Knowledge about the settings in the games

[Anurg]

Hey guys I wanted to know what do the settings like vSync, OpenGL, Direct 3D change when swithed on or off???

[dheeraj_kumar]

Read them up on wikipedia.

[arijit_2404]

If people can read them everything on wikipedia or search google, then what the f**k these forums are wasting bandwidth for? Some times people need short but to the point answers which can't be find on wikipedia or google-search.

To OP, here some brief explanation of few game settings -
vSync - Vertical Synchronization. It synchronizes your FPS with your monitor's refresh rate. Otherwise the pictures (either games or videos) will show some effects known as 'tearing' or 'disjointed image'.
If you use VSync, you will lock your FPS to your monitor refresh rate. The thing is if you have it off, your GPU can render as many frames as it can before your monitor refreshes.
So, if you have high-end refresh rate (100 Hz!) with high-end GPU, then turning vsync on may help you but don't turn it on with low-end GPU. If you have somewhat mid-range (75Hz of less) monitor, leave vSync as off.

OpenGL or Direct3D are two graphics API for rendering. there are many settings related to these API. Be specific.

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

OpenGL/Direct3d is nothing but is C++ code.. library, includes, functions.
Also called APIs ! to be precise. Only the function name is given along with parameters and few other information.

Implementation of direct3d functions are already compiled with C++ and given in form of XYZ dot DLL.

Programmers use either OpenGL or Direct3d Functions to design their games..
Then they also provide rendering functions along with hundreds of other functions.
For windows better use Direct3D rendering.

[dheeraj_kumar]

Originally Posted by arijit_2404

If people can read them everything on wikipedia or search google, then what the f**k these forums are wasting bandwidth for? Some times people need short but to the point answers which can't be find on wikipedia or google-search.

Oh well, thats how you feel.