Farcry at 1600x1200 Everything turned up or at 1280x1024 Everything turned up + HDR on 6800GT .. Which is better ? :)

[RealityTime]

Thoughts opinions ? Right now I'm playing farcry at 1600x1200 with everything turned up all the way. This is on a 6800gt. 1280x1024 with everything up and hdr going to be better or worse ? And how is the fps with that setup on farcry ?

 

[PrayForDeath]

Why don't you try it and see which one is "more" playable to you?
I personally would choose 1600x1200 plus AA/AF and 40+ FPS over 1280x1024 no AA/AF and 20-30 FPS.

 

[Elvis2]

HDR looks great but it will kill your fps. ought to run pretty fair on an sli setup tho...

 

[Pete]

Why not just try it yourself?

 

[NYHoustonman]

From screenshots alone I would say HDR, but I dunno how playable it would be. 1280x1024 is what I play it and it looks great as is.

 

[JRSork]

I hardly noticed any drop in performance when I enabled HDR running at 1280x1024. HDR definitely makes the game look great but sometimes the lighting is too bright almost blinding so that you can't see anything else. This usually happens inside buildings with lights on the walls. Anyone know if there is a way to turn down the HDR brightness?

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: JRSork
I hardly noticed any drop in performance when I enabled HDR running at 1280x1024. HDR definitely makes the game look great but sometimes the lighting is too bright almost blinding so that you can't see anything else. This usually happens inside buildings with lights on the walls. Anyone know if there is a way to turn down the HDR brightness?

what are your system specs ?

 

[ginfest]

Originally posted by: JRSork
I hardly noticed any drop in performance when I enabled HDR running at 1280x1024. HDR definitely makes the game look great but sometimes the lighting is too bright almost blinding so that you can't see anything else. This usually happens inside buildings with lights on the walls. Anyone know if there is a way to turn down the HDR brightness?

I saw these on another site, give 'em a try

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r_HDRBrightOffset = "6.000000" (lower value = brighter HDR lighting)
r_HDRBrightThreshold = "3.000000" (lower value = brighter HDR ?eye blinding? effect)
r_HDRLevel = "0.600000" (higher value = more light blooming)
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Mike G

 

[OinkBoink]

1280*1024 w/ HDR

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: RealityTime
Thoughts opinions ? Right now I'm playing farcry at 1600x1200 with everything turned up all the way. This is on a 6800gt. 1280x1024 with everything up and hdr going to be better or worse ? And how is the fps with that setup on farcry ?

For cryin out loud, can't you tell any difference? You need one of us to tell you what looks better to you?
I really don't understand these types of questions and they are asked often. Not ranking on you, but, they are your eyes.

I know, send me your 6800GT. I'll try it out on my machine with various settings then I'll send the card back to you with a report. Deal?