Singleplayer games at 120 fps or at 60 fps but better visuals?

[Houd.ini]

60 fps and ultra settings pr mid to low settings but 120 fps for singleplayer games? What would you pick and why? First person shooters , rpgs , strategy games amd games like yakuza.

[Henfor]

Option C!

90 FPS while retaining a whole lot of the quality. Hugely gets smoother than 60 but not as demanding as 120.

Goes for all singleplayer games around RPG/action/strategy. Heavily story-driven like Detroit Become Human barely has a lot of controls going on so 60 is fine.

[Houd.ini]

Първоначално публикувано от Henfor:

Option C!

90 FPS while retaining a whole lot of the quality. Hugely gets smoother than 60 but not as demanding as 120.

Goes for all singleplayer games around RPG/action/strategy. Heavily story-driven like Detroit Become Human barely has a lot of controls going on so 60 is fine.

interesting

[nullable]

Entirely a matter of preference. I played at 60FPS for a lot of years. I can play console games at 30-60FPS without fuss either. On PC I've spoiled myself so 90-120 FPS is ideal. Honestly anything over 75-80FPS is probably fine for most things, law of diminishing returns and all.

Not to mention the particulars of the game being a factor. A fast pace FPS where maybe you're not able to stop and smell the roses, lower settings aren't going to matter and more FPS could be nicer.

There's no wrong answer.

But this reminds me of questions centering around AA, when it was brand new of GeForce 2's. 800x600 with 4x AA, or 1024x768 no AA?

The answer is still the same, which do you prefer?

[mimizukari]

I never want to play games in 60 FPS again, they are choppy, don't feel good and only if a game is 100% made for 60 fps can I tolerate it, such as TEKKEN 7. I prefer option D, 240 FPS and high quality visuals, which is why I built a PC that can handle that at 1080-1440p.

[nullable]

It is hard to go back to low FPS once you've been to the promised land.

[Schrute_Farms_B&B]

Първоначално публикувано от Snakub Plissken:

It is hard to go back to low FPS once you've been to the promised land.

Is it though ?
I completely agree with your comment about personal preferences and I also agree that 90-120FPS is some kind of a sweet spot, but one have to keep in mind that 60FPS on a 60hz monitor feel completely different than 60FPS on a 100/120/144/240hz monitor.
Therefore its really hard to make a final judgement. Ive recently played on a 60hz panel and it felt more like 30-40FPS on a 144hz display.

To answer OPs questions, I prefer quality over FPS, which means Ultra settings @50-80 FPS on 1440p/4K (simulators like MSFS2020&TSW2 @30-60FPS).
Im not into competetive games anymore, so nice visuals are to crucial to me.
I need some eye candy while playing those AAA games and even a fast paced game like Cyberpunk, feel totally smooth on 60FPS.

Ive to admit that I would definitely go for higher refresh rates and keep high visuals but there is no GPU out there which would be able to fulfill all my needs so Ive to compromise.
(Twenty years in the can I wanted manicott', but I compromised. I ate grilled cheese off the radiator instead - Sorry for the Sopranos quote, I couldnt help]

Im looking forward to the 4090 and still dreaming of being able to play AAA games on 5120×2160, with RT, max settings and refresh rates above 60FPS.
It will obviously take 2-3 generations but we will eventually get there. ^^

[_I_]

whats the refresh rate on the display?

if its a 60hz monitor, stick to 60fps

[ZeekAncient]

Don't get me wrong, I love high FPS. Was playing at 2560 X 1440 on a 144Hz screen for awhile, then it was a 165Hz screen. I loved FPS over 100, but just as long as it was over 60 I was fine. Then I was on a 3440 x 1440 Ultrawide at 120Hz, and again same story. Left the refresh rate at 120Hz, but as long as the FPS never got below 60 FPS I was fine. I never adjusted graphical settings to maintain 120 FPS. Just as long as it never got below 60, for me, it was butter.

Now I am at 4K on a 60Hz screen with a 3070 Ti, and I have no trouble maxing the settings on pretty much every game I play. And in a way, for me, the graphics look way better than they did when I was on a lower resolution screen with higher refresh rates. I am at 4K, my settings are maxed, and I get a constant 60 FPS in every game. No more, no less. And for me, it is butter. The visuals are amazing, and I get a really consistent frame rate.

In the next year, or two, I plan on upgrading display to at least a 4K 120Hz, and hopefully getting a GPU that will be able to push that 120, but I think I am at 4K for the remainder. I don't think I will go back down resolution. 4K visuals are amazing. Unless of course I get that Alienware QD-OLED 3440 X 1440 Ultrawide at 175Hz.

[CZI]

I'd rather 120Hz with lower quality graphics.
The reason is input response.

Even 60fps capped game like Tekken 7, display setting can be 120Hz.
FPS counter shows 60fps, but display timing is faster than 60Hz.

The fastest setting would be VSync=OFF, (Gsync=ON if Nvidia card and monitor is supported) and highest frequency on monitor support.

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

30 fps and good visuals due to my gpu

[sleeps]

me personally prefer play at high fps compare to high graphics. just because my brain hurt when playing game at low fps even though the graphics good

i recommend look up for older games. maybe pre 2012? not because of nostalgia bias (i don't have one, i just love older games) but because it's an older games so it run faster most of the time

[mtono]

Първоначално публикувано от Running chicken:

60 fps and ultra settings pr mid to low settings but 120 fps for singleplayer games? What would you pick and why? First person shooters , rpgs , strategy games amd games like yakuza.

hello,
i use max fps 60 for power saving. what does this mean? the pc uses the hardware for 60 fps only. hammenring the pc to max fps can become expensive. 60 hz gaming with v-sync on and max fps function of 60 frames per second is a little unsmooth comppared to high fps gaming, but who wants to pay too much, i said to myself and it is ok with 60 fps stable.
my2ct.

[Houd.ini]

Първоначално публикувано от Milli Zwilli:

Първоначално публикувано от Running chicken:

60 fps and ultra settings pr mid to low settings but 120 fps for singleplayer games? What would you pick and why? First person shooters , rpgs , strategy games amd games like yakuza.

hello,
i use max fps 60 for power saving. what does this mean? the pc uses the hardware for 60 fps only. hammenring the pc to max fps can become expensive. 60 hz gaming with v-sync on and max fps function of 60 frames per second is a little unsmooth comppared to high fps gaming, but who wants to pay too much, i said to myself and it is ok with 60 fps stable.
my2ct.

My thought exactly. I also use dlss even if i dont have to just to save power. And so my gpu doesmt get stressed out to much.

[hawkeye]

I use DSR to upscale from 1080p to 2160p on open world rpg's. Makes a big difference to object definition. I'm happy with 60 fps.

[Guydodge]

looking at the games you play the higher FPS the better.60fps is for more
visual type games where gameplay takes a back seat.