The FIRST thing you turn down....

[Tacitus]

It goes back to the beginning of mankind. The men bring resources to the women to feed their eggs.

 

We don't live at the "beginning of mankind" - as if you could even postulate a starting point...

[I/O]

We don't live at the "beginning of mankind" - as if you could even postulate a starting point...

Oh so it has nothing to do with procreation ?

[A.D.A.M]

AA, AO, Shadows, Tessellation.

[typographie]

Depends on the game, as not all effects will be as costly in different titles. But I'll often tweak SSAA/MSAA (especially if I can inject SMAA) or ambient occlusion first. If present, I usually turn off FXAA and motion blur immediately for visual quality reasons if that counts.

 

The last things I'd sacrifice are resolution, anisotrophic filtering, or in most cases texture quality.

[Guest]

Typically I start with FXAA anyway, because I'd rather have higher details than better AA. Though, my 760 can typically pull off 2x TXAA, but not many game support it.

I can turn down ambient occlusion, but only if I haven't played with something like HBAO+ already - then the image looks undershadowed and it annoys me.

Lastly is resolution and texture quality, though with only 2GB of VRAM, I typically can't go all the way up with textures in new games.

Also, if a game has PhysX, I crank that shit up. Screw everything else.

[papeles]

I hate motion blur

I mostly turn off shadows. 

After that, DoF or AO, depending on the game.

MSAA always has kinda a big fps price for me, so i stick with SMAA 

[typographie]

I can turn down ambient occlusion, but only if I haven't played with something like HBAO+ already - then the image looks undershadowed and it annoys me.

 

I'm actually noticing the same thing. I never used to think it made a big difference proportionally to it's framerate cost. But since I got my 770 I've been playing a lot more games with AO on, and I'm beginning to notice how flat games can look without it.

 

I'm not usually conscious of it being on, but I definitely notice when it's off.

[Recon97]

You bought 980 for 1080P gaming? LOL!

[-TesseracT-]

You bought 980 for 1080P gaming? LOL!

Ignore troll post

[That Norwegian Guy]

Well first off, if the game uses MSAA, I turn that stupid shit off.

 

-Force 2560x1600 resolution upscale and FXAA in Nvidia control panel (I have a 1200p monitor) unless the game has SMAA built in.

-Turn off any kind of motion blur, lens flares, chromatic abberations, film grain or other shaders purely made to mask developer laziness

-Usually at this point I don't have to turn down anything else, it will run fine. But if the game is badly optimized and FPS still suffers I will probably turn off SSAO (I don't like SSAO to begin with anyway, too many artifacts)

-Still bad? The developers suck/ the publisher Stalin'd the devs, and I will put the game away until it gets patched.

[NUSNA_Moebius]

AA, then AF down to 8x if necessary.  After that, motion blur, ambient occlusion and then shadows.

[I/O]

You bought 980 for 1080P gaming? LOL!

Some of us like to play as many games as we can @ 60fps or more without compromising on IQ.

[Real_PhillBert]

You bought 980 for 1080P gaming? LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OT: I usually turn down AA first, followed by lighting effects. 

[jhen]

I always disable depth of field effects and motion blur. Then AA

[eelnico09]

MSAAx2, i don't even try to set it higher, rest maxed out, works at 1080p/60fps on every game with a 970

[Recon97]

Ignore troll post

Ignored.

[Trashcan]

I instantly turn off motion blur. I cant stand it.

[shadowblitz3]

shadows, AA, motion blur, vsync

[ofr057]

since I mainly play arma the first thing you do is turn down the render distance, somewhere around 1 - 1.5 klm

[SpriteNo5]

AA down to x2 or off @ 1440

Then motion blur, got new comp so everything else is maxed at the mo. Ambient Oclusion will start to be nerfed as and when needed.

[asker509]

AAx2, motion blur depending on the game, lens flares i don't like it, also reflections i find them distracting and useless.

[Briggsy]

Motion Blur (I often turn it down/off anyways if it's borderline seizure inducing), Anti-Aliasing to 2x or fxaa, Shadows, Ambient occlusion, foliage/grass, Water, Tessellation, Graphic mods (if any), Texture quality, Depth of field, Bloom (if any), usually in that order.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Why turn settings down?  Just get another 980 and SLI them.  Problem solved.

 

On a more serious note : I first turn the AA down a couple of notches, then the shadows and the blur.

[DildorTheDecent]

For what?

[grimmjow660]

I turn down AA first, I try to at least try to get FXAA in there.