rec.autos.simulators

> Thanks for the replies to my wheel questions.  I ended up getting a
Logitech
> Formula Force GP (the *only* FFB wheel that works with XP, apparently).  I
> love it.  Now that I have the weekend off, I can forget about sleep and
> worry about getting my line at Atlanta perfect! ;-)

> I'm running (as stated in my last posts about D3D vs. OpenGL) N4 in
OpenGL,
> at 800x600x32, on a 1GHz Athlon with a GeForce2 MX.  The mipmapping seems
to
> be a little blurry, as are some of the textures.  It was *really* bad
until
> I adjusted the "texture quality" line in one of the N4 INI files to 100%
> instead of auto.  It's *okay* now, but I want to see what I can do about
> increasing the LOD (level of detail), mip distance, and polygon drop-down
> distance.

> Non-graphics-card geeks need not proceed... :-)

> I've downloaded the NVIDIA 22.80 drivers and NVmax for Windows XP.  I'm a
> little confused as to what, and where, to set these properties I'd like to
> change.  I've enabled 4X AGP and all the hardware goodies that need to be
> enabled anyway.  I've run the N4 3D setup program fresh after rebooting,
to
> give the maximum results.  But I am a total OpenGL n00b.  I need someone
to
> hold my hand and take me through any graphic options, either in N4's INIs
or
> in NVmax, that could result in higher image quality.  My framerates are
> great right now, especially with 42 cars, so a performace hit is not that
> big a deal.

> Thanks!

> - John P. Wilson

> Thanks for the replies to my wheel questions.  I ended up getting a
Logitech
> Formula Force GP (the *only* FFB wheel that works with XP, apparently).  I
> love it.  Now that I have the weekend off, I can forget about sleep and
> worry about getting my line at Atlanta perfect! ;-)

> I'm running (as stated in my last posts about D3D vs. OpenGL) N4 in
OpenGL,
> at 800x600x32, on a 1GHz Athlon with a GeForce2 MX.  The mipmapping seems
to
> be a little blurry, as are some of the textures.  It was *really* bad
until
> I adjusted the "texture quality" line in one of the N4 INI files to 100%
> instead of auto.  It's *okay* now, but I want to see what I can do about
> increasing the LOD (level of detail), mip distance, and polygon drop-down
> distance.

> Non-graphics-card geeks need not proceed... :-)

> I've downloaded the NVIDIA 22.80 drivers and NVmax for Windows XP.  I'm a
> little confused as to what, and where, to set these properties I'd like to
> change.  I've enabled 4X AGP and all the hardware goodies that need to be
> enabled anyway.  I've run the N4 3D setup program fresh after rebooting,
to
> give the maximum results.  But I am a total OpenGL n00b.  I need someone
to
> hold my hand and take me through any graphic options, either in N4's INIs
or
> in NVmax, that could result in higher image quality.  My framerates are
> great right now, especially with 42 cars, so a performace hit is not that
> big a deal.

> Thanks!

> - John P. Wilson

> "Back down to earth?"  LOL.  It's a proven fact that most NVIDIA cards are
> now optimized for 32-bit color - that's why there is little or no
> performance loss.  And it looks a hell of a lot better.  Why would I
> *decrease* my color depth if I wanted *more* image quality?!

> > The difference onscreen is hardly noticable but the performance it frees
> > up is amazing.

> I'm sorry, but did you *read* my post?  I'm not looking for performance;
I'm
> looking for image quality.  And the difference is *very noticeable*,
> especially in the***pit.

> > That freed up enough horsepower to tweak everything else upward
> > and also run FSAA 4x.

> Ha.  Why not go back to 32-bit color and increase your resolution?  FSAA
was
> developed exclusively for low-resolution use.  That's why it's so
> performace-hogging; it uses the "extra" horsepower your card has (since
> you're running in a lower res) for its smoothing effects.  And 4X FSAA?!
> *I'm* the one who should be telling *you* to come back down to earth....

> - John P. Wilson