Lowering render scale / resolution for FPS
Also searched as: render scale · resolution scale · lower resolution fps · render resolution · 3d resolution
What it does
Dropping the resolution a game RENDERS at — the output resolution, or an in-game 'render scale' / 'resolution scale' slider set below 100%.
The honest verdict
Graded real. This is the most reliable FPS lever there is, and the honest counterpoint to every placebo registry tweak: frames cost pixels, so rendering fewer pixels makes more frames, every time, on every GPU. Going from 1440p to 1080p, or render scale 100% to 80%, gives a large and measurable jump whenever you are GPU-limited. …
Where it genuinely fits a rig, Compy can recommend it — applied with a snapshot first and a one-click rollback after, like every change it makes.
The full graded entry
The rest of this write-up — the specifics behind the grade — ships inside the app. The Blackbook publishes its verdicts here — the full write-ups stay in the book, on your rig, next to your own measurements.
The Compy Blackbook holds 191 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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