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[Durante]

I always wonder what generally is better... I used to have a horrendous PC and play on the lowest of the lowest settings in 800x600. Should we be glad games can be this ugly, or if the low settings look the same as the regular versions?

I think the best way for a game to behave is having a really wide range of possible settings.

 

[ymmv]

This thread...

I'm surprised none of the 'ultra low settings pics" have been used in PC vs console comparisons by clueless newbies or console fans with an agenda.

 

[MrBig]

I always wonder what generally is better... I used to have a horrendous PC and play on the lowest of the lowest settings in 800x600. Should we be glad games can be this ugly, or if the low settings look the same as the regular versions?

The goal of lowering settings is to increase FPS, if lowering the settings on a GPU bound game doesn't result in FPS increases and it doesn't look much different than higher settings, then it is poorly optimized.

 

[Ty4on]

I always wonder what generally is better... I used to have a horrendous PC and play on the lowest of the lowest settings in 800x600. Should we be glad games can be this ugly, or if the low settings look the same as the regular versions?

It is kinda awful to see the shadows in GTA 4 when fake shadows AFAIK would be even less demanding, but it was nice being able to play some modern games Mafia 2 when I only had my 08 laptop.

Biggest issue is some multiplayer games. I puked a bit every time I saw my friend playing BC2 with everything on low because it removed/reduced foilage.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Click pictures for max settings version:

 

[jbueno]

Forgot about this thread, my Steam library has grown a bit since it was made so I´ll try to post some more pics. Meanwhile here are a couple of shots of Just Cause 2, it doesn´t really look bad in low settings, but NPCs and vehicles do look hideous.

 

[Izcarielo]

Forgot about this thread, my Steam library has grown a bit since it was made so I´ll try to post some more pics. Meanwhile here are a couple of shots of Just Cause 2, it doesn´t really look bad in low settings, but NPCs and vehicles do look hideous.

the main characters costume doesnt even look bad at all...the enemy looks completely hideous though lol

 

[antitrop]

Looks like a Build engine game from the mid to late 90's.

 

[epmode]

Yeah, I still love this thread.

 

[eso76]

Nice idea, although I'd prefer lowest+highest settings comparisons with the exact same scene

 

[dummydecoy]

Nice idea, although I'd prefer lowest+highest settings comparisons with the exact same scene

Yes please. I like to load the high and low versions on separate tabs and go back and forth to spot the differences.
Requesting Batman Arkham City!

 

[legacyzero]

Ugh, the MW3 jaggies are so BAAAD.

 

[revolverjgw]

The last thing I do before I uninstall a PC game is try it on the lowest settings. I love this shit.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Nice idea, although I'd prefer lowest+highest settings comparisons with the exact same scene

I've been doing that, it's amazing to see the difference


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45983697&postcount=608
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38802779&postcount=29

 

[xJavonta]

Settings:
http://i.minus.com/ibggBYMHlN2IrA.png
http://i.minus.com/iscstlhNglTDy.png

Looks like Blops: Declassified lol

 

[Slightly Live]

Mass Effect

 

[Slightly Live]

GTA IV

 

[Speevy]

This is my kind of thread. Intel 3000 for life.

 

[NBtoaster]

Ultra Settings:
http://www.abload.de/img/farcry3_d3d112013-01-d8as6.png

 

[NBtoaster]

Highest settings:
http://www.abload.de/img/ac3sp2013-01-0815-18-uryqq.png

Highest settings:
http://www.abload.de/img/ac3sp2013-01-0815-15-c7lmu.png

 

[human onion]

Oh the days of having a shitty PC. I remember playing TF2 at the lowest settings in a tiny window at 30 fps and still kicking ass.

 

[ezodagrom]

Phantasy Star Online 2 at minimum settings (I completely forgot to turn off anisotropic filtering in the drivers though). ^^;

http://imageshack.us/a/img32/3466/quality1.jpg

And at max settings for comparison:

http://imageshack.us/a/img546/8646/quality5.jpg

EDIT: Haven't checked this topic in a while and forgot some of the rules, so just leaving the links without the [ img ] codes and tomorrow I'll take pictures at 1280x720 without AF in the drivers. ^^;

 

[Naked Snake]

Why haven't I seen this thread before. Love this.

 

[Cannon Goose]

Hitman doesn't look too bad, apart from the obvious jaggies. Saints Row on the other hand...

Low

High
http://www.abload.de/img/hitmanhighzyemx.jpg

Low

High
http://www.abload.de/img/sr3highxxfl3.jpg

 

[Le-mo]

Sleeping Dogs

Hi-res texture off and everything on lowest settings possible. Still looks surprisingly good in-game.

 

[Le-mo]

Spec Ops: The Line

 

[Le-mo]

Mini Ninjas

 

[Le-mo]

Homefront

 

[fallagin]

This thread makes me feel nostalgic for some reason.

 

[Slightly Live]

League of Legends

 

[Le-mo]

Borderlands 2

 

[Le-mo]

Dead Island

 

[Fafalada]

I think the best way for a game to behave is having a really wide range of possible settings.

Isn't that just another excuse for lazy development - let users figure out how to optimize their games? I for one find it a turn-off in some of the recent games (like FC3) where I already spent hours trying to get optimal FPS/detail ratio and that's on a relatively high-end machine.

Also for competitive online games, some of these options can actually ruin the game balance, IMO we need better approaches to performance-scaling than just turning things off, but almost noone really wants to properly invest into that.

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

Been awhile since I bought another game, but here we go, Crysis 3

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

 

[RibbedHero]

Been awhile since I bought another game, but here we go, Crysis 3

http://www.abload.de/img/1a0jm5.png[IMG]

[IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/35jjhg.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

Looks better than the console versions.

How does it run? :p

 

[Cannon Goose]

Looks better than the console versions.

Yeah, I'm impressed! Throw some AA on there and it'd actually look really nice.

 

[R1CHO]

 

[blade85]

Subscribed! This thread is hilarious!

 

[GMM]

Also, here is a small bonus:

Lowest possible quality at 1280x720

Highest possible quality at 3840x2160 with FXAA + ENBSeries

 

[GMM]

Disabling Vsync makes the game near unplayable, the tearing is insanely bad.

 

[EatChildren]

 

[GMM]

 

[Shambles]

This thread is an abomination and you should all feel bad about yourselves.

Spoiler

This is as low settings as it gets

 

[RM8]

One pic of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. I swear I had taken more lowest settings pics, but it turns out this is the only one :/

 

[KKRT00]

Its amazing how this game looks good on Lowest settings [SMAA 1x and anizo 8] and yet in-game looks so much better.

 

[KKRT00]

 

[KKRT00]

 

[KKRT00]

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More
http://kkrt.minus.com/mb14ZrFlwPUa95

 

[poppabk]

It is kinda awful to see the shadows in GTA 4 when fake shadows AFAIK would be even less demanding, but it was nice being able to play some modern games Mafia 2 when I only had my 08 laptop.

Biggest issue is some multiplayer games. I puked a bit every time I saw my friend playing BC2 with everything on low because it removed/reduced foilage.

There is a settings editor that allows you to more finely tune the settings. I play with pretty much everything on low but the foliage.