Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
better graphics?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="unixadm" data-source="post: 458126" data-attributes="member: 34801"><p>If the CPU is not the bottle neck, then increasing the resolution of a game will decrease the returned frame rate in most cases. That does not mean it will be unplayable, but let's say the 20" at 1680x1050 the game is 'just' playable. Now you move the resolution to 1920x1200 and it becomes unplayable without decreasing quality settings. The more pixels/resolution at a fixed quality setting, the more the GPU and GPU Memory is utilized. So for gaming, the 20" would perform better 99% of the time at it's native resolution. That's not saying it will play every game at max resolution either.</p><p></p><p>For videos, I wouldn't worry about the GPU at that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unixadm, post: 458126, member: 34801"] If the CPU is not the bottle neck, then increasing the resolution of a game will decrease the returned frame rate in most cases. That does not mean it will be unplayable, but let's say the 20" at 1680x1050 the game is 'just' playable. Now you move the resolution to 1920x1200 and it becomes unplayable without decreasing quality settings. The more pixels/resolution at a fixed quality setting, the more the GPU and GPU Memory is utilized. So for gaming, the 20" would perform better 99% of the time at it's native resolution. That's not saying it will play every game at max resolution either. For videos, I wouldn't worry about the GPU at that point. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
better graphics?
Top