Possible FPS boost

InvictusApollo

I usually play in 4k resolution with everything maxed out and optimized.
Today however I wanted to test how much fps would I gain if I lowered my resolution. Lowering it only in ESO never got me anything significant.
That is why I lowered my resolution in Windows settings. Desktop shrank but resolution in ESO stayed the same (I alt tabbed).
Suddenly I got more fps without any loss in quality. My GPU usage decreased.

RouDeR

The drugs are strong with this one

Nemesis7884

Thats so weird...you must have unlocked some special code...like in TRON

Smasherx74

InvictusApollo wrote: »

I usually play in 4k resolution with everything maxed out and optimized.
Today however I wanted to test how much fps would I gain if I lowered my resolution. Lowering it only in ESO never got me anything significant.
That is why I lowered my resolution in Windows settings. Desktop shrank but resolution in ESO stayed the same (I alt tabbed).
Suddenly I got more fps without any loss in quality. My GPU usage decreased.

If you're in windowed (fullscreen) mode then your resolution is going to be 1920x1080 or whatever your monitor is set to by default. Since ESO doesn't have upscaling iirc, your game is just the same resolution as you have it set in windows.

Keewo

InvictusApollo wrote: »

I usually play in 4k resolution with everything maxed out and optimized.
Today however I wanted to test how much fps would I gain if I lowered my resolution. Lowering it only in ESO never got me anything significant.
That is why I lowered my resolution in Windows settings. Desktop shrank but resolution in ESO stayed the same (I alt tabbed).
Suddenly I got more fps without any loss in quality. My GPU usage decreased.

Thats so Sad...
Just like a Novice Driver with a Lamborghini as first Car.

Banana

Maybe that will work for my ping to

NinchiTV

i wish console had an option to turn down settings like disable grass and shadows..i man can dream.

Androconium

Well, I turned my settings up on my potato and suffered no decrease in any obvious performance.
I even turned grass and sunlight on.


I think this falls into the same bucket as where typing an incorrect password responds by telling you to check your internet connection.

ArchMikem

Arent all games forced to run in the same max res as it is set in Windows? You cant run ESO in 4k when your gpu is set to render at something lower.

MLGProPlayer

InvictusApollo wrote: »

I usually play in 4k resolution with everything maxed out and optimized.
Today however I wanted to test how much fps would I gain if I lowered my resolution. Lowering it only in ESO never got me anything significant.
That is why I lowered my resolution in Windows settings. Desktop shrank but resolution in ESO stayed the same (I alt tabbed).
Suddenly I got more fps without any loss in quality. My GPU usage decreased.

You don't want your GPU usage to decrease.

InvictusApollo

ArchMikem wrote: »

Arent all games forced to run in the same max res as it is set in Windows? You cant run ESO in 4k when your gpu is set to render at something lower.

I had ESO in 4k with desktop set to 1k. ESO looked exactly the same but I had more fps and MSI Afterburner was reporting almost 20% less GPU usage in tested area.