Will Graphics Settings Help Reduce Giddiness During Gameplay?

Funny question time: If say when I play games on my computer (especially FPSes) and start to get giddy after a while, will changing the graphics settings help prevent or reduce this?

Or should I consider getting a better GPU for smoother gameplay... and will that help reduce giddiness too?

Thanks!

PS: Strangely, whenever I play my music games on my iPad Air and even in the arcades, I will not get any such symptom despite same amount of gameplay time...

 

like motion sickness? usually you can fix it by widening the fov. fov is quite narrow in all console games because you're on a big tv sitting far away but on desktops you need it to be a wider fov to compensate for the distance to the screen.

 

Thanks, seems like it too (someone over in Hardwarezone mentioned that my situation is more of simulation sickness). And yep, I think I will focus on widening the FOV first!

Also, to add on, I noticed similar issues when watching gameplay videos on Youtube in 1080p 60 fps, be it Hitman (new and old), CS:GO, Mortal Kombat X, Batman Arkham Knight e.t.c. Are these issues related?

 

I used to have problems with fast FPS shooters. That is the reason i mainly stuck to third person games. Some games are still problems though.

Turning off motion blur and tinkering with FOV does help. Also I have noticed that bigger screen and sitting farther tends to help as well.

In the end i think its just a matter of training your brain.

Strangely 3D stereoscopy never gave me any problems.

 

Thanks, will look into the motion blur thingy and "training" my brain too... As for screen size, I am using a 17 inch laptop and may have to downsize to 15 inch for my next laptop, hope this won't worsen the situation!

And that bit on 3D is encouraging; one of my concerns is having these problems amplified during VR gameplay.

 

Yeah. I need a WIDE FOV otherise I can get horrible motion sickness. Thankfully it's usually an easy fix. But some games just limit the FOV too much.

 

Yeah, so far I doing quite well with 110 to 120 for DOOM Open Beta and Unreal Tournament Pre-Alpha Season

 

Ok, I tested, about 5 hours of playing these games non-stop will trigger the headaches (and even vomiting, but that's forced to alleviate the headaches a little).

Sounds like 2 hours per session is a safe amount for me?

 

I can't even play Far Cry 3 for 30 mins straight without feeling dizzy and nauseated.

are you using headset? Not using one may help.

 

No, was using speakers for the 5 hours

 

110 FoV is king. No super fish-eye but great wide view. =D

 

I noticed that too