Best PC SFIV settings?

RopeDrink wrote: »

Keep Parallel Rendering ON and turn everything down to the absolute LAST (Including resolution) and see how that pans out

Placebo wrote: »

how can you play SF4 at anything less than 60fps?
also does this affect the other player online.

i like short answers.

RopeDrink wrote: »

FPS has nothing to do with gamespeed, so in essence (and I thought it'd be obvious) I'm playing at the same speed as you guys except the animations and visual experience is just a little choppier - That I have no problem with at all and I can't see how it's such a big deal, really.

I'd only like 60 FPS on the premise that to have 60 FPS means a nice machine capable of playing SF4 at sexy visual settings, not because of the FPS itself.

@Placebo it effects nobody so long as I (and the opponent) have Framerate set to 'FIXED' which means the game plays at intended speed for both players (whomever has the worse computer will just have to grin and bare their GFX settings) whereas if I had it set to Variable and I joined you in a game, the game would slow SF4 down to a speed that plays out in 15 FPS (ie. super f'ing slow motion) - I really don't understand why such an option exists - I think it's ludicrous to allow a game slow down another player purely because it figures it's 'fair' to slow it to the speed of the lower end PC of the two.

I lose nothing via having FPS at 30 as the animations are, for the most part, very smooth and enough to judge the things needed. 15 FPS was a different kettle of fish as things are very choppy and I used to find it difficult to time things or react as animations would start a little earlier (or seem to) such as jumpins and the likes. The extra 15FPS I got from changing the model quality cured that tenfold and the difference from 30>60 wouldn't be as major.

I'm not going to link my movies as my own settings has nothing to do with the topic but anyone who has seen my earlier Eire Evaluation games will notice the terrible choppy 15 FPS games and if you see any of my more recent ones you must admit it's not all that bad.

Naturally anyone who is used to 60/Max FPS will think I'm crazy, whereas I'm used to 15/30 (Now 30) having playing like this since day 1. I don't know any different, and won't until I get a better computer.

In the interest of the topic, the killer FPS option for me thus far was Models - Some backgrounds are tolerable while others are a bit of a hog but even then it didn't hurt all that much to have BG set on Medium/High (Don't actually think it has a Medium setting, can't remember) whereas Model Quality was crucifying me, especially on closeups.

I turned my projectiles/particle setting to Max (From low) and, in turn, turned my Model Quality down to Medium (From High), 2xAAliasing on 800x600 Resolution with no shadows and the game jumped up 15 FPS so I wager everything on low and the lowest resolution would pump it up to 40+, maybe even 60, but I cannot fathom the concept of playing the game while it looks that terrible, for the sake of smoother animations.