Well the info about the Ansi-Filtering value was for both D3D and OpenGL
hence the ###, I'm using OpenGL myself since the jaggies are so much worse
in D3D, also this what I was using in N4. As far as BIOS settings go I can't
tell you because I'm at work now, but again no changes from N4 so its pretty
much a non-issue. No other NR2002 ini file changes. As far in game settings
go they match up between the 2 titles as well with the exception of the
Asni-Filtering box, which was the whole point of the post. I'd have to
double check but I'm 99% sure on these. Car Detail high, World Detail med,
Draw Ahead 83%, cars ahead 33, cars behind 6 (this is the part I'm not sure
of), All graphics options on. There is one differance between the two games
here 2002 has Ansi-Filtering were N4 has specular highlights. As for my FPS
"test" no I didn't do the in the pits test because IMO that is a pretty lame
test. Yes I know there isn't a real good way for everyone to get an
comparable benchmark, but I wanted to see the FPS were it mattered, on the
track not in the pits. (Hey Papy how about a little benchmarking routine for
NR2003? I know I'd use that way more than adding ***to replays). Where I
got my frame rates was starting at the back of the pack at Daytona (hey it
was the 500 this weekend afterall) and checking them when it went green. As
far as how many fps I gained it wasn't alot only about 5 fps, but thats
better than losing right? As far as the quality being better I would say
that has came from the improvments to the game made by Papy, other than the
blurryness caused by the level 3 Ansi-Filtering.
Your right I was trying to be helpful by showing some of the stuff I
"figured" out over the weekend without giving every last little tid bit
becasue as you well know every system reacts alittle different. I didn't
want to say "Here is a way to gain 5fps" and have people saying "I only got
3 you mofo". Anything to do with quality is subjective so I was also trying
to avoid the "that looks like crap" stuff as well. All I was trying to do
was clear up a little bit of the mystery around Ansi-Filtering, beacuse
there is a lot of confussion flying around about it. As well as give
soomeone with the ambition to play around something else to try. I personly
think that is a very good addition to NR2002 and it has been getting a bad
rap in alot of posts for killing frame rates. I have used it N4 thru the use
of Tweak programs such as NVmax all along, and I hope more titles pick up on
it.
Complete system specs
ASUS A7M266 mobo 1005 BIOS (AMD 1.3 driver pack)
AMD 1.4 T-bird
512 meg Micron 266 DDR ram.
Gainward Golden Sample GF3 video card. (running 220/480 clock speeds) 27.42
drivers
Philips Accoustic Edge sound card. Original drivers from the CD
Linksys network card Original Drivers from the CD
Operating system WinME (I know most of you hate it, but its way better than
98SE on my setup)
Anything else you wanna know just ask
MadDAWG
