Help : is it my eyes or is it steam?

harris1986 · 15 Nov 2007 at 08:56

ok guys i play a lot of cs 1.6, and also love a good bash on bioshock and crysis as we all do

However when i play bioshock for a while (resolution - 1280x1024) then exit back to steam and load up cs 1.6 (resolution 800x600) it feels really strange and almost stuttery or like the refresh is really low but i have checked it and it's running normal.

so i restart my comp load cs 1.6 straight back up and it seems to be fine, but i'm not sure if it's just my eyes adjusting between the two having bioshock with full eye-candy at a higher res then to cs 1.6 at lower res and zero eye-candy?

eyetrip · 15 Nov 2007 at 09:08

Question is, why would you run CS 1.6 at such a low res?

anyway, noticed while playing Crysis that for some non-native resolutions on my monitor, it became very laggy. Could be something like that?

harris1986 · 15 Nov 2007 at 10:37

play cs at 8x6 as growing up this is what i used and what i'm used to, if you increase res then it'l alter my sens meaning i'l have to adjust.

it can't be that as my desktop is 1280x1024 and loading from desktop to cs is fine, but going from bioshock to cs isn't?

PieEater · 15 Nov 2007 at 11:29

From experience running a TFT monitor in non native resolutions often adversely effects image quality, CRT monitors were better at this but thats a different technology. I'm not sure but there could well be an overhead on the GPU and / or monitor in scaling to a non native resolution which would effect performance slightly.

Could it be a case that CS looks better to your eyes coming from a 2d environment i.e. your desktop whereas comming direct from a 3d game at native resolution it looks rough? Otherwise I guess it could be a driver problem, I'd use drivercleaner or similar to remove all traces of previous graphics drivers and then update to the latest available.

~>Dg<~ · 15 Nov 2007 at 11:32

a lot play at 800x600 with high refresh rate aswell even though they can play it at higher res.

Dj_Jestar · 15 Nov 2007 at 11:32

The "pro's" play cs at 800x600 so that the player models are nice big blobs on the screen

bandit · 15 Nov 2007 at 12:09

Dj_Jestar said:
The "pro's" play cs at 800x600 so that the player models are nice big blobs on the screen

haxors!

for those that like it 8x6 can give a performance advantage....

harris1986 · 15 Nov 2007 at 12:52

a) not all pro's play at 8x6 a lot play 6x4 and some at 1024x768.

however i think pieeater is onto something where he says about 2d and 3d, ohwell will just lay off the bioshock before i play 1.6 i think or before i have a major match.