so we recently did a video on which graphics card settings you might want to
think about tweaking but there are way too many to fit into a five-minute
episode so we're back today with the second helping
the first thing we're gonna mention is something you've probably seen in the options of most of your favorite games
anti-aliasing simply put anti-aliasing
smooths out the edges of objects and helps eliminate jaggies that stair-step
effect you see sometimes when your GPU renders a diagonal line still unclear
why it isn't called anti-jagging what's confusing though is that there are many
different types of anti-aliasing and games don't all offer the same types the
type that will usually get you the best visual results is called super sample
anti-aliasing or ssaa where your GPU
renders the game at a higher resolution and scales it down to fit your screen
but unsurprisingly this is very computationally intensive and so it
isn't a practical option for many gamers instead you might want
to try an algorithm such as msaa or txaa
which are similar to ssaa in that they sample more of the image to be rendered
but instead of rendering the whole image at a higher resolution they only do this
near the trouble spots that can cause those nasty jaggies we were talking
about so you get a smoother image without as much of a performance penalty
but if these options still tank your frame rate too much you can try an even
lighter form of anti-aliasing such as fxaa or smaa which scans the scene for
edges and blurs them this results in only a minimal hit to your performance
though you may find the resultant images too blurry for your liking the best
thing to do in that scenario is to try different aaa modes and see which one
strikes the best balance of performance and quality for you though we will say
some kind of aa is typically better than nothing moving on another setting you
should definitely take for a spin is tessellation this is a technique that
multiplies the number of polygons on a texture giving it bumps curves and depth
in some games it can make the environment look slightly better and in
others it can have a massive impact the good news is that tessellation tends not
to be very hard on your GPU so give it a shot even if you don't have the highest
end graphics card in many cases it's a nearly free quality boost
hey here's another one especially for those of you that suffer from motion
sickness field of view you see humans
have a rather wide field of view naturally if you stick your ARM straight
out to your side you can probably still see them through your peripheral vision
i can't see my arms right now however many games give you a default
fov much smaller than what you might see naturally which can decrease immersion
put you at a competitive disadvantage and confuse your brain enough to make
you feel car sick so try increasing the setting if your view seems narrow at the
very least you'll be able to see more of your surroundings but make sure not to
overdo it as this can result in too much of a fisheye effect now for a setting
that requires newer hardware like this rtx 3090 water cooled one of these
settings is dlss or deep learning super sampling which is exclusive to NVIDIA
cards and uses ai to increase visual fidelity without putting your GPU
through too much extra work and in some games it can increase quality to a level
that would otherwise render the game unplayable without dlss but if you have
an AMD card don't despair as their competing technology fsr is due out
later in 2021 finally let's talk about some of the more cinematic settings like
bloom film grain and motion blur
do we have motion blur in our videos these effects can give your games a
dramatic look which some gamers enjoy but others feel they make the game look
fake and they can even be a little disorienting it's not necessarily better
or worse to have them on or off and they usually don't impact frame rate too much
though competitive gamers tend to dislike motion blur so try them out if
you like them but in the end these settings are mostly a matter of personal
preference are there any other settings that you like to tweak dials and knobs
that you love to twist let us know down in the comments and we wish you luck
with getting your games looking just right if only there were a setting to
make your GPU go as fast as you wanted without spending a thousand bucks that
would be nice and it would break the economy
too and hey do you want to break your computer because it's so hard to
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