Does the resolution and framerate matter to you as a gamer?
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I like a high framerate, but we only enjoy a high framerate because of how likely it syncs up with our eyes. I'd rather create a biometric system that allows us to only have to render 24 frames a second, but they are all synced to you so it looks like eternal bliss. Such a system would make all games a hell of a lot easier to make.
In terms of resolution, give me 720p and I'll be fine, but if its REALLY got some pop to the primary colours I'd rather 1080p. It also depends on what I'm playing as a game that has me up close to walls and floors all the damn time is gonna look a bit off if the high res textures can't be displayed properly. Elsewise it really doesn't affect me, games need to calm their shit on graphics because they are running their budgets into the ground and ruining a few keypoints in genres. I mean honestly, I wouldn't need such a high resolution to see people across the map if the lighting effects, jostling hud and kickback from gunfire wasn't fucking with me. the 7th generation is the generation of fucking radars in shooters and its mostly because I can't see a damn thing.
In terms of resolution, give me 720p and I'll be fine, but if its REALLY got some pop to the primary colours I'd rather 1080p. It also depends on what I'm playing as a game that has me up close to walls and floors all the damn time is gonna look a bit off if the high res textures can't be displayed properly. Elsewise it really doesn't affect me, games need to calm their shit on graphics because they are running their budgets into the ground and ruining a few keypoints in genres. I mean honestly, I wouldn't need such a high resolution to see people across the map if the lighting effects, jostling hud and kickback from gunfire wasn't fucking with me. the 7th generation is the generation of fucking radars in shooters and its mostly because I can't see a damn thing.
Within reason it really doesn't matter to me as a gamer. This probably stems from the simple fact that when I started playing video games, frame rates were incredibly low. Couple that with the fact that when I first played online games I had to deal with a ping between 250 and 450ms and I find that as long as it stays above 20FPS or so, I'm perfectly fine.
I mean, I can tell the difference between 30 and 60 but I don't actually believe for a moment that it affects how well I can play the game and it's impact on how a game looks is minimal at best. It isn't like most games are animated well enough that the effect of low framerate is even close to the most significant flaw.
I mean, I can tell the difference between 30 and 60 but I don't actually believe for a moment that it affects how well I can play the game and it's impact on how a game looks is minimal at best. It isn't like most games are animated well enough that the effect of low framerate is even close to the most significant flaw.
Frame rate drops are not the disease it is a symptom. A symptom of your game play being affected. You maybe well enough with your current set up to adjust to those affects just fine. I suspect that your graphics are not integrated. If they were integrated those affects would be felt more. So, if frame rate does not affect game play, then why do you have a dedicated graphics card?
depends
if the game has a wacky resluiton and looks weird because of it I tend to get annoyed. A square screen shoved into wide screen for instance.
and if the Frame rate spikes and dips to the point I notice then yes.
Most of the games I play it basically makes no difference, Kerbal space program is not going to looks rougly the same regardless of what res I use, the Game is simply not HD.
There is also some issues with older games where the game speed is tied into the frame rate(because of limited animations), on computers with a thousand times the ram in the GPU alone than what is needed for the game. You can get a very unplayable game if you let the GPU go hog-wiled.
For instance a computer AI in an old C&C game killed me in about 60 seconds due to an unchecked frame rate, but that's probably not the framerate issue you wanted.
Stick of Truth locked everyone at 30FPS, as because the animations were frame by frame, running at 60 would speed everything up, or just double every frame which is kinda pointless.
but yea differences between PC,xb,PS versions in terms of FPS are not artistic choices, they are hardware restrictions.
if the game has a wacky resluiton and looks weird because of it I tend to get annoyed. A square screen shoved into wide screen for instance.
and if the Frame rate spikes and dips to the point I notice then yes.
Most of the games I play it basically makes no difference, Kerbal space program is not going to looks rougly the same regardless of what res I use, the Game is simply not HD.
There is also some issues with older games where the game speed is tied into the frame rate(because of limited animations), on computers with a thousand times the ram in the GPU alone than what is needed for the game. You can get a very unplayable game if you let the GPU go hog-wiled.
For instance a computer AI in an old C&C game killed me in about 60 seconds due to an unchecked frame rate, but that's probably not the framerate issue you wanted.
Don't know if it counts for style or artistic choice, but there is one exception that I know of to this.Vault101 said:
Stick of Truth locked everyone at 30FPS, as because the animations were frame by frame, running at 60 would speed everything up, or just double every frame which is kinda pointless.
but yea differences between PC,xb,PS versions in terms of FPS are not artistic choices, they are hardware restrictions.
Yeah, although I'd say a fluid frame rate is more important than a high resolution, especially in shooters.
I have video recording software. It's amazing to see the difference between playing without and with recording on and how sluggish the movement gets in some games as the frame rate drops at the push of a button.
50+ fps is what I want. Under 40 fps is where it gets really noticeable.
I have video recording software. It's amazing to see the difference between playing without and with recording on and how sluggish the movement gets in some games as the frame rate drops at the push of a button.
50+ fps is what I want. Under 40 fps is where it gets really noticeable.
Yes, I suppose. I'm happy enough playing games at 720p but wouldn't be as happy playing a title capable of such at 240p. And as most others have said, stable framerate for me matters far more than how high the number goes.
It's always kind of... alien to me how some people can get so angry at the difference between 1080p and 720p. There's far worse things in life which I don't get anywhere near as flustered at.
It's always kind of... alien to me how some people can get so angry at the difference between 1080p and 720p. There's far worse things in life which I don't get anywhere near as flustered at.
Yes, yes it does.
If a game can't pull off 1080p and 60fps on PC, then it better have a damn good reason.
Everything is just better at those specs.
If a game can't pull off 1080p and 60fps on PC, then it better have a damn good reason.
Everything is just better at those specs.
Not really to be honest. 30 FPS is perfectly playable for me but anything lower is pushing it a bit. Since the HDMI on my 26" TV broke, I've been using the VGA output. The TV has a native resolution of 1366x768 and I can honestly say that the difference between it and 1920x1080 isn't hugely noticeable for me. Or maybe I'm not noticing because it's just been so long since I played in 1080 that I forgot what it truly looks like.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to say how much the phrase "silky smooth like butter" pisses me off. It doesn't make any sense to me. I also hate it when people say gigs instead of gig or gigabyte.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to say how much the phrase "silky smooth like butter" pisses me off. It doesn't make any sense to me. I also hate it when people say gigs instead of gig or gigabyte.
Yes, of course. Resolution, not so much. 720P is good enough. Framerate is also at the point where 30 or 60 FPS doesn't make a big difference to me. The biggest thing I want is CONSISTENT framerate. I don't want 60 dropping to 50, cause I'll notice it and it bugs me. I don't want 30 dropping to 20 or below, cause that I will really notice. Drives me nuts. Having it stay 100% constant is all I really care about