Apr 28
Optimizing the Graphics in Your Games
In an extreme fit of boredom today at work I said to myself, “Say, when was the last time you went on GameFaqs?” And frankly, I didn’t have an answer. Logic says that it was sometime while I was playing FFXII (which I still haven’t finished). So yeah, I go onto GameFaqs, and they have a link to an article on GameSpot titled, “How to Optimize Your Frame Rates”. To my surprise, it was actually a pretty cool article!
They talk about options commonly found in the graphics settings of video games including antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, resolution, draw distance, shadows, and textures and how to change these to get the most out of your games. Now if the article just stopped there, it may not even be worth the read because you’d probably get bored to sleep inside of a minute. The cool thing about this piece is that for every option, it presents a picture that shows what the game looks like with one setting, and when you mouseover it, what it looks like cranked up or down! You can get a really good idea of what you can skimp on to get the most out of your game w/o sacrificing too much in the way of visual appeal. Check it out.