Getting the Best from your ATI card

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 23 Oct 2005 12:40

Tumble....you have done some awesome shots!

Your 9800 Pro looks as good as mine used too...and I have upgraded to an X800 Pro that isn't as pretty

And I thought it was the latest patches for the game.

But nope!

Dangy gets his settings and drivers right and THIS happens!

changes to.....

So....the hunt for me is on.....gonna try going back to those Omega 4.12 drivers to start with and see if my X800 Pro likes them.

But mean time, Tumble....can you post your setting config please:)?

CHeers

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 23 Oct 2005 14:13

I rolled back to the 4.12 drivers.

Changed to atioglxxx.dll setting,

and am now using Tumble's "Render opengl" setting in my conf.ini.

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[Render_OpenGL] 
TexQual=3 
TexMipFilter=2 
TexCompress=0 
TexFlags.UseDither=0 
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0 
TexFlags.UseIndex=0 
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=0 
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0 
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1 
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=0 
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0 
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1 
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1 
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1 
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1 
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0 
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0 
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=0 
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1 

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0 
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=0 
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0 
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=0 
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0 

HardwareShaders=1 

Shadows=2 
Specular=2 
SpecularLight=2 
DiffuseLight=2 
DynamicalLights=1 
MeshDetail=2 
VisibilityDistance=3 

Sky=2 
Forest=0 
LandShading=3 
LandDetails=2 


LandGeom=2 
TexLarge=1 
TexLandQual=3 
TexLandLarge=1 

VideoSetupId=17 
Water=1 
Effects=0 
ForceShaders1x=0 
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15 
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

The only change I've made is to set water = 2 recently for added water effects

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 23 Oct 2005 14:39

ditto changes here.

Ati 4.12 from the ATI site.
Used config as listed. and changed ATI line on open gl.

Now THATS better

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 23 Oct 2005 14:44

Do you get a decent frame rate when you play with those settings as well?

going to have another go at the death ntrk again later..

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 23 Oct 2005 14:45

just trying now....wondered same thing

Its all well and good in a track, but what about a game?

By the way Bob.....have you really got three x's in that command line?

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 23 Oct 2005 14:46

MA_DanglyBob wrote:Changed to atioglxxx.dll setting,

that one?

atioglxxx.dll?

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 23 Oct 2005 14:47

mmm, prob not 3x's

should be on tomingt for a flyabout, not noticed it unplayable online on Warclouds recently, except when low over cities.

Tend to turn the ground detail down a bit for actual combat flying then.

PeteW · Post by **PeteW** » 26 Oct 2005 16:38

One to watch out for here by all accounts....

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=57791

"....should improve all OpenGL games with AA on."

MA_Thorn · Post by **MA_Thorn** » 26 Oct 2005 16:58

atioglxx.dll (found in C:\Windows\System32\)

That's the file you want it to use.

MA_Thorn · Post by **MA_Thorn** » 26 Oct 2005 17:16

I've been googling for other tweaks, and it really does appear that I am the first il2er to suggest anywhere that you should use the atioglxx.dll ... wow.

btw, I'm on latest ati drivers and using thumbles config, I get photo quality gfx.

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 26 Oct 2005 18:36

i'm on 4.12's !

Will roll forward to new ones when I get a mo