Woah, when did this happen? I've been using hacked drivers for years.zoku88 said:I don't really see the point of downloading those drivers when Nvidia puts out laptop drivers themselves, now.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
Notebook stuff is in the dropdown.
Over the summer, I think? It's been a while :lolFirestorm said:Woah, when did this happen? I've been using hacked drivers for years.
drkOne said:So, I never got to understand much about how all those filters work.
I recently build my new rig with a 5850, and so I've started maxing everything in the settings for most games.
But there's one thing I'm always clueless when I tweak with it, and I just think of it as "the higher the better".
I read brain_stew's thread about Triple Buffering and understood that, have the D3DOverrider running and set V-sync both on my GPU Drivers and in-game always to off.
Now there are all those Anti-Aliasing, the AA modes and all, Anisotropic, Mipmap. I thought about reading it on Wikipedia, but it seemed too technical for what I wanted to understand.
So what I really wanted to know would be how to tweak with all those settings. I started by setting everything to best quality on Catalyst.
AA: 24X with Edge-detect filter
Mode: Super-sample
AF: 16X
Catalyst AI: Advanced
Mipmap: High Quality
I noticed that the gameplay on L4D2 started to have somewhat of an input lag. Checked with FRAPS and I was playing at around 25-30FPS
So I decided to tweak with the settings. AA was Bilinear and AF was off.
I set it to MSAA 8X and AF 16X. That solved it. Got it to 60 stable.
Did it override the settings on the Catalyst and thus lowering the settings a bit?
Should I just set the Catalyst to not force anything and always tweak the filters in-game?
Or any other software I should be using to control the filters?
I'm aiming for best graphics, but keeping most games at a stable 60FPS (except the ones that are acceptable to run at 30 average).
And I hope this was the right thread to ask, thought the members that come around here would be able to help.
mileS said:Hopefully someone answers because I would like to know this as well. Getting my new PC with the same card tomorrow.
drkOne said:So, I never got to understand much about how all those filters work.
I recently build my new rig with a 5850, and so I've started maxing everything in the settings for most games.
But there's one thing I'm always clueless when I tweak with it, and I just think of it as "the higher the better".
I read brain_stew's thread about Triple Buffering and understood that, have the D3DOverrider running and set V-sync both on my GPU Drivers and in-game always to off.
Now there are all those Anti-Aliasing, the AA modes and all, Anisotropic, Mipmap. I thought about reading it on Wikipedia, but it seemed too technical for what I wanted to understand.
So what I really wanted to know would be how to tweak with all those settings. I started by setting everything to best quality on Catalyst.
AA: 24X with Edge-detect filter
Mode: Super-sample
AF: 16X
Catalyst AI: Advanced
Mipmap: High Quality
I noticed that the gameplay on L4D2 started to have somewhat of an input lag. Checked with FRAPS and I was playing at around 25-30FPS
So I decided to tweak with the settings. AA was Bilinear and AF was off.
I set it to MSAA 8X and AF 16X. That solved it. Got it to 60 stable.
Did it override the settings on the Catalyst and thus lowering the settings a bit?
Should I just set the Catalyst to not force anything and always tweak the filters in-game?
Or any other software I should be using to control the filters?
I'm aiming for best graphics, but keeping most games at a stable 60FPS (except the ones that are acceptable to run at 30 average).
And I hope this was the right thread to ask, thought the members that come around here would be able to help.
Alright, that was the information I was looking for, already changed it accordingly.MotherFan said:(...)
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Dagless M.D. said:Hey, was thinking about upgrading my graphics card on my computer, its a few years old, but i was wondering if it would be worth it? Just looking to be able to play new releases at a stable framerate, not bothered if the settings are low.
Core 2 Duo 2.13
2gb ram
x1300pro
gsarjeant said:Thank you both. PC GAF is a helpful place.
I have the latest drivers installed now and have D3DOverrider going. I get the happy chime and everything when I start a game. Looks like all is well.
One last question (for now): Should I also force triple-buffering in the NVIDIA control panel, or just use D3DOverrider for that? The NVIDIA control panel is for OpenGL games and D3DOverrider is for DirectX games, correct? Are there any conflicts that would be caused by enabling both?
MotherFan said:The exception is for source games like l4d, hl2 etc. I believe they have glitches with triple buffering but I do not play these games often and it may be fixed.
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Bidermaier said:I ordered a middle of the road laptop.
Its a Dell Studio, it has an ATI 4570, 4 GB of RAM and a 2.1 Core 2 Duo.
What can I expect from it gamingwise?
Danj said:Is there an official "I need a new laptop!" thread? If not, maybe I could ask in here.
I'm looking to buy a new laptop at the end of January. I'm in the UK, so it needs to be in stock on a UK online store, and because I'm looking at more expensive models than I normally would, it needs to be available on a finance plan (so e.g. stores like dabs.com, ebuyer.com, laptopsdirect.co.uk). I'm looking at the £750-£1000 price range and I'd like something that I can do some gaming on (e.g. Left 4 Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2). I'm not too concerned about battery life, though if I could find a laptop with the new switchable graphics where it can use a shitty Intel GPU for web browsing and email and switch to a good one for gaming, that would be cool. I'd also like to be able to watch Blu-Rays on it - I'll be visiting my parents in February, and they don't have a Blu-Ray player, so I could hook up the laptop to their HDTV and play stuff on it.
This is the one I've been looking at so far: Sony VAIO FW56E. I'm not sure how good a Mobility Radeon 4570 is but other than that it seems to do everything I want. Anyone got any other suggestions?
vocab said:http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5850-review-crossfire/
There's your answer. Overall you'll see noticeable gains. A 5850 crossfire will probably last you a hell of a long time the way current game development is. Is it worth it? That's up to you. I would personally wait till the price drops or gets on sale.
vocab said:http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5850-review-crossfire/
There's your answer. Overall you'll see noticeable gains. A 5850 crossfire will probably last you a hell of a long time the way current game development is. Is it worth it? That's up to you. I would personally wait till the price drops or gets on sale.
