Visual configurations
Visual configurations
Hey everyone, today one of my friends asked me about achieving higher framerates by lowering the settings and pushing the frame rate limit up. We tested various approaches, and the last step was using an old laptop I own. I played League of Legends at 720P with the lowest possible settings, and I was getting around 25 FPS in single-player. Then I increased the graphics settings all the way, setting everything except shadows to maximum. The only noticeable drop was about 2-3 FPS. After that, I adjusted things further—enabled V-sync and anti-aliasing—and saw a small improvement of just 2-3 FPS more. Still puzzled by it, honestly. I’m curious to know the technical reasons behind this behavior and why pushing settings so high didn’t cause such a big impact on my machine.
Your current hardware setup works well for the game. What are your specifications?
It seems the performance stays relatively stable with higher graphics settings. It might be due to the CPU reaching its limits, while the GPU still has some capacity. 720p tends to put more strain on the CPU compared to the GPU. What hardware are you or your friend using for this test? Have you looked at the thermal readings to confirm there’s no throttling and that both the CPU and GPU aren’t already at their maximum under low settings?
It's actually a very well optimized game, but what worries me is its performance under load. The specs we used during testing were: Celeron T3500 Dual-core (2.1GHz), 4GB DDR2 RAM (400MHz, dual channel, laptop dims), and Integrated Intel GMA 4500M graphics. Regarding the CPU and GPU activity, I haven't fully tracked everything, but I plan to use MSI Afterburner to record a graph of their usage after my exams. Besides running the game, I often listen to music and keep Google Chrome open. I'm impressed that I maintained stability from low to high without any crashes, which makes me curious about the hardware's capabilities.
So I was eager to jump in and tried a game of normals. It worked, but it’s not a major impact—it just slows down to around 15-18 FPS at the settings I mentioned earlier, which is about a 10 FPS drop from the usual rate. What’s happening?