Author Topic: 1280 better frame rate than 1024?? Wha? (Read 396 times)

scottydawg · « **on:** April 19, 2006, 09:52:43 PM »

I was fooling around with my video settings tonight, trying to figure out why my frame rate gets around 17 and all jerky when I get into a furball at 1280x10somethin but stays around 40 otherwise. I set my res to 1024x768 and rode around and weirdly the frame rate all around was much lower, as well the mouse was laggy on the clipboard big time.

I wonder why that is? I've got a GEForce 6600/256 and a pentium 2.4 with 1gb ram.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2006, 02:09:43 AM »

Does your monitor have a default resolution setting?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2006, 06:19:31 AM »

It is not unusual. The last couple of generations of video cards actually do perform better at higher resolutions.

scottydawg · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2006, 09:08:49 AM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Does your monitor have a default resolution setting?

It's a Dell 19" flat panel. Probably 1280 is its default.

Thanks Skuzzy. I thought I was losing my mind.

buzkill · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2006, 05:31:04 PM »

MY 9600XT WORKS BETTER AT MY MONTOR'S MAX OF 1280x1024:aok

Dm6 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2006, 04:44:20 PM »

I believe but not 100 % sure that the lower res will bottle neck the craphics card.

Just something I read i computer mag. Ill see if I can find and quote.

38ruk · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2006, 10:14:09 PM »

HEHEH craphics card