So issues like that are pretty common? Are they gamebreaking?brain_stew said:You've got an increase in lag, stutter and general headaches/incompatibility to go with those perforamce gains as well of course.
Salaadin said:Thanks for the link.
Yeah, I agree about waiting. I wont do this until I start to see games lag behind on my PC but Id just like to have an idea of what Id get beforehand.
So issues like that are pretty common? Are they gamebreaking?
UrbanRats said:So, here i am.
It's like 5 years, since i'm out of PC gaming(i've been playing a bit with a 2005 laptop, but nothing serious)and i'm willing to come back(not going to abandon console gaming, though :lol); the problem is, i'm a complete newbie about PC specs, assembling etc etc etc--
So i don't even know how much i should spend and i didn't really set a budget('cause i have not really an idea of what i need).. but i think it's time to start organize things a bit, for that matter, so i made a list of PC games i'm interested in, that i'd like to play to high/very high(not necessarly all maxed out with 1200p resolution and 32000xAA :lol, but again, i'm not an expert)and i would love if someone here could help me, telling me what parts i should need to run them properly.
I'm European(Italy)so if you can't tell me exact prices, i can check that myself, just tell me the specs and i'll google them.
Here's the list:
Stalker(clear Sky/call of Pripyat)
Settlers 7
Tropico 3
the sims 3
Mirror's Edge
Street Fighter 4
Oblivion(possibly with graphic tweaks mods)
empires total war
Resident Evil 5
Star Wars FU
Cryostasis
ArmA2(i heard this one is really though to handle)
and, it's Crysis still unplayable at high settings, or was that just a metropolitan BS?I'd like to try it, also.
And a hell of a lot of adventure game that, i guess, will run good anyway.
Thanks to anyone who's going to bother helping me.![]()
brain_stew said:4570 is no good for gaming.
You want a 4650 DDR3 as a minimum from the ATI side, 9600M GT, GT130M, GT 220M if its an Nvidia chip. Anything less and you're in for serious disappointment.
Is the netbook (or 10-12"CULV) + desktop route not in anyway possible? If you care about gaming and portability, its probably the way to go. Consider ditching the BD requirement if you can, its going to seriously restrict your choices, and I don't see why you can't just rip a 5mbps 720p h.264 version for viewing on the go, the battery life savings alone are worth it.
Danj said:Well, I guess I can do without the BD requirement, but the thing is I am going to be visiting my parents for 3 weeks next month and I am gonna need some entertainment; none of the PCs left up there are game capable, so if I want to do any gaming I've gotta bring my own gear and I'm not humping my desktop up there on the train.
As far as Nvidia's concerned, what are the 330s like? Are they just rebadged 230s? If so, are they any good? I see the new VAIO F series uses them and it's also in the price range I was looking at, though so far it's only on Sony Style and not any of the other suppliers.
brain_stew said:Can you not just rip your DVDs/BDs? Why would you want to take a bunch of discs with you anyway?
GT 330M seems to be the the same as a GT 240m so that should be decent enough. Check here for the performance you can be expecting:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-240M.17654.0.html
Note, this is assuming it uses DDR3/GDDR3, if it specifies DDR2 RAM for the GPU then stay away.
speculawyer said:This graphics card . . . Yeah or Ney?
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evil solrac v3.0 said:i turned on my PC today and got this blue screen error message
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***stop 0x000000D1 (oxFFFFF88011C00000,0x000000000000000E 0x0000000000000000 xFFFFF880100516DE
i haven't found anything that can help me. all i can think of is last night i installed a media card reader, installed another card for SLI (GTX 260) and installed mster config 3.01 for crysis, i was able to get into windows and restarted and got the error message again. help!!!
Crunched said:Was wondering if anyone else is having issues getting a 5870 to properly display on a 720p screen. Specifically a 42" Samsung Series 4. I'm getting a thick black border around my screen when using any resolution. This wasn't a problem when I was using a PC with a 4850.
SuperEnemyCrab said:did u try last known good configuration or a restore point?
Reinstall the SLI driver.evil solrac v3.0 said:i did. i was able to start normally but then i restarted it and got the message again.
Really? Ouch. That is not even HDTV (1080p) resolution. And that was the high-end of the cards the have on sale.Metalic Sand said:I use a GTS 250. Great for 1440x900. Anything higher and your looking at lower settings.
Vieo said:Ok. I need some help. I'm looking for a great PCI-e 2.0 x16 card that does not require an extra 6-pin connection from a PSU. Any suggestions?
Fragamemnon said:Do you know if your PSU has juice to spare? They have adapters that allow you to use a 4-pin molex to power a 6-pin PCI-E adapter. If you have a PSU with some capacity to spare it might work.
Ripclawe said:I have a Intel Core2 Duo CPU E7400(2.80GHz) 2.0 Ram and a Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT. Nothing special, custom built machine that is rock solid.
Tell me there is no reason to buy a i3 530/540 chip and a new board because I have just enough money to buy both and I am getting that twitchy feeling because by all reviews it would be a nice starting upgrade to the next level.
Crunched said:Was wondering if anyone else is having issues getting a 5870 to properly display on a 720p screen. Specifically a 42" Samsung Series 4. I'm getting a thick black border around my screen when using any resolution. This wasn't a problem when I was using a PC with a 4850.
Vieo said:Ok. I need some help. I'm looking for a great PCI-e 2.0 x16 card that does not require an extra 6-pin connection from a PSU. Any suggestions?
brain_stew said:4670 or 9800GT Eco.