Why gamers gone so high?

[veltix]

Im puzzle why gamers gone to high setting such as they have high powered cpu and gpu even 980tisli. Going to ultra ( v.high ) setting? Both on single player and multiplayer? They cant accept med-high?

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Because why not?

[burnttoastnice]

Eyecandy and realistic graphics ftw. It's not just about the game if you're playing on a high-quality panel :3

[ShadowCaptain]

Im puzzle why gamers gone to high setting such as they have high powered cpu and gpu even 980tisli. Going to ultra ( v.high ) setting? Both on single player and multiplayer? They cant accept med-high?

 

It looks nicer.../thread

[Humbug]

Im puzzle why gamers gone to high setting such as they have high powered cpu and gpu even 980tisli. Going to ultra ( v.high ) setting? Both on single player and multiplayer? They cant accept med-high?

There is no game that requires such hardware.

 

Only if you want to play at 4K resolution at ultra settings.

[ZetZet]

Why do people buy 3.0l cars when 1.6l cars can drive the same distance?

[Guest Ranterbach]

Why wouldn't we? What's the point of investing money in a PC if you don't push your hardware to the limit? I want my games to look as good as they can, so I buy hardware capable of running them at the maximum settings. 

[MrJamessParr]

Because the graphics look nice. 

[Geralt]

When something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

[don_svetlio]

I play on medium-high for 60 fps and less heat. I am a hipster.

[xAcid9]

Why go med-high when you can do ultra?

[SansVarnic]

Why settle for meh or ok when you can have good, great, awesome. 

 

Sounds like your asking why do people go out of their way to do something fun when you can just sit on the couch and watch somebody else do it on the t.v. instead.  :mellow:   Kinda like going out to and getting an ice cream bar instead of walking outside to grab an icicle hanging from your roof to lick, Because the ice cream tastes better.

 

*edit

When I build a unit I want it to last 8-10 years not 2 and have to re-build because it went obsolete to quickly. Besides that gives me 8-10 years to save up for the next build. 

One time decent investment = longevity. 

One time low investment = short life span. 

[ThinkWithPortals]

When something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

This is one of the best things I've ever seen.

[paprikman]

Not everyone can afford it tho.

Some people're saving for years, to get a single gtx 980 & good cpu.

If somebody has 980ti sli, it doesn't mean he would upgrade it tomorrow.

 

Also, it's very cool to just play on eye-candy settings and relax

 

edit: grammar

[veltix]

Eyecandy and realistic graphics ftw. It's not just about the game if you're playing on a high-quality panel :3

I see. More real like real life. Eyecandy lots. The lesser it's. More like cartoon

[daonlypoo]

This is an odd question.  I mean, I like to play on ultra settings because I find it visually appealing.  If you don't like ultra settings and don't find it visually appealing, then you probably shouldn't play on ultra settings.  I bought a 980 ti because I love playing games at high frame rates and high visual settings.  I mean.....this comes off as stealth envy OP.  The real question here is why you so jelly?  

[TheMechEngineer]

I play at high settings but just on a low-resolution monitor so that I don't need a nuclear reactor just to play games.

[AlwaysFSX]

Because why the hell not?

[veltix]

@daonlypoo

Nope. Im not being jelly. But if ultra bring more to realism like outside world. I will try. (More eye candy ) someday

[jjohnthedon1]

For me I'm way to ocd about performance, I send hours finding optimal settings so I went overkill to no I can mad everything and not worry

[App4that]

For me I'm way to ocd about performance, I send hours finding optimal settings so I went overkill to no I can mad everything and not worry

This, totally this. I spend an hour last night in Valley messing with my settings looking for a little more power.

[Asulenovcer]

If someone bought a very high end gaming PC say for $3000-$4000 and then plays games at medium settings .....where is the logic?

[veltix]

@Asulenovcer

Yea u bought gtx 980ti x2 sli went ultra to emjoy ultra 60fps. I agree[emoji3] [emoji106]

[jjohnthedon1]

@Asulenovcer

Yea u bought gtx 980ti x2 sli went ultra to emjoy ultra 60fps. I agree[emoji3] [emoji106]

cough 144fps

[GoldSrc]

I have low end hardware, so yeah, I have to deal with a mix of low-med-high depending of the game, I would never turn resolution down though.

But if I could go with ultra settings, then why not?