 2xAA, but "MSAA" or something like that?

 

JinRoh,
With the t9300, and 8600m GT what is the lowest FPS you get with the setting at all details on High, 2x AA, Full HDR, and no v-sync?

 

Well, I don't monitor FPS actually, that's why I am asking for the better performance/quality settings

And what's the differnece between "msaa" and "antialiasing"? I have the gmae in spanish and they look very similar

EDIT: Ok with cl_fpshow1 , 50-60 average, with msaa 2x and "antialiasing" 16x

 

sorry, kinda off topic...

i heard that with gaming, its better to run them on the native resolution for a nicer picture. does that mean the smaller resolution is better for gaming? less stress on the gfx card and cpu?

i've been wanting to get the 1440 by w/e but now im having second thoughts.

 

MrDerek, that is fake. The picture doesnt matter at all regardless of what resolution you get. Gamingwise if you have a WUXGA 1920x1200 and you want to play a game at 1440x900, it can down the resolution to match it and the quality will be IDENTICAL to the 1920x1200. If you try running say Crysis at 1920x1200... forget it.

Quality does degrade if you are not gaming and are just dumbing down the resoution while using windows. Fonts will be blurry, start menu bar will blurry, applications wont be as clear. It does NOT degrade your gaming experience.

Yes there is less stress on the gfx card and GPU when you operate on a smaller resolution, but I mean.. higher res means more screen real estate, and personally I'd only care if there was a difference in backlighting like LED vs standard CCFL.

The 1440 res is the best with the LED as it really brings out the life of your computer and the games you play. Though if they actually had a WSXGA+ with LED... I'd rather get that.

 

Thats not entirely true, Some games / monitors just do not scale well at all... and the crosshair and health meters etc

But sometimes it looks fine, Make sure to always use a 16:10 ratio and set the game to 16:10 also

A lot of people don't know it, but theres an option under "multiplayer" i think, in TF2 to increase FOV, it only goes up to 100 degrees afaik Wish it went to 106

 

actually it is true using your screen on its native resolution will give a better picture

 

lol so..... what will be better for gaming? much difference in picture quality?

getting the 1440 by 900, then lowering the resolution to... say... 1280 by 800

or getting the 1280 by 800 and play on the native resolution?


no doubt future games will require us to lower the resolution to something stupid...

i'm most likely going to get the 1440 by 900, i'm just curious about this thats all.

 

So... what about TF2 settings? :_D

 

Anyone? What settings do you use?