has someone put Tom Pabst' excellent system tweaks on a web page somewhere
?
failing that does someone have a copy they could repost/ email me ?
cheers
Shane
failing that does someone have a copy they could repost/ email me ?
cheers
Shane
Tom said:
"******GeForce 2 (MX, GTS, ULTRA) Tweaks and Settings for N4******
Desktop Color: Set to 16-bit color for N4 and all games.
DirectX: Make sure you are using a DX 8.0 compatible driver (Nvidia Ref
drivers versions 7.0 or higher)
For N4: Run OpenGL (not D3D) in "XXXX"x16 (you must use a screen res
compatible with your CPU speed and ram).
Monitor: Make sure you have downloaded the latest drivers for your
monitor...DO NOT USE "Plug and Play" Monitor drivers! Set your refresh rate
at the highest setting you are allowed for your monitor at the specific
screen res you want to run N4 at.
Advanced Settings Tab For OpenGL:
In The Scroll Down Box:
Enable Buffer Region Extension (checked)
Allow the dual planes extension to us local video memory
(checked)
Use fast linear-mipmap-linear filtering (checked)
****all others are unchecked****
Default Color Depth for Textures: Always Use 16 bpp
Buffer Flipping Mode: Use page flip
Vertical sync: Always off
Full Scene Antialiasing Method: Always off
Use up to [62] MB of system memory for textures in PCI mode
Mother Board BIOS Settings:
Video BIOS Shadow = "Disabled"
Video BIOS Cache = "Disabled"
Palette Snoop = "Disabled"
AGP Turbo (or x4) = "Enabled" (if your mobo supports
it....disabled or 2x or 1x if it does not)
PnP Aware OS = "Yes"
AGP Aperture Size = 128 mb (only if you have 128 mb or
more...which you should)
Resources Controlled by = "Auto"
Assign IRQ to VGA = "Yes"
"
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Joeri J. Cox
European Racing League GM - http://www.europeanracingleague.com
502 Racing co-founder - http://www.502racing.com
cheers
Shane
> Tom said:
> "******GeForce 2 (MX, GTS, ULTRA) Tweaks and Settings for N4******
> Desktop Color: Set to 16-bit color for N4 and all games.
> DirectX: Make sure you are using a DX 8.0 compatible driver (Nvidia Ref
> drivers versions 7.0 or higher)
> For N4: Run OpenGL (not D3D) in "XXXX"x16 (you must use a screen res
> compatible with your CPU speed and ram).
> Monitor: Make sure you have downloaded the latest drivers for your
> monitor...DO NOT USE "Plug and Play" Monitor drivers! Set your refresh
rate
> at the highest setting you are allowed for your monitor at the specific
> screen res you want to run N4 at.
> Advanced Settings Tab For OpenGL:
> In The Scroll Down Box:
> Enable Buffer Region Extension (checked)
> Allow the dual planes extension to us local video memory
> (checked)
> Use fast linear-mipmap-linear filtering (checked)
> ****all others are unchecked****
> Default Color Depth for Textures: Always Use 16 bpp
> Buffer Flipping Mode: Use page flip
> Vertical sync: Always off
> Full Scene Antialiasing Method: Always off
> Use up to [62] MB of system memory for textures in PCI mode
> Mother Board BIOS Settings:
> Video BIOS Shadow = "Disabled"
> Video BIOS Cache = "Disabled"
> Palette Snoop = "Disabled"
> AGP Turbo (or x4) = "Enabled" (if your mobo supports
> it....disabled or 2x or 1x if it does not)
> PnP Aware OS = "Yes"
> AGP Aperture Size = 128 mb (only if you have 128 mb or
> more...which you should)
> Resources Controlled by = "Auto"
> Assign IRQ to VGA = "Yes"
> "
> --
> ---
> Joeri J. Cox
> European Racing League GM - http://www.europeanracingleague.com
> 502 Racing co-founder - http://www.502racing.com
> > Gday Folks,
> > has someone put Tom Pabst' excellent system tweaks on a web page
> somewhere
> > ?
> > failing that does someone have a copy they could repost/ email me ?
> > cheers
> > Shane