Resolution performance

[Sn1p3z]

I wanted to know that if I were to run my laptops resolution at 800 x 600 at 85Hz would make my gameplay better nice I am degrading the resolution of the things running in the background as well as the game I am trying to play. 

[jiyeon]

It does make a lot of difference yes. Back on my old 2010-era PC I would run CSGO at 1920x1080 and get 32FPS, whereas if I ran at 1024x768 stretched I would easily reach 60, so it's definitely smooter gameplay. The tradeoff here is that you lose details of things far away.

[Sn1p3z]

2 minutes ago, MiNy said:

It does make a lot of difference yes. Back on my old 2010-era PC I would run CSGO at 1920x1080 and get 32FPS, whereas if I ran at 1024x768 stretched I would easily reach 60, so it's definitely nicer gameplay.

I didn't mean just the ingame resolution I mean't the pc resolution .

[jiyeon]

2 minutes ago, Sn1p3z said:

I didn't mean just the ingame resolution I mean't the pc resolution .

That's essentially the same thing. If you run your monitor at 800x600 it will be the same for the game. If you run your monitor at 1920x1080 but your game at 800x600, it will run 800x600 in-game.

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, MiNy said:

That's essentially the same thing. If you run your monitor at 800x600 it will be the same for the game.

I can run the monitor at 800 x 600 and run my games at 1280 x 1024 resolution.

 

[jiyeon]

1 minute ago, Sn1p3z said:

I can run the monitor at 800 x 600 and run my games at 1280 x 1024 resolution.

Oh, I've never heard it the other way round. In fullscreen, it will scale to your in-game resolution regardless.

[Sn1p3z]

[jiyeon]

Ah okay, screenshots were useful.

 

75Hz vs 85Hz is a really minimal difference, I would personally go 1280x1024, you're going to barely see things at 800x600.

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, MiNy said:

Ah okay, screenshots were useful.

 

75Hz vs 85Hz is a really minimal difference, I would personally go 1280x1024, you're going to barely see things at 800x600.

Oh please, I play csgo at 480p just to get 60fps

[jiyeon]

1 minute ago, Sn1p3z said:

Oh please, I play csgo at 480p just to get 60fps

In that case, I guess refresh rate is your ally, 85Hz means 85FPS is the highest your monitor displays, so go with 800x600 if you so choose.

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, MiNy said:

In that case, I guess refresh rate is your ally, 85Hz means 85FPS is the highest your monitor displays, so go with 800x600 if you so choose.

All I am trying to find out is if I run my background things like Discord and steam at 800 x 600, will I get more fps. I know all about refresh rates and fps, I just want a yes or no answer.

 

[jiyeon]

Just now, Sn1p3z said:

All I am trying to find out is if I run my background things like Discord and steam at 800 x 600, will I get more fps

If you have enough memory to accomodate all those progams, then yes. Otherwise closing everything but CSGO will give you the best performance.

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, MiNy said:

If you have enough memory to accomodate all those progams, then yes. Otherwise closing everything but CSGO will give you the best performance.

I don't only play csgo. I play games like Warframe, ARK survival evolved, and a little bit of tf2. I also need discord open for csgo and Warframe.

[jiyeon]

1 minute ago, Sn1p3z said:

I don't only play csgo. I play games like Warframe, ARK survival evolved, and a little bit of tf2. I also need discord open for csgo and Warframe.

It applies for all games. Closing everything but what you need is best. Such as if you need Warframe open and then Discord then keep those two open only and you'll experience the best performance.

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, MiNy said:

It applies for all games. Closing everything but what you need is best. Such as if you need Warframe open and then Discord then keep those two open only and you'll experience the best performance.

Well Warframe has no problems since it is cpu intensive and only uses 10-20% gpu, So Warframe can run at a nice 30fps on max res low settings or 800 x 600 medium which makes me sick since the AA is overwhelming. 

[TryhardNeon]

11 hours ago, Sn1p3z said:

Stick with the 1280x1024 as 800x600 is usually wandering around like a mole half-blind in fps games. 10hz wont make a lot of difference anyway.