Resolution vs Game Graphics ?

[theplagueee]

Hi, i just wanna ask you guys a question, which is better :

High resolution and low settings?
or
Low resolution and high settings?

Thanks in advance

 

[rolli59]

On a LCD native resolution is always best so I say high and low settings.

 

[houldendub]

Personally, I reckon it's always best to run games at your monitor's resolution, and then scale down the graphics by how much they affect your system and what they actually do.

For instance, the DOF option in Metro 2033 didn't do much looks-wise, but enabling it gave a really big FPS hit, so I always just had it turned off for the extra performance.

 

[james77]

I personally prefer High Resolution and Low Settings. Low Resolution would oftentimes affect the in-game menu sizes, Huds sizes, and make some texts unreadable.

 

[hyakubi]

I suppose it's a personal thing, I for one would cut back on the resolution a few notches and run the game with medium-ish settings, that way the graphics are tolerable (again maybe just for me) and my pc holds up without much effect on the GUI as James77 brought up.

 

[mnc221]

High Resolution is better. Low resolution makes the aspect ratio 4:3 (everything looks fat) and is much blurrier and jagged.

High Resolution is much sharper and widescreen is enabled.

 

[chimera201]

I would start with max settings and resolution.
Then if there is an fps drop i start with lowering AA and AF.
I would lower it to min 4xAA and 8xAF.
If still there is an fps drop, i would look for specific settings e.g. TressFX in Tomb Raider made a massive fps drop on Nvidia cards.
If still there is low fps, then i would look into more settings but only those that has significant impact on fps.
Last i would decrease the resolution.

 

[heids24]

As others have said, run the settings that support your native resolution with an acceptable frame rate. Running lower than native often looks blocky and blurry, and increasing other effect settings won't do much to remidy that.

 

[jaguarskx]

I adjust graphic settings first, then I play around with the resolution if necessary. However, each game may be different.