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[Slambot6]

Highest settings: http://abload.de/img/1high6orvz.jpg

I had to play with lowest settings on a laptop with a intel graphics media accelerator a few years back. Man, was so happy when I built myself a computer.

Mud: The Game.

I had a similar experience. I played on lowest on a 11 year old Acer Notebook for a while while my computer was hooped. I still had a blast with it, but wow, Tripwire is not afraid of turning the texture sampling down.

 

[Dice]

lol it turns into I Am Legend

 

[alr1ght]

apparently you can run the new Strider at 320x200

 

[RoboPlato]

apparently you can run the new Strider at 320x200

I dare you to play through the game like that.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

I dare you to play through the game like that.

On a CRT! Will be awesome

 

[pixlexic]

apparently you can run the new Strider at 320x200

Genesis mode!!

 

[alr1ght]

STRIDER (2014) On Ultra Low @ 320 x 200 Resolution
http://youtu.be/d--8AwlwJiQ

 

[hateradio]

Looks like a PlayStation game.

 

[RoboPlato]

Looks like a PlayStation game.

It really does. What kind of framerate do you get with that?

 

[catmario]

Resolution: 640x480
Setting: All Low or Off

http://youtu.be/n8QjOdnXnjI
And this is my footage. I recorded this video before my PC was broken.

 

[SirNinja]

Prepare your eyes.


Ultra low:

Ultra high:

(The ultra-low one is with distant land turned on, as that actually makes things worse. This is becuase, on ultra-low, the distant-land mesh is drawn over the local terrain [!] instead of merging with it at its edges, which often results in items and corpses seemingly dropping "below" the ground when they fall.)

 

[Noogy]

I have no idea how I missed this thread earlier, but as someone with incredibly fond memories of dedicated GPUs first becoming a thing, I absolutely love what I'm seeing. And yes, I've played plenty of games at their lowest settings. Raw and awesome.

 

[LightofRohan]

Prepare your eyes.


Ultra low:

Ultra high:

(The ultra-low one is with distant land turned on, as that actually makes things worse. This is becuase, on ultra-low, the distant-land mesh is drawn over the local terrain [!] instead of merging with it at its edges, which often results in items and corpses seemingly dropping "below" the ground when they fall.)

That is awesome! I want to get it to play in that mode.

Man, this thread shows how amazing some of the optimization some games have. Couldn't imagine having to build all those super low LOD's and textures. Yikes

 

[jabuseika]

Prepare your eyes.


Ultra low:

Oh yeah?!

Wait, I think it might actually look better...

StarCraft 2 HotS

That's how I actually like to play.

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

 

[hodgy100]

ewwwwwwwwwww

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

Anybody got some Watch_Dogs low setting shots ? Can imagine the game looking quite funny .

 

[BlazeHedgehog]

Something like this has undoubtedly been posted, but I remember when I ran across a setting in Garry's Mod that let you turn the model LOD in HL2 all the way down, making everything look like it fell out of a PS1 game:

(Yes, that last screenshot has the Halo shotgun in it. Again, this was Garry's Mod)

 

[silent_snake]

 

[Lazaro]

&

 

[BladeSinner]

Saw this when seeing how many fps my 780 could do in the benchmark, and it gave me the willies in comparison to max settings.

 

[shandy706]

Love this thread.

I just wish I could remember to do some shots darn it.

 

[DarkLegion]

StarCraft 2 HotS

That's how I actually like to play.

Lol yeah, I find it better to play it on low too. Less distracting.

 

[VanWinkle]

&

Hey, that looks like PS Vita mode, haha. That's just how it looks on Vita.

 

[laxu]

This is from a really old game, Moto Racer. On low settings it had no textures but instead got a fantastically retro look to it!

 

[Lkr]

This is from a really old game, Moto Racer. On low settings it had no textures but instead got a fantastically retro look to it!

could you post a comparison shot? based on your post, this could be a jaw dropping experience

 

[laxu]

could you post a comparison shot? based on your post, this could be a jaw dropping experience

Couldn't find a pic of the same level but pretty much this.

 

[darthbob]

Halo PC.

First image is using fixed function shaders and lowest settings, second image is using DirectX with all settings at their lowest.

Bonus High Res pic

 

[Tiandrad]

ps360 players look at these Screenshots and don't get it, imma right

 

[InsuRn]

Hey, that looks like PS Vita mode, haha. That's just how it looks on Vita.

But with those miniatures when you quote them, they looks really good at that resolution and look as small as the Vita screen (on my monitor at least).

 

[MrMagicNight]

 

[Nostremitus]

Couldn't find a pic of the same level but pretty much this.

This looks worse than the low setting, lol.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Halo PC.

First image is using fixed function shaders and lowest settings, second image is using DirectX with all settings at their lowest.

ROFL, looks like a 32X game.

 

[darthbob]

ROFL, looks like a 32X game.

The best part is that the HUD elements are missing and that weird glitch on the right side.

 

[Pakoe]

This reminds me of my first PC, i had to play everything on low lol.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Resolution: 640x480
Setting: All Low or Off

http://youtu.be/n8QjOdnXnjI
And this is my footage. I recorded this video before my PC was broken.

They look like shots from a bad bitrate YT video. Most of the shots of other games still looks reasonably clean, but that is just a mess :s

 

[Azure Wolf]

Great topic, getting games that you can max on your desktop to still run well on lower settings on a laptop is a rewarding and fun part of PC gaming.

 

[shandy706]

I've wanted to contribute to this thread for a while. My GTX 780 is like "WTF are you doing?"

First Batman, which doesn't look horrid.

Next Bioshock Infinite, a bit funny

That framerate!

 

[shandy706]

Company of Heroes

Euro Truck Simulator

 

[epmode]

This thread is great. I love games that let you bring the minimum settings wayyyy down.

 

[Hip Hop]

Call of Duty 4 multiplayer
low everything, 1080p

 

[SmokedMeat]

Some games actually don't look that bad lol

 

[Easton Dark]

Some games actually don't look that bad lol

I know right?

And I'd be hard-pressed to call out differences in Xcom between high and low.

 

[Eggbok]

I thought that was Vader for a second.

 

[Dario ff]

Had forgotten about this thread. Divinity: Original Sin is a great candidate.

 

[Pocky4Th3Win]

Kinda surprised on how well this game looks at "Very Low" settings.

 

[vgamer1]

These shots are how all of my PC gaming looks.

300+ steam games on a 5 year old laptop. Can't wait until I upgrade.

The better the games look on all low settings, the worse they run on my PC.

 

[Pocky4Th3Win]

 

[epmode]

Kinda surprised on how well this game looks at "Very Low" settings.

Not every developer does low settings properly. I'd much rather see a game that can get proper hideous. Gives more wiggle room for people with less than optimal hardware.