Anyone else become so obsessed with performance....

[eyetrip]

That you forget to just have fun with games? That you can't just load a game up and give it's recommended settings a go without checking first that those settings are maxed, and then seeing what your frame rates are like.

And then you spend hours/days/weeks tweaking any possible little thing you can think of to get just that little bit more...

I think I have become like this - more obsessed with how a game runs than actually having fun playing it.

Love my console for the fact that there is nothing I can do with it, so just take it for what it is

 

[Snakedoctor]

I love fiddling with computers, tis one of the joys of it.

 

[Lysander]

That you forget to just have fun with games? That you can't just load a game up and give it's recommended settings a go without checking first that those settings are maxed, and then seeing what your frame rates are like.

And then you spend hours/days/weeks tweaking any possible little thing you can think of to get just that little bit more...

Only at the beginning of getting a new game. I'll fiddle with the settings for about ten minutes to get the best one. After that I don't really do it.

 

[Strife212]

Never, just whack in the game, put every setting to max, play it

 

[MystaEB]

Used to be, now I just play the games and generally try to forget about the performance.

 

[Bonjour]

Can't be arsed anymore.

Used to be, but now I just enjoy playing the games. I only look for an upgrade if / when performance gets noticeably choppy to the naked eye.

 

[Final8y]

Max settings is showing the game in its entirety with out gfx, sound & effects being cut out as that's what your doing by running things less than max.
That does not include AA.

 

[TheCenturion]

I put it on minumum settings and hope it is playable, then i oc my gfx card to try to be able to bump the res from 1024x768 to 1280x1024

 

[romperstomper]

I often have a second screen in view to monitor my temps ,fan speeds,cpu usage and overclocking .