Hi guys
I play alot of CSGO and enjoy the competitive scene. I recently switched from 1920:1080 in widescreen 16:9 to 1280x960 in 4:3, and after a few games I feel like there's no way back - I get why the pro's use these 4:3 resolutions.
However, it seems to me that the fps has become somewhat more unstable and variable after the switch, and I am wondering if this actually can be the case or not.
My specs are:
Ryzen 5 3600
Geforce GTX 1660 Ti gaming
16GB 3200 mhz ram
Superfast SSD
BenQ Zowie 24" XL2411P
Newest windows 10 and newest GPU driver installed.
When I used to play on 1080p with an fps cap at 301, I would usually average around 270 fps for a normal session for about 1 hour, according to NZXT's cam program. With the new res, the number would usually lie around 240. With the old res, I would expect the fps to decrease mostly only around smokes or whenever there are many players in frame. With the new settings, I have observed the fps going from 300 to 230 without much really happening in the frame at all, before coming back to around 300 shortly.
To add to the confusion, I ran some test in one of the FPS benchmark workshops in CSGO and was actually able to obtain better average numbers for the 4x3 res compared to the old. The numbers on average where around 330 for the old settings and around 345 for the new settings. Also, based on occasional observations of the NZXT cam overlay in game, the GPU seems to be working much less in the 4:3 resolution, around 40% and with lower temperatures, compared to around 60-90 % in the 1080p version.
I play alot of CSGO and enjoy the competitive scene. I recently switched from 1920:1080 in widescreen 16:9 to 1280x960 in 4:3, and after a few games I feel like there's no way back - I get why the pro's use these 4:3 resolutions.
However, it seems to me that the fps has become somewhat more unstable and variable after the switch, and I am wondering if this actually can be the case or not.
My specs are:
Ryzen 5 3600
Geforce GTX 1660 Ti gaming
16GB 3200 mhz ram
Superfast SSD
BenQ Zowie 24" XL2411P
Newest windows 10 and newest GPU driver installed.
When I used to play on 1080p with an fps cap at 301, I would usually average around 270 fps for a normal session for about 1 hour, according to NZXT's cam program. With the new res, the number would usually lie around 240. With the old res, I would expect the fps to decrease mostly only around smokes or whenever there are many players in frame. With the new settings, I have observed the fps going from 300 to 230 without much really happening in the frame at all, before coming back to around 300 shortly.
To add to the confusion, I ran some test in one of the FPS benchmark workshops in CSGO and was actually able to obtain better average numbers for the 4x3 res compared to the old. The numbers on average where around 330 for the old settings and around 345 for the new settings. Also, based on occasional observations of the NZXT cam overlay in game, the GPU seems to be working much less in the 4:3 resolution, around 40% and with lower temperatures, compared to around 60-90 % in the 1080p version.
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