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    Your preference when gaming (resolution vs. detail)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Alienware-James, Jul 8, 2008.

  1. Zee_Ukrainian

    Zee_Ukrainian Notebook Evangelist

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    KGann, are you referring to your Sony or GW? I'm not sure how many fps I'm getting, but I could find out.
     
    Zee_Ukrainian, Jul 9, 2008
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  2. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Gateway. The Sony can't max it out. I could get it to 128x800, medium/low with playable framerates. I know my GPU can max the game out, but it really likes a hefty CPU, which I lack in...
     
    KGann, Jul 9, 2008
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  3. xystus

    xystus Notebook Consultant

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    Easy on the sarcasm there; you might hurt yourself :eek:

    During firefights the framerate dips to somewhere around 23 fps. Of course when there's lots of stuff going on it dips even further. But still playable. Crysis doesn't need 30fps steady for it to appear smooth.

    I've added 3 screenshots. One of my settings, one of a beautiful environment and one during firefight action.

    And remember; I use DX9 and have shaders and object detail on medium NOT high. Shadows are turned off (low) which eat away lots of performance. Those are pretty much the heaviest components. And still I think it does looks awesome.. :)

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    xystus, Jul 9, 2008
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  4. blackbird

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    Honestly dude those screenshots dont look that good. Especially the last one with the shotgun, don't know whats going on there but its pretty bad
     
    blackbird, Jul 9, 2008
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  5. umbra1010

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    I go for low res and high detail, but it has to be smooth gameplay with no skipping. If it skips, I lower the settings until it is smooth. So all in all, I want the best detail I can get with smoothness.
     
    umbra1010, Jul 9, 2008
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  6. Zee_Ukrainian

    Zee_Ukrainian Notebook Evangelist

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    But KGann, you have an 8800! I'm surprised. What's the Ghz on your CPU for the GW?

    That is true about the fps for Crysis; it even looks great at 15fps. It might have something to do with their blur technology.
     
    Zee_Ukrainian, Jul 9, 2008
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    I agree, somehow Crysis makes the lower frame rate more tolerable.
     
    5482741, Jul 9, 2008
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  8. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Well Zee, the 8800 is a beast, but the T5550 kind of cripples it in GPU intensive games. (UT3, World In Conflict, etc.) It is 1.8Ghz, which is fine, but it's the 667mhz bus speed and 2mb of L2 cache that cripples it. :(
     
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  9. Zee_Ukrainian

    Zee_Ukrainian Notebook Evangelist

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    In other words your CPU is your bottleneck.
     
    Zee_Ukrainian, Jul 9, 2008
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  10. alber

    alber Notebook Consultant

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    I prefer keeping native resolution and trying to do the best i can with the detail..
     
    alber, Jul 9, 2008
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  11. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Absolutely.
     
    KGann, Jul 9, 2008
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  12. alber

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    I agree too.. I played Crysis when it comes out and it was quite playable at 20-30 fps. In comparision, COD4 doesn't seem to run smooth at 30 fps.. it takes like 50-60 fps to really apreciate the gameplay in COD4
     
    alber, Jul 9, 2008
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  13. protomenace

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    It's funny you should say that. Aside from my PC, I play a lot of agmes on my Xbox 360. COD4 on the 360 runs at 60 FPS, while Halo 3 runs at 30 FPS. After playing like a month of COD4 and moving to Halo 3, It was almost painful. I was so used to 60FPS I could see skipping on the 30 FPS game. IDK what it was, maybe my eyes had been trained by COD4 to notice more frames, but since then I've never again been able to notice significant skipping at 30FPS.
     
    protomenace, Jul 9, 2008
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