Poll: What Do You Do? Resolution v IQ

[Tute]

Definitely turn the options down. If the problem became persistent over many games, then new card for sure.

This. I always try to stick to native resolution.

 

[chief barker]

All games look horrible out of the native rez of the screen, lower AA then quality....failing that get a new GPU....

No more needs to be said.

 

[chaparral]

1) Turn the resolution down till it's playable
2) Turn quality options down till it's playable
3) Buy a new GPU

4) buy 2 new GPU's

Where the buy 2 new GPU's option

As i would vote number 4

 

[tibbsey]

Option 1 provided the game can be run in a window.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

Stick to native res wherever possible! Then ride it out 'til a new GPU is absolutely required (e.g medium settings!)

 

[Confused Stu]

In the order I'd try them until one became playable.

1st - drop AA
2nd - run on single screen at native res (Crysis 2 needed this recently)
3rd - drop quality settings
4th - cry
5th - buy new GPU
6th - drop resolution on single screen

 

[Mr. May]

Clicked buy a new gpu with out thinking about

As i rarley play through a game twice so i like to make sure its 100% 1st time round

 

[Atavist]

I went with option 3. I wouldn't play anything in non-native resolution and I can't sleep at night if I have to turn any setting down.

In practice, I rarely face this situation: because I hate turning down IQ I am quite conservative with picking monitor resolutions. I game on a 1080 panel because I wasn't confident I could build a system that would handle multi-monitor resolutions properly. That's the project for my next upgrade probably early next year.

 

[Mr Krugga]

1) Turn AA down.
2) Turn tessellation and other Dx11 crap off.
3) Turn quality down.
4) Turn resolution down. Cry.
5) Play another game.
6) Buy a new graphics card.

 

[Trunks9486]

All games look horrible out of the native rez of the screen, lower AA then quality....failing that get a new GPU....

No more needs to be said.

Isn't that only true if the monitor stretches the image? monitors have options to leave the image at the original non-stretched version (but you lose screen space of course)

 

[DazQ87]

1. turn down AA
2. turn off tesellation or particle effects.
3. buy new GPU

 

[MumboJumbo]

As far as i'm concerned this is what SLI/CF is made for . New gpu all the way, i'd hate to think my E-Peen was shrinking!

 

[dekter]

Option 4. Not play said game until I could buy a new card, I have a really hard time compromising.

+1