Current Events > PC gamers, do you tend to prioritize quality or framerate?

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Or, if you'd rather, what's your "minimum FPS" where you'll chase quality up to that point?

I know some people are purists for FPS, but even with a 144hz monitor, I usually find that if I can pull off 1440p on full ultra settings and still get consistently 30-60fps, I prefer it to going low enough to push above 100. I find it kinda difficult to notice as big of a gulf between 30fps and 60fps as I do between medium/high and ultra, though I'm not much of a shooter guy and my understanding is that's where it really comes into play.

EDIT: Probably worth noting I have a freesync monitor, which may be why I don't really notice much if it drops from 60 to around 45-50 under stress.

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Framerate is more important to me.

I can deal with jaggies and ugly textures more than I can deal with interrupted gameplay, especially if I'm playing online.

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Both

Compromising on either just means you built a crappy PC

Playing Dark Souls: fps
Playing Red Dead Redemption 2: visuals


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MarthGoomba posted...

Compromising on either just means you built a crappy PC

Not necessarily. Some games just happen to play poorly on certain graphics cards.

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60 fps
draw distance
textures

in that order

Stable 60. Might play around with the settings to get the best that'll give me 60, but if a preset does the job I usually don't worry about it.

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Depends on the game for the extremes of either, but I dont like to dip below 60 under any circumstance unless theres some amateur hour shit where physics are tied to framerate

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Wii_Shaker posted...

Not necessarily. Some games just happen to play poorly on certain graphics cards.

So get a better graphics card

If you cant play at maximum setting in 4K 144 fps, why even PC game?

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squee posted...

60 fps
draw distance
textures

in that order

I can dig it

I think the only reason I sometimes find sub-60 acceptable is Freesync. I find it difficult to notice a swing from 60 to 50 and back.

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i don't like playing anything under 60fps

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Frame rate is most important for me. If it's not running in at least 60fps I will turn down settings

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I only have a laptop, so the first thing I do is try to get a smooth 60, then see how high I can push the quality while getting 30

If I like the quality at 30 better, I'll play at 30

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Frame rate easily. I played Far Cry Primal on the lowest settings just to achieve 60 fps.

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framerate for sure.

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