Comment on Anon is a gamer
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks agoI recognize the words you are using, but they don't seem to make any sense to me when put in that order.
Comment on Anon is a gamer
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks agoI recognize the words you are using, but they don't seem to make any sense to me when put in that order.
ddplf@szmer.info 3 weeks ago
What do you mean specifically? I understood that comment very well
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
I'm being facetious. I just don't grasp leaving visual fidelity on the table for overkill performance.
There are two ways to approach PC gaming's fiddly, inconsistent performance in my book: either you have hardware powerful enough to crank it up and forget about it or... you do the actual work of setting up a target for performance and tuning the game to perform within that spec.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I mean, it’s not overkill performance. Having a consistent framerate is worth a lot, and like enjoying the sound of a game without headphones, too. I should probably look into getting an aftermarket cooling solution again, but chances are that I’ll need to a bigger PC case for that, which is kind of a pain.
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Consistent performance and good thermals are important, but that's the poing of having a performance target. You decide what fps you want to get and tune settings until you get it with the best possible visuals. It's definitely not potato fidelity across the board.
Of course it depends on your hardware, but there are plenty of games that run on more than potato mode even on integrated graphics these days.