Hm Which Settings Would Be Good?
ktimekiller
Join Date: 2003-02-25 Member: 13958Members
Join Date: 2003-02-25 Member: 13958Members
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AF will improve the image quality the most, and reduce framerates the least, seeing how you have a monster of a video card.
If 'tearing' really bothers you, then turn on VSync (will most likely limit your framerate to 60-85, depending on your monitor refresh rate). If you couldn't care less about 'tearing', then leave VSync off.
AA serves practically no purpose in HL, and you probably won't notice any differences except for a drop in framerate.
Just make sure TruForm is turned off.
That means turn it off in the drivers, and in HL set 'ati_subdiv 0' and 'ati_npatch 0'. Biggest framerate killer ever, even if it does make the Kharaa look incredible.
The greater your resolution the less important AA is.
AF is definately good regardless of your resolution, as it fixes more than some errant pixels. I'd rather max that than have half AA and half AF.
edit its a 9800 pro
I turn it on, and it would toggle between 60 and a really bad 30.
Beats my nuts.
Old azz geforce2 gts.
Looks fine to me with everything else set at default, 1024x768
I turn it on, and it would toggle between 60 and a really bad 30.
Beats my nuts.
Old azz geforce2 gts.
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in console, type fps_max 100 that would hlp
I'm not sure about the triple buffering, but normally if you have your monitor set to something like 100Hz and you're getting 99fps, vsync will drop you down to like 50.
But yeah, even if you have it set for a lowly 60Hz, that'd still leave you with 30fps out of 59 possible. And that's not low enough to be choppy.
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I have the 2 ati_* command set to 1 and I get perfect 60fps(the athlon 3000 helps)
Its like, the game is vsynced regardless to my monitors refresh.
But if I actually turn vsync on, it toggles between my refresh rate, and my rate/2
Its like, the game is vsynced regardless to my monitors refresh.
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I had that same problem, I got 60fps no matter what vsync/refresh rate I had my setting to.
It went away when I moved from a 9600xt to a 9800pro.
AMD Athlon 2200+
512 Ram
ASUS 9800XT
AMD Athlon 2200+
512 Ram
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You need more RAM. 1 gig is a good amount to have for current games.
The processor is a bit behind the curve, too.
Amd 1.33ghz cpu slowed down to 1.0
PC100 512sdram
And a geforce2 gts, 32mb.
And i get 60-80fps steady.
Default settings, 1024x768
not like 640x480 with everything off.
Also, for those getting 60fps with VSync on and a 100hz monitor refresh rate, you need to go into the Advanced section of the display settings, then the 'Monitors' or 'Displays' tab, hit the bar above your LCD/CRT monitor, and select the maximum refresh rate your monitor can handle (if DDC is disabled). Then to the right of that, it has a dropdown box from which you can select a refresh rate for games.
Select 'same as desktop', and make sure your desktop refresh rate is actually set to 100hz. At that point, when you load HL, if your fps_max is set to 100 (or 101) you'll get a nice, smooth 100fps max refresh rate with VSync on.
Triple buffering will 'decouple' the video card's max render rate from VSync, so it'll be rendering at top speed in the background, even if it may only display at 100fps, it'll be actually running at 150fps internally. Note, this will not allow HL to go over 100fps. It just means that if you run into an area where your card may have difficulty, it'll already be running faster, so the 'hit' will be less pronounced.
So if your video card is internally rendering at 150fps, and you get an area that'll hit it to 120fps, you'll see no slowdown. However, if triple buffering is off, or you're running without VSync, you'll see a marked drop from between 100fps down to 80fps or lower, due to the constraints of the game engine.
The only people who don't use VSync because they think it 'lowers' their maximum fps rate are computer nubs, who don't know how to properly set up their rig.
I change AA from application controlled to manually setting to 4x, fps drop to 12.
2x, 14fps.
I dont get it.
What then technically is application controlled choosing?
Without vsync on I have around 70-80, But it still depends on what happens ingame tho, it will lower the fps if a turretfarm is made <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
With vsync I have around 90-100 pretty stable bur still it depends on whats happens ingame.
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Now, I'm not asking how to turn it on, exactly; as far as the almost-latest drivers for my stone-age GeForce 2 MX 400 are concerned, it's on as often as I can force it ("On by default"), yet Half-Life conspires to manually turn it <i>off</i> when I play NS. I've tried using that variable - vid_wait, wasn't it? - mentioned in the TechSpot article, but it simply doesn't exist in NS. What else can I do?
Oh, and for the record, as far as my FPS is concerned: around 60 if I stare at a wall in the Ready Room, between 30-40 in quiet situations, and anywhere between 10-25 in fights, of any magnitude.
Edit: I forgot to mention that you have about ten minutes to save my life.
Besideswhich, with a framerate that low.. you'll just get a visual quality increase more than anything else. Less tearing.
Oh, and for the record, as far as my FPS is concerned: around 60 if I stare at a wall in the Ready Room, between 30-40 in quiet situations, and anywhere between 10-25 in fights, of any magnitude.
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Try out the Detonator versions 29.42 WHQL Cert or 40.72 for good HL performance with older NVidia cards (40.72 works best for me). I'm using a GF4 MX400, which isn't significantly better than a GF2 and drop to about ~40 FPS in firefights, which is reasonable. I just can't float through the air like the high FPS skulks <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Also, make sure gl_dither is on 0.
When you are playing, how much hz do you have in your monitor?
I have GF4MX, and i used to have 60hz. And that means 60 fps in-game.
But now i have the lastest drivers and i can change hz depends on the resolution.
Now i have 75 hz, 75 fps in-game.
Take a look at your drivers options and look after "Refresh Rate Overrides".
It's a very useful options.
And if you dont find anything, try this link:
<a href='http://members.cox.net/noshelter/tutorials.htm#six' target='_blank'>FPS Tutorial</a>
trueform is a setting that a video card has to drastically improve the visuals of 3D models, by increasing (and quite dramatically) the number of polygons, and smoothing it out.
If you normally have a rough looking sphere in a game like HL, with trueform on, that sphere would look silk-smooth instead of pointy.