Do you Max out all your games?

[IAmAkiro]

Hi guys, i was wondering: Do you max out all your games? 

I noticed since i swapped my old 680 out with my 1070 Asus ROG OC version that I try the best and max out my games. But i sometimes wonder, but it's properly just bad thinking, because I like to monitor my games temp + cores and that when I play, but I don't see any changes in when in games so it's running perfect, but i notice an older game like Battlefield 3, on 1920X1080 it runs hotter than a newer game I play on Ultra, (Dead by Daylight) I don't mind but i don't know if it's the map, but I can play sometimes BF3 and only hit 57-58 degress, and today i could play another map and hit 60degress, reason i also make this topic is also to get an answer on my GPU, when should I worry, since the chances I have to clean it is minimal, and the aircans with dust we can get here are likely to blow water out, i can borrow an Aircompressor, but i feel like, last time I cleaned my old card that way it was likely the dust went more and more down in the card, so it just generated more heat another place. My old 680 couldn't run Dead by daylight at ultra without hitting over 80 degress, and it was around 3 years old. I don't know but something like Degress and noise worries me always, because the PC is right next to me, since the floor is carpet, also my computer get's so dusty because my dorm is 28 square meters, so i have 1 room where i do EVERYTHING, i hope you guys can give me some good tips, also I am willing to pay some $$$ to maybe get my PC a place where it' will keep it's cool but maybe stay more free from dust. 

Sorry for the confusion and my bad english + maybe wrong place to put my topic  

[Apollo Refugio]

I first max visual settings then adjust any anti-aliasing to 2x or the lowest quality. If i get around 90+ FPS, i crank it to the max anti-aliasing. if it runs above 60 FPS, im leaving it max. If it gets somewhere lower than 40 FPS, i lower the anti-aliasing. One game i couldn't do this on is Assassin's Creed 3, where i had to run normal settings and no anti-aliasing, but it still looks fine. So I'm gucci.

[Praesi]

Yes i max all Games in 1440p (AA in some Titles excluded). But im not sure i understand your Topic here..?!

[tim19683]

4 minutes ago, GGWP1337 said:

since the floor is carpet

its not a good idea to put a pc on carpet

[IAmAkiro]

My meaning was also More like when does my tog 1070 start throttle, and when should I actually worry

[Techicolors]

your question is pretty confusing... what are you trying to ask? 

 

1 minute ago, tim19683 said:

its not a good idea to put a pc on carpet

it's not the end of the world. unless you're pointing the PSU downwards where the fan is supposed to be or there are fans placed at the bottom of the case, there shouldn't be much harm. 

[tim19683]

1 minute ago, Technicolors said:

it's not the end of the world. unless you're pointing the PSU downwards where the fan is supposed to be or there are fans placed at the bottom of the case, there shouldn't be much harm. 

still, its good practice to at least put it on piece of wood or something

[Techicolors]

2 minutes ago, GGWP1337 said:

My meaning was also More like when does my tog 1070 start throttle, and when should I actually worry

60 degrees is pretty cold for a GPU at max load. 57-58 degrees is even colder. it'll only become a concern when your temps go above 80 C, in spite of raising fan speed to compensate. 

[Guest]

I have an intel HD 4600. I am afraid to run any game at lowest settings...

[STRMfrmXMN]

I have an i5 and 970 and play Overwatch (only game I play) at the High preset as I can get a steady 150 FPS. I'm getting a 144hz monitor soon and getting used to the visual detail of that works well. 

 

On a side note, man Overwatch needs an i7 to be perfectly fluid all the time.

[tim19683]

13 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

I have an intel HD 4600. I am afraid to run any game at lowest settings...

 

Lol me too

 

It gets even worse when ur trying to game on Arch Linux

[roblesaturcamilo]

20 minutes ago, Technicolors said:

23 minutes ago, tim19683 said:

its not a good idea to put a pc on carpet

it's not the end of the world. unless you're pointing the PSU downwards where the fan is supposed to be or there are fans placed at the bottom of the case, there shouldn't be much harm. 

HE DIDN'T SAID THAT HIS PC IS ON CARPET....

27 minutes ago, GGWP1337 said:

 the PC is right next to me, since the floor is carpet,

 

 

@GGWP1337 

 

Bro... don't go crazy...

 

If temperatures are less than 80c on CPU or GPU, you dont have nothing to worry about...

 

Also, to hit 80c, you have to push "X" component A LOT nowadays...

 

Don't worry ;)

[roblesaturcamilo]

And by the way...

 

I do max out every game first...

 

Then if needed i would lower some settings... So far never happened LOL

[tim19683]

5 minutes ago, roblesaturcamilo said:

HE DIDN'T SAID THAT HIS PC IS ON CARPET....

chill, it was implied

[Techicolors]

12 minutes ago, roblesaturcamilo said:

HE DIDN'T SAID THAT HIS PC IS ON CARPET....

wouldn't matter too much either way unless of the aspects i have mentioned earlier are true 

[ivan134]

Unless it's an old game, no. High framerates are more important to me.

[Ryoku]

Depends on the game, If is a competitive multiplayer game then I'll drop everything to low to maximize frame rate and reduce effects that might be distracting.  Otherwise I'll max and tweek till I get an acceptable frame rate.

[RGProductions]

No lol, my 660 can barely chug along

[leelaa14]

Yes, appart from Nvidia gameworks stuff.
And if I need to turn anything down I will turn down shadows.

[Bouzoo]

16 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

On a side note, man Overwatch needs an i7 to be perfectly fluid all the time.

*looks at his laptop* 

Yeah it's an i7 4700hq! With an 850m.

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 minute ago, Bouzoo said:

*looks at his laptop* 

Yeah it's an i7 4700hq! With an 850m.

Ah, I meant a hyperthreaded quad-core

[Bouzoo]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Ah, I meant a hyperthreaded quad-core

It is. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, Bouzoo said:

It is. 

Wait, I thought the HQ versions were dual-cores?

 

Nope, Google says I'm stupid.

 

Well your laptop will probably run OW pretty smoothly then despite having an 850M

[Bouzoo]

5 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Wait, I thought the HQ versions were dual-cores?

 

Nope, Google says I'm stupid.

 

Well your laptop will probably run OW pretty smoothly then despite having an 850M

U models are DC. HQ are non upgradeable, QM are upgradeable QC.

On free weekend I played it on mid/high with some settings turned off due to input lag. Was getting 40-60. But on a serious note, that i7 is not really that good. I need an upgrade next year. I'll probably buy it next month and I think imma go all low. 

 

On another serious note, @STRMfrmXMNhow the hell do you pronounce your name?  Tagged you because edit.

Edited December 22, 2016 by Bouzoo

[typographie]

I use the best settings I can when still maintaining 60 FPS at my monitor's native resolution, sure. In some cases that means I'm somewhere below max, and in other cases I have enough overhead that I'm using mods and config file tweaks to increase complexity beyond the game's max settings.