LOWrider_NL
09-07-2006, 10:02 AM
welcome to this Tutorial about the best graphic settings to film with.
first i will start with the the pc where i work with and took the screenshots on.
My personal game rig.
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2488/specssb6.png
Notice that i took this screenshots on 1280x1024 but rezised it to 1024x800.
1) te diverence between HIGH , MEDIUM, LOW.
let's take a closer look at the screens i made.
High (http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1358/screen000vs2.jpg)
Medium (http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1200/screen001jr7.jpg)
Low (http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6988/screen002bc2.jpg)
as you can see the difference between high and medium is nearly not visable. that's why i recommend medium settings instead of high because your FPS will drop like 30/40 FPS with nearly visable changes.
*HINT*
if you think let's drop my settings so i have 50FPS for a smooth film, don't do it. when you are editing a movie and render it, it will alway's be on 30FPS. if you buy a DVD, it will play at 30FPS. so put you graphics a little higher so you get around the 30 FPS.
*HINT*
if you do not have a strong PC but still want to make a movie. you can put almost everything on medium/low but NEVER put Geometry on LOW.
here you can see why.
High (http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/6623/screen005vn3.jpg)
Low (http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8490/screen006bw0.jpg)
also:
strange wall (http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6910/screen007hl4.jpg)
ugly tree (http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/6421/screen009na3.jpg)
*HINT*
If you are filming with fraps (duh) put your ingame settings on 1024x800 and in fraps, click " half-size" on. (instead of 800x600 and full screen recording)your will film will run more smooth.
*HINT*
The most heavy graphic settings for your pc are the lightning and shadow settings. dunno why it's in there cause if you put averything on low (don't turn it off!) you will see nearly no difference in the quality of the shadow.
so you better put dynamic lightning and shadow to low. also normal lightning.
Low (http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9650/screen003ap5.jpg)
high (http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5169/screen004yn0.jpg)
2) recommended pc to film with.
here is a list what you will need when you want to film at a good quality.
- GFX card ( graphics card/ 3D card ) Offcourse you need a good gfx card to film with. to get the best graphics, get one of the biggest in the 6 series (6800GT) or pick a 7serie card. (not the 7300) a 7600GT, 7800GT or GTX , 7900 GT or GTX will do the trick. enough money to spend ? get a 7950 in SLi (quad LSi).
- hard disk a 10.000RPM raptor HDD will work perfect. the fraps file's will be big and it have to write it down verry fast on your HDD so you need 10.000RPM to run it lot more smooth.
- CPU (processor) you processor don't have to be that fast while gaming. only to load a map. get a AMD X2 3800+ (verry cheap now) or just an Athlon 3200+. (no intel, unless it's a Duo Core2 Extreem)
- Ram you need alot of ram if you want to run averything on high + filming. when you playing bf2 on high with 4xAA on 1024x800 you need 1,2 gig of ram. so get at least 1,5 gig ram. i recommend 2gig.
that's it for now... many more to come... i will edit this. (got to go :P ) hopefully i can help some one with this.
P.S. any chance this could be a sticky ?
first i will start with the the pc where i work with and took the screenshots on.
My personal game rig.
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2488/specssb6.png
Notice that i took this screenshots on 1280x1024 but rezised it to 1024x800.
1) te diverence between HIGH , MEDIUM, LOW.
let's take a closer look at the screens i made.
High (http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1358/screen000vs2.jpg)
Medium (http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1200/screen001jr7.jpg)
Low (http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6988/screen002bc2.jpg)
as you can see the difference between high and medium is nearly not visable. that's why i recommend medium settings instead of high because your FPS will drop like 30/40 FPS with nearly visable changes.
*HINT*
if you think let's drop my settings so i have 50FPS for a smooth film, don't do it. when you are editing a movie and render it, it will alway's be on 30FPS. if you buy a DVD, it will play at 30FPS. so put you graphics a little higher so you get around the 30 FPS.
*HINT*
if you do not have a strong PC but still want to make a movie. you can put almost everything on medium/low but NEVER put Geometry on LOW.
here you can see why.
High (http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/6623/screen005vn3.jpg)
Low (http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8490/screen006bw0.jpg)
also:
strange wall (http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6910/screen007hl4.jpg)
ugly tree (http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/6421/screen009na3.jpg)
*HINT*
If you are filming with fraps (duh) put your ingame settings on 1024x800 and in fraps, click " half-size" on. (instead of 800x600 and full screen recording)your will film will run more smooth.
*HINT*
The most heavy graphic settings for your pc are the lightning and shadow settings. dunno why it's in there cause if you put averything on low (don't turn it off!) you will see nearly no difference in the quality of the shadow.
so you better put dynamic lightning and shadow to low. also normal lightning.
Low (http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9650/screen003ap5.jpg)
high (http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5169/screen004yn0.jpg)
2) recommended pc to film with.
here is a list what you will need when you want to film at a good quality.
- GFX card ( graphics card/ 3D card ) Offcourse you need a good gfx card to film with. to get the best graphics, get one of the biggest in the 6 series (6800GT) or pick a 7serie card. (not the 7300) a 7600GT, 7800GT or GTX , 7900 GT or GTX will do the trick. enough money to spend ? get a 7950 in SLi (quad LSi).
- hard disk a 10.000RPM raptor HDD will work perfect. the fraps file's will be big and it have to write it down verry fast on your HDD so you need 10.000RPM to run it lot more smooth.
- CPU (processor) you processor don't have to be that fast while gaming. only to load a map. get a AMD X2 3800+ (verry cheap now) or just an Athlon 3200+. (no intel, unless it's a Duo Core2 Extreem)
- Ram you need alot of ram if you want to run averything on high + filming. when you playing bf2 on high with 4xAA on 1024x800 you need 1,2 gig of ram. so get at least 1,5 gig ram. i recommend 2gig.
that's it for now... many more to come... i will edit this. (got to go :P ) hopefully i can help some one with this.
P.S. any chance this could be a sticky ?