Det 29.42 TOTALLY KICK ASS at Ansiotropic!!!

[Uclagamer_99]

hmm i never realized the refresh rate fix only mattered if you left v-sync on...otherwise it doesn't matter, so why do people make such a big deal about it, don't most of you guys turn off v-sync to get the best fps with a sacrifice in image quality? 😀

 

[oldfart]

This should read
Det 29.42 TOTALLY KICK ASS at OPENGLAnisotropic!!!
D3D still needs quite a bit of work.

 

[MasterHoss]

I'm curious how much these new drivers would help the GeForce3... anyone know?

 

[oldfart]

Not sure. GF3 cards don't have the AF performance problems that the GF4 has.

 

[Chapter11]

Well speaking as a Visiontek GF3 ti200 owner I can say that they didn't help me at all. I actually lost 1000 points in 3dmark 2001.
I installed everything correctly and used all the appropriate settings. I tried all the little tricks I know to get best performance, it just didn't help though.
My particular card has never really liked any drivers past the 23.11's actually, so it may just be me.

 

[oldfart]

When I had a GF3, I never found anything better than 23.12's. Stick with them.

 

[JellyBaby]

In Morrowind I *think* I see a 1 fps increase using Fraps. Yes, these drivers are the second coming.

 

[erikiksaz]

I coulda sworn that i get more FPS in Rocket Arena. I can run at 2x Ani without the frames ever dropping below 110, with it being at 125 most of the time. I remember it used to hover a little under that before these.

 

[Oreo]

Originally posted by: HenHowC
hmm i never realized the refresh rate fix only mattered if you left v-sync on...otherwise it doesn't matter, so why do people make such a big deal about it, don't most of you guys turn off v-sync to get the best fps with a sacrifice in image quality? 😀

No, it does matter. V-sync and refreshrate are not the same thing. Refreshrate is the rate at which the screen refreshes, v-sync is if the graphicscard syncs it's redraw with the refresh of the screen. Not the best explanation but that's basically it.

 

[Huma]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
can you use custom resolutions? or did they finally decide to get out of the dark ages and have 1400x1050 in there by default?

(theres really too much space between 1280x960 and 1600x1200)

It's pretty easy to add a custom res to the drivers.

i always add 1440x1080 (divisible by 8, makes more sense than 1400x1050).

to the line for you card in the nv4_disp file after HKR,, NV25_Modes_Delta, %REG_SZ%,, just add "A 1440,1080,-,85"

that's 1440x by 1080y, all color depths, 85hz.

 

[BFG10K]

If you're looking for the best anisotropic performance then look no further than the 2890s. The 2942s are just as fast in most games but do extremely poorly (like half the speed) in Unreal and UT using the newest OpenGL renderers.

I'm just about to try the newest leaked 2960s so I might find something better than the 2890s.

Image quality the same? Are they still applying the filtering to all surfaces?

Absolutely. The world's best consumer anisotropic filtering image quality is still right there.

is there a refresh rate fix that works with these new drivers?

RivaTuner works with any drivers.

ANYONE!!! is there a refresh rate fix compatible with these drivers or are you ALL running your games at 60Hz?!?!?!?

Doesn't anyone know how to do a search around here? This topic is posted on almost a daily basis.

GF3 cards don't have the AF performance problems that the GF4 has.

GF3s get hit with a performance slap just like GF4s do. In terms of anisotropic filtering implementations they're both identical.

 

[BD2003]

GF3 cards don't have the AF performance problems that the GF4 has.

GF3s get hit with a performance slap just like GF4s do. In terms of anisotropic filtering implementations they're both identical.[/quote]

I dont know what rock you've been living under or what crack youve been smoking, but the gf4 takes a much larger hit than the gf3 when doing any type of aniso, especially in d3d.

 

[oldfart]

The GF4 cards have AF performance problems that the GF3's dont. It is a topic of many discussions over @ nVnews, 3DGPU, Beyond3D forums. Here is just one of the many threads. There are rumors all over about Det5's to correct this problem.