AboutBobbert Expertise I have been into computer hardware, especially 3D graphics and the hardware that drives them, for a number of years. I have knowledge in installation, use, troubleshooting, purchase suggestions and overclocking.
Expert: Bobbert Date: 6/2/2008 Subject: 3d manage display settings
Question I am a pretty avid counter-strike 1.6 player. but i cant get 100+ fps even at the lowest resolution and best in game settings. I play on a Nvidia GeForce 7350 LE and i was wondering what control panel 3d settings i should use to maximize my play. thanks so much
Answer Ok, first of all, as much as you're not going to want to hear this, there is no advantage to exceeding ~35-45 FPS, here's why:
A) the human eye can't percieve the difference in motion
B) there are very few display devices capable of actually displaying information that fast (the only ones that come to mind are commerical DV editing monitors, some of which have retail prices approaching that of a new BMW)
As far as adjusting 3D settings, there isn't really anything you can do beyond turning the settings all the way down in-game, given that nothing else will disable performance features. You could upgrade your graphics card, which would give you a more powerful GPU and higher levels of image quality or higher framerates (note this is "or", not "and"), however as I've said, if the goal is 100 FPS, there is no net advantage, because your display isn't going to draw that many frames, and your eyes couldn't even recognize them if your display could draw that many frames (and honestly I don't see a rational behind buying a $6000-$30,000 commerical DV monitor to play a video game, even if you play for money).
