FPS affectionados - what kit do you use?

jpod said:
So how come the Pro's do the opposite - there must be a gain to be had for low settings and higher frames per seconds.

By the way I meant First Person Shooter aficionado's.
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It's a myth that harps back to the old days.

Turn it all low and get 500FPS FTW.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
a lot of equiptment doesnt make you any better you are good or you are not good..........you dont need to have fancy monitor,mice keyboards...............most of the best people i know at fps game on cheap mice tesco keyboards basic set ups..............awareness,reactions game sense cant be brought.it all depends what level you on about playing.
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Well said.
 
PapaLazaru said:
It's a myth that harps back to the old days.

Turn it all low and get 500FPS FTW.
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That is what Frankie1080, Ravic and Music are doing? They post their settings on their youtube channels.

If it was a myth why would there be a push towards 144hz monitors and beyond with sync?
 
~>Dg<~ said:
a lot of equiptment doesnt make you any better you are good or you are not good.

you dont need to have fancy monitor,mice keyboards.

most of the best people i know at fps game on cheap mice tesco keyboards basic set ups.

awareness,reactions game sense cant be brought.it all depends what level you on about playing.
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~>Dg<~ said:
the real funny thing is most pro people dont play all day. they play small amounts.as said its more about game awareness and reactions.

playing too much is often a bad idea as you learn bad habbits and your " best period " you often wont do as you been playing all day :D

most people play best in first few games.
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Certain equipment helps translate my actual abilities into what happens ingame better than others (though that is kind of obvious) - I play far better (closer to what I intend) with a mechanical keyboard with MX blacks versus any other keyboard, etc. and I don't play half as well at 60Hz compared to 120+Hz in COD4/MW2 it literally reproducibly made the difference between 1:1 and better than 2:1 KDR.

A good number of pro players play a lot - I used to be heavily into the competitive CS and quake 3 scenes - helping many q3 duellers practise (I'm not that great 1v1 myself) and playing CTF at top level - many of the pro players would be on XS4ALL, etc. servers for 5+ hours a night atleast 5-6 nights of the week.
 
I'm an FPS fan, but I dont go crazy with the hardware stuff to try and gain an advantage.

I'm happy with 1080p/60fps on my IPS monitor. I also turn up the pretty graphics stuff even though I know it hurts me against those who turn detail levels down greatly for better visibility. I much prefer to be more immersed in the experience than slightly improve my kill count or whatever.

My only real concession to FPS's is I like to have my display somewhat close. The larger the image, the better. I like this no matter what I play(or view), but I find it especially useful for FPS's as I can find it difficult to spot distant threats/targets when the screen is farther away.

I did buy a good optical mouse(Steelseries Rival), but haven't really found it has given me any advantage. It does feel nicer to use, though.
 
Gsync for everything. Full stop.

A higher refresh rate is good for shooters as well.

MKB wise, I use a Ducky shine Mech keyboard and a mouse with a "sniper" button is always a bonus
 
=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
Some of this will come from the old Q3 engine games where fps over I think 125 (or 250?) allowed you to jump further in game.
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Capping at certain framerates (125fps being one of the best) allowed you to exploit a rounding precision error and gain slightly faster strafe movement and higher jump. Once you spend awhile playing Quake 3 at a solid 125fps though anything lesser feels incredibly bad.
 
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