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Let's say something happens to your PC and because of that you HAD to choose one or the other, which would it be? Do you go with pretty graphics at the sacrifice of always playing at 30fps, or do you play at 60+fps at the sacrifice of pretty graphics? Are you a graphics snob, or a performance stan? You can only choose one.

Performance by a long shot lol

No point in going PC if I can't have both.

As someone rocking a max-level 3080 laptop, the answer is "both".

But if I could only choose one, it'd be performance.

Depends on the game tbh, but probably performance in most cases.

Father_ posted...

No point in going PC if I can't have both.

True but come on....play along lol

I feel like in both PC and console spaces we've finally gotten to the point where gamers prefer performance over frank visual clarity. Or we are at least given the option between the two.

Gameplay, performance, graphics is low tier.

The human eye stops taking in "muh better grafiks" at one point.

I always prefer performance. As long as it's running at least 60 fps I'm happy. Games don't even have to look good, that's just a bonus

DarkRoast posted...

I feel like in both PC and console spaces we've finally gotten to the point where gamers prefer performance over frank visual clarity. Or we are at least given the option between the two.

Yeah, my laptop isn't as powerful as yours (mine being the zephyrus G14 with an RTX 2060 Max Q) so I definitely have to choose between performance and graphics and I'll USUALLY go performance.

I'd rather play a PS1-level graphics game with superb performance, than 4K graphics at like 5 FPS.

But guys. SIXTEEN TIMES THE DETAILZ.

If focusing on graphics meant I'd go below 60 fps, then I'd choose Performance, without question. Once you're used to higher fps, going back to 30 fps looks horrible.

meh, after running high end pcs for the last decade+, if i can't have both why even fuckin play
i've tried to go back and play like dark souls 1 and shit and just cant because it looks like asshole
cant even play minecraft without fuckin raytracing anymore lmao

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I would normally choose performance but honestly I don't mind 30fps at all

Performance overall, but I have a minimum level for graphics (that most games manage to reach)

Main reason to switch to PC was to go 144+

performance, duh!

Graphics
Id have to never play dmc 3 again which is awful at 30 fps but most other games i play are fine at 30 fps

Sacrificing something that directly impacts how well you can play the game in favor of making the game look better is a 6th gen mindset.

Both for sure, but performance always.

If a game doesn't play well, it's horrible by default.

Easily performance. A gorgeous game isn't much fun if it's a slideshow.

As a PC gamer, I don't have to choose

A pretty game that doesn't run is just an overpriced painting.

30 vs 60?

60 all the time if available

60 vs 120? Now thats a different story.

All games should be able to hit a minimum of 60 fps and should sacrifice graphical fidelity to ensure that is the case.

As long as it hits 60 I'll up my graphics as high as possible, but with faster paced games I want to at least be at my monitors refresh rate for FPS, though ideally double that.