Screen Resolution

[DaimyoDan]

Don't know if I should of put this under the TECH Boards because I don't have an actual problem just looking for a suggestion. My setup is the following...

I have the following...

AMD 2.0 GHZ
1 GIG of RAM
128 MB RAM 256-bit RADEON 9800 PRO
17 inch flat screen

My possibly lame question is, what would be a good resolution to set but still have good performance as well in game?

 

[Smidlee]

if you got a LCD monitor then you should always use your native resolution.

 

[SpikeIt]

if you got a LCD monitor then you should always use your native resolution.

Well that's really a function of desired performance versus clarity of the image. Running a non-native resolution will give a poorer image, but if reducing the resolution significantly increases performance, it may be worth it.

Regardless, I would think with the specs provided and a 17 inch screen, running the native resolution (probably 1024x768) would make for good civ experience without having to sacrifice image quality.

 

[Steve2000]

I have a 17in LCD that has native resolution of 1280x1024. Civ looks great - but performance is noticeably better in 1024x768.

My specs for comparison are:
2.8GHz Pentium 4
1 GB RAM
GeForce 4 MX440 (64MB AGP)
17 inch LCD flat screen display

Obviously in my case the video card is crap, and if I had a better one I would definitely run at 1280x1024 all the time.

My annoyance is that there is no way (that I know of) to have specific games start in specific resolutions. I wish I could alter the shortcut to CivIV to automatically change my monitor resolution to 1024x768. I know you can set the in game resolution to whatever you want, but my computer seems to have problems when a game is running in a different resolution than the computer is set to. (Again, this is probably due to my crappy video card)

 

[microbe]

Well that's really a function of desired performance versus clarity of the image. Running a non-native resolution will give a poorer image, but if reducing the resolution significantly increases performance, it may be worth it.

So why don't you try it? Nobody knows what your expectation of "performance" is.