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Originally posted by mokalikawoo
When you play for hours I don't really care so much about jaggies. Silky smooth frame rate for me any day :D [/b] |
Isn't there a way to limit the amount of onscreen activity? That would be a better way to compensate for the higher texture quality. Three or more full and active parties in one area is very taxing even with lower texture resolutions. I would rather ignore those people using filters. Limiting draw distances when you please is a nice feature that doesn't require restarting the game. It is much more practical than restarting the game to change the texture resolution for whatever situation you're in.
As for "silky smooth" frame rates, isn't that a bit superficial? I'm sure you've played games where the frame rates are well above 60 fps, but in FFXI the frame rate is locked at 30 fps. Onscreen activity would lower it, but that's mostly in rare cases when other parties are in your area as well (ie Qufim). It would be more efficient to not draw the characters that don't pertain to your party when there are so many people in the area.
As for my personal preference, I think the game is more enjoyable without the jaggies. Frame rates are locked at 30 fps anyway, so I would like to set the quality such that it closely matches that frame limit without dipping too much from onscreen activity. I use 1024x768 screen resolution with 1280x1280 texture resolution and 8x AF, and I'm very pleased with the balance between quality and performance.