I played around with my video drivers (GeForce2 GTS) over the weekend. I
had poor looking graphics in OpenGL (distant objects blurry and other
problems) so I used D3D. The frame rate hit was minimal.
Now I have OpenGL still running faster frame rates than D3D, but it looks
gorgeous. The cars are now almost like NH cars. The detail and clarity is
awesome in the cars and the surroundings. I am running 1600 x 1200
resolution because the frame rate hit vs. 1280 x 968 at the worst spots on
the tracks is only 1 fps!!!! There are a lot of nVIDEA/OpenGL adjustments
that make a huge difference to the look on your screen. Too bad I was not a
Quake-head or something--it might not have taken me so long to get
everything set properly.
Very happy with graphics at this point. It now looks like the next
generation graphics engine after GPL. Still too many jaggies, but....
Now all I need is a 2 GHz CPU to handle the AI during the plentiful
multi-car pile-ups.
Marc.
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Several people have e-mailed asking for my settings:
nVIDEA 6.50 drivers
Enable buffer region extension
Allow the dual planes...
Enable anisotropic filtering
Enable alternate depth buffering...
Use desktop colour depth
Auto Select buffer flipping mode
Vertical synch off
No antialiasing
I have an AGP card, so PCI memory textures is N/A
When the N4 configure graphics black screen with the white lettering is up
pay attention to the max./total memory that is being allocated for textures.
Mine varies dramatically from one setting to the next, but it seems as
though we want this number to be as high as possible.
Marc.
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> I played around with my video drivers (GeForce2 GTS) over the weekend. I
> had poor looking graphics in OpenGL (distant objects blurry and other
> problems) so I used D3D. The frame rate hit was minimal.
>
> Now I have OpenGL still running faster frame rates than D3D, but it looks
> gorgeous. The cars are now almost like NH cars. The detail and clarityis
> awesome in the cars and the surroundings. I am running 1600 x 1200
> resolution because the frame rate hit vs. 1280 x 968 at the worst spots on
> the tracks is only 1 fps!!!! There are a lot of nVIDEA/OpenGL adjustments
> that make a huge difference to the look on your screen. Too bad I was nota
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> Marc Collins
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>
> Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change
> to take effect. Reboot now?
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