| Leynos said: No VRR on my TV. 3-year-old 4K display. I always go framerate first but I also always try RT/Quality modes in games. I always end up going framerate in any game this generation. Miles Morales had a nice option for RT Performance mode. It was nice but I still ended up turning RT off. Unless it benefits gameplay I'm just not seeing the upsale on RT aside from just shiny things. I got over things being shinier and being impressed with the 7th gen. |
I think this is very crutial and it also partly why I think developers should sometimes take the initiative with prioritising certain modes or hiding some options deeper in the menu instead of presenting them to the gamer out the gate.
The experience of frames is based many things like proximity to screen, moniter etc but also context/conditioning. Going from a high framerate to a low framerate will almost always make the lower frame rate look weird for a few minutes as it takes the eyes brain/time to adjust and read it as smooth, since it was previous reading way more frames. It's like going from a dim room to a bright one or vice versa. Starting a game from the 30fps mode is an entirely different experience and is why whenever we look at gameplay demos/trailers, the 30fps mode rarely doesn't stand out as stuttery if its a stable framerate.
If you toggle between them, I'd normally start with the quality mode unless the deveoper has defaulted to performance like GOW etc. Typically I go in with a strong idea of what mode I'll be using based off previews/reviews, but if I don't I give the graphics mode at least 10-15mins to settle in. If the performance mode is solid and you don't mind the visual trade offs, then no harm is starting there. But if it's all over the place (something that constantly rears its head) you risk setting yourself up for an experience where fps is a persisent distraction, versus a stable 30 fps mode which which your brain will just get entirely be used to it and framerate won't be a factor in your experience ouside from a few minor hitches here and there.
It's all entirely subjective to your experience of course but this is something that I've noticed.
