rec.autos.simulators

I'm thinking of getting a Ti500 so I can run FSAA 4x at 16x12. Is this
card fast enough to run most of todays heavy games smoothly enough at
this setting?

Mainly concerned about Nascar4 and Oper Flashpoint with a sprinkling of
others like Max Payne, Rogue Spear, Undying, Swat3 and Trophy Rally.

I'd say that you can run 1280x960 with quincunx FSAA and get a pretty good
result. At 1600x1200 it's really overkill to run any FSAA. And 4x is whooper
sooper dooper overkill.

Cause chicks dig it and it reduces tendencies of ***leakage during
gameplay, of course.

More seriously, cause I find the shimmering lines in games annoying even
at 16x12 and am willing to fork over some dough to rid of them for
better visuals.

What about 1280x1024x32 at 4xFSAA? That should be ideal.

Here's a better suggestion: Adjust LOD bias to -.05 with no FSAA, I guarantee that you will perceive a better image, without the significant loss of FPS that FSAA entails.

Tough luck about that ***seepage, stop eating Olestra?

  Cause chicks dig it and it reduces tendencies of ***leakage during gameplay, of course.

  More seriously, cause I find the shimmering lines in games annoying even at 16x12 and am willing to fork over some dough to rid of them for better visuals.

1600 X 1200 X 32, Trilinear

200 / 460           85.4      Stock GF3

240 / 500           96.6      Stock Ti500 (+13.1%)

240 / 540           100.6    +17.7%

245 / 540           101.4    +18.7%

200 / 460           35.3      (FSAA 2X) (-58.6% at equal clock)

240 / 540           40.9      (FSAA 2X) (-59.3% at equal clock)

* 240/500 to 240/540 = +4.1% performance gain

1280 X 1024 X 32, Trilinear

200 / 460           113.4    Stock GF3

240 / 500           122.9    Stock Ti500 (+8.3%)

240 / 540           125.1    +10.3%

245 / 540           125.7    +10.8%

200 / 460           58.0      (FSAA 2X) (-48.8% at equal clock)

240 / 540           69.3      (FSAA 2X) (-44.6% at equal clock)

* 240/500 to 240/540 = +1.7% performance gain

1024 X 768 X 32, Trilinear

200 / 460           136.7    Stock GF3

240 / 500           139.1    Stock Ti500 (+2.1%)

240 / 540           139.7    +2.2%

245 / 540           139.9    +2.3%

200 / 460           95.7      (FSAA 2X) (-29.9% at equal clock)

240 / 540           111.1    (FSAA 2X) (-20.4% at equal clock)

* 240/500 to 240/540 = +0.5% performance gain

how

  Here's a better suggestion: Adjust LOD bias to -.05 with no FSAA, I guarantee that you will perceive a better image, without the significant loss of FPS that FSAA entails.

  Tough luck about that ***seepage, stop eating Olestra?

    Cause chicks dig it and it reduces tendencies of ***leakage during gameplay, of course.

    More seriously, cause I find the shimmering lines in games annoying even at 16x12 and am willing to fork over some dough to rid of them for better visuals.

The amount of memory required is 3200x2400x6 + 1600x1200x2 bytes =
47,6MB.

regarding the LOD bias, is there an adjustment under OpenGL that has a
similar effect?

Thanks in advance

Achim

[snip]
...Adjust LOD bias to -.05 with no FSAA, I guarantee that you will perceive
a better image, without the significant loss of FPS that FSAA entails.

Use Nvmax.

  how

    Here's a better suggestion: Adjust LOD bias to -.05 with no FSAA, I guarantee that you will perceive a better image, without the significant loss of FPS that FSAA entails.

    Tough luck about that ***seepage, stop eating Olestra?

      Cause chicks dig it and it reduces tendencies of ***leakage during gameplay, of course.

      More seriously, cause I find the shimmering lines in games annoying even at 16x12 and am willing to fork over some dough to rid of them for better visuals.

got ya.

  Use Nvmax.

    how

      Here's a better suggestion: Adjust LOD bias to -.05 with no FSAA, I guarantee that you will perceive a better image, without the significant loss of FPS that FSAA entails.

      Tough luck about that ***seepage, stop eating Olestra?

        Cause chicks dig it and it reduces tendencies of ***leakage during gameplay, of course.

        More seriously, cause I find the shimmering lines in games annoying even at 16x12 and am willing to fork over some dough to rid of them for better visuals.

Concerning nvmax, one of the most popular tweaking programs for nvidia
chips, I can't seem to find an LOD setting for OpenGL.

I am aware that there are issues with nvidia drivers and lod bias and
opengl. It used to be that you couldn't force any changes at all, it wasn't
supported.  Unlike in the 3dfx drivers, where you could change it easily.

Maybe things have changed with the detonator drivers, maybe they haven't.
Let me do  a quick research...checking...checking...no luck, I can't find
any obiovus hack or tweak to OpenGL and LOD for nvidia chips. Maybe someone
else has a lead?