Planetside 2: High Graphics or High Frames per Second?

[james]

I have a 7970 if i can't play near max with 60 fps there is a problem

[SFJake]

The whole "you can't notice more than 30 FPS" is absurd, testing and proven everywhere. 60 FPS is more obvious. Just google it or something.

Back a few years people were talking about 60 FPS vs 120, not 30 (what the heck). I don't mean to offend, I just find it absurd. 60 is undeniably a huge improvement. Anything above however, barely is, nevermind the monitor limitations.

A game isn't maxed if its not at 60 FPS, and 60 FPS -is- important for quality. However options to cap at lower FPS for lower hardware, is definitively a godsend, because 30 FPS is very much playable.

[SixShooter]

I really want to try to have the best of both worlds which means that I'm going to have to comprimise on both sides. I like it when a game is pretty to look at but if I'm trying to crank up the graphics quality at the loss of frame rate then it's defeating the purpose because if it's chugging along then it becomes less pretty anyway.

The key for me is balance. I'm not going set everything as low as possible to try to get some insane framerate. I drink and play games on my days off so my ability to percieve frame rate it probably goes down a lot anyway

[scroogh]

I just tone stuff down until I hit a steady 60.

[Zulthus]

I'm really not a 'serious' gamer where I turn down graphics to get an advantage, I make the game look as nice as I can before I drop below 30 FPS. That's plenty for me.

[Noctis]

Originally Posted by scroogh

I just tone stuff down until I hit a steady 60.

Good advice for everybody, 30 fps is really bad compared to 60 try it yourself.

[Hamma]

I think turning shit off to gain the best advantage possible is probably one of the stupidest things that exist in online gaming. I have settings as high as possible I like my games to look good the way they were intended and it bugs me people turn off everything to gain advantages.

[mindmines]

It's going to be hard on people who don't want to build a new rig to just play this game though. I mean my monster computer overheated, due to my fault (leaving it on ALL the time). But I'm on my fiance's Laptop and it's 4 gigs and only a one core. It does the job just fine for other games. Do you think I will have issues? (Eventually I will replace the destroyed parts on my rig.... Evenutally).

[Noctis]

Originally Posted by Hamma

I think turning shit off to gain the best advantage possible is probably one of the stupidest things that exist in online gaming. I have settings as high as possible I like my games to look good the way they were intended and it bugs me people turn off everything to gain advantages.

Completely disagree, competition tournaments are played at lowest settings. If the player wants to, and usually they do.

[Hamma]

I could give a rats ass about competition tournaments to be honest. As long as they make it so people can't turn off leaves in trees and grass on the ground I'm fine. Allowing people to see stuff others cant because they choose to look at a horrible game detail settings is dumb.

I think it's bullshit disagree with me if you want to. I for one will enjoy the beauty of the Forgelight engine.

[Noctis]

I want my games to run at 60 FPS in any situation otherwise it ruins my gaming experience personaly. I think you can understand that, if 2 players meet at a corner, given the same skill, the same reaction time the guy with 60 fps will likely get the first shot.

I know you are aware of hardcore gaming is.

[Drakkonan]

If a game's not immersive, I won't play it. Games like this need to look pretty to be immersive. Generally I decrease video settings from max until the FPS doesn't drop below 30 at any point.

[Noctis]

Originally Posted by Drakkonan

If a game's not immersive, I won't play it. Games like this need to look pretty to be immersive. Generally I decrease video settings from max until the FPS doesn't drop below 30 at any point.

I do the inverse, I hop in a bad situation with 0 settings, and watch what I can increase up to 60 frames

[Boone]

Originally Posted by Hamma

I think turning shit off to gain the best advantage possible is probably one of the stupidest things that exist in online gaming. I have settings as high as possible I like my games to look good the way they were intended and it bugs me people turn off everything to gain advantages.

I always lower shadows. Always, just because it seems it usually eats up system resources. Hope you have a pretty beefy PC.

[Hamma]

I really doubt 30fps is going to give someone an advantage over another but what do I know.