Whats your game graphic setting/ Video taking recommendation?

• BizarreJuju wrote on 2011-07-15 02:25
  Well this is my first time recording and posting video on youtube. After completing my new desktop it was able to play vindictus swiftly. For awhile Ive been playing on lowest setting and started turning up some options up to see some decent detail w/o affecting my lag.
  
  So from lowest setting I turned on the armor gloss (no more bland armor \o/) I tried Highest, alittle lag but lag hell with video cap. What other settings can I turn on w/o affecting my lag and f/r? (technically dont understand all the options, mostly bottom half) Or what default settings (low-highest) or custom settings do yout guys use?
  
  Also do you recommend the video cap. that comes with Vindi or a program that does a better job?
  
  [Vindictus Video-Cap in "Youtube HQ setting"] with custom video setting
  [video=youtube;ozz2KynZ6h4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozz2KynZ6h4[/video]
• Kyreffer wrote on 2011-07-15 02:37
  What are your computer specs? I just finished a custom build myself and I can play Vindictus on max settings with no lag. (although I still prefer mabi)
• Overblood wrote on 2011-07-16 17:48
  I max it with my desktop at 1920x1080 (Phenom II X4 + GTX 465)
  My laptop fares worse. It can do the same settings, except without AA and at 1366x768 (Core i7 2630qm + GT 540m)
  
  The video capture thingy in Vindictus works fine for me, except that it likes to crash unexpectedly when I finish recording. If it doesn't happen to you, I see no real reason not to use it.
  
  If you are having trouble with performance, try
  -Use no AA (Turning off AA will cause things to look a little fuzzy around the edges, but AA is a huge performance hit)
  -Use bilinear filtering (Worse texture filtering will make surfaces further away look blurrier)
  -Turn off decal (Less "blood" splatter?)
  -Turn character model detail to medium or low (Characters will appear a little blockier)
  -No cloth physics
  -Simple Water reflection
  -No bloom (Bloom is kinda like dynamic lighting)
  -No vignette effect (Makes it darker around the edges of the screen so as to focus the player's attention on the center)
  -Lower the resolution a notch, if possible (Lower resolution = less things to render)
  
  Of course, it'd be nice to know what CPU and GPU you have, and how much RAM you have.
• Taycat wrote on 2011-07-16 18:28
  When I was able to play Vindi without any trouble I would have it around on Mid settings.
  The computer I used had an old card so it could not play on max without lag at all. In fact, it had occasional lag even on mid settings.
• Gotejjeken wrote on 2011-07-16 19:06
  Vindictus seems heavily RAM dependent. I recently upgraded to 8GB DDR3 RAM and I've noticed a huge performance improvement in the sewers (running at max settings both times). I haven't tried video capturing down there, but I do know video capture alone will bring your computer to its knees if there are particles around (IE: Fire).
  
  Without knowing your specs, I'd probably just go with the medium quality Youtube setting in the video options along with medium to high video options.
• BizarreJuju wrote on 2011-07-17 10:41
  Well for my specs:
  CPU: Intel i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz
  RAM: 8.00 GB
  GPU: For this im using the one attatched to my mobo (P8Z68-VPRO) really havent identified what kind though.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-07-18 23:18
  The GPU is used more for playing the game. The CPU more is used more for video recording. RAM doesn't matter as long as you have enough of it.
• Gotejjeken wrote on 2011-07-20 18:23

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;517332:

  The GPU is used more for playing the game. The CPU more is used more for video recording. RAM doesn't matter as long as you have enough of it.

  
  
  RAM speed matters more than you think. If you have 8GB of DDR2 with horrible timings, you are really not much better off from a 4GB DDR2 with great timings. If you have 8GB of DDR3 you'll be miles ahead of a 8GB DDR2, etc.
  
  I'd also say the video card is the problem if it's integrated. Unless you meant 'attached to the motherboard' as there is one sitting in a PCI-E slot, in which case you could just look at the heat-sink to see what kind it is, they usually have at least the manufacturer name printed on that thing.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-07-20 22:20

  Quote from Gotejjeken;519840:

  RAM speed matters more than you think. If you have 8GB of DDR2 with horrible timings, you are really not much better off from a 4GB DDR2 with great timings. If you have 8GB of DDR3 you'll be miles ahead of a 8GB DDR2, etc.

  
  Regardless, as long as you have enough of it, it probably won't make a difference. It's pretty easy to get an expensive/high quality CPU or GPU at 100%, but unless you're running virtual machines or something, you probably won't get a lot of RAM to 100%. And on top of that, it's cheap, so there's no reason to not have enough if you can afford the other components.
  
  That's definitely very useful information to know, though. I might buy some higher quality RAM one day if necessary.
• Rinne wrote on 2011-07-23 11:31
  I don't think integrated desktop video cards are powerful enough. I'm using an i7 860 + 4 gigs ram (on XP, you'd need more if you use Vista/Win7) + GTX260, and I try to record at 60fps 1920x1080 with everything on maximum using FRAPS. It tends to lose a lot of frames when there's a lot onscreen, so I record at 50fps or lower sometimes. I've never had any problems with ram, but I've always had a lot to spare. I'd assume that the less you have, the more the computer has to work to move data back and forth.
  
  From my experience and memory, the biggest hits to frame loss are shader quality, vsync, physics and anti-aliasing. Each of those usually cost around 5 - 10 fps or more. When recording, your intended video output is also important. There's no point setting everything to maximum when recording if your output doesn't require it. If you intend to post the videos on the web, you'll only need to record at 25 -30 fps. I don't think vsync has any effect while recording, so that should be off. Finally, if you intend to scale the video resolution down by a lot, you won't need anti-aliasing because shrinking the video has a similar effect.
• Overblood wrote on 2011-07-23 18:19

  Quote from BizarreJuju;515645:

  Well for my specs:
  CPU: Intel i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz
  RAM: 8.00 GB
  GPU: For this im using the one attatched to my mobo (P8Z68-VPRO) really havent identified what kind though.

  
  
  Intel's IGP sucks really bad. (Even though the one with your 2600k is much improved compared to previous generations)