Planetside 2: High Graphics or High Frames per Second?

[dethred]

I'm using. 4.5ghz 2600k, 16GB DDR3 1600, and GTX580 SLI 3GB and Its just at the threshold of being perfectly smooth. There are some laggy bits, but probably no worse than 30fps. At this rate, a good Nvidia driver with better SLI support for this game will probably make it 100% smooth on high end systems.

[Drakkonan]

Visuals and Graphics make the game more immersive than high FPS. Obviously the game needs to be playable, but in an FPS, I can deal with anything above 30fps.

[Fenrys]

I would gladly use the lowest settings (except resolution and field of view - need that awareness) if it meant never dropping below 60 fps.

CyclesMcHurtz posted a great explanation about the link between fps and input lag on the official forum. Here's an excerpt:

So your brain, at 45 fps, is seeing smooth motion (if the screen is stable for the sake of this discussion) but your "gut" is feeling 13 fps of [input] "lag" - and that's why the opinions tend to vary. Once you get to 60 fps of displayed frames, the [input] lag gets up into the 18 fps range and the brain is much less concerned, since that input result is typically below the average reaction time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_time) for people.

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[Alex Forge]

I can fool.
And at 50 FPS too.
My rig is so AWESOME!!!!!

[PClownPosse]

Personally, I prefer performance and gameplay over eye candy every day of the week.

Eye candy is nice, sure, but it doesn't make a difference how good something may look if gameplay is poor. It's like dressing up a turd, or a silk hat on a pig, even in a tuxedo, it's still a pig, lol.

But again, that's just my preference.

Edit: and in no way was my statement directed towards PS2. I'm actually enjoying myself so far.