Graphics setting from Software OR In-Game menu?

[retrotech]

Hi,

I would like to know what is the best way for settings of the graphics card in various options like: Vertical sync, AA, AF, etc.

Is it advisable to set it directly from the graphics card menu or from within an game?
Is it so that if I set, say Vertical sync ?ON? in the graphics menu but ?OFF? in the game, both the setting will clash with each other ?

If I set AA ?ON? in the graphics menu, but in game AA is off, in this ? what will be the output? The AA will be on or off ?
Also take into consideration Vice-Versa.

 

[StrangerGuy]

In a few games such as BF2 the in-game settings such as AA overrides the driver's settings (at least for my 9800 Pro) Other games will simply be forced to use the driver settings.

 

[VIAN]

for best compatability do it in game. Especially, if they have the options for it.

 

[CraigRT]

I always use in game settings, but that is just me

 

[zagood]

Set all three of those to "Application Controlled" in your video card's control panel.

-z

 

[retrotech]

Mixed opinions here by different people - Me Still confused !

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: retrotech
Mixed opinions here by different people - Me Still confused !

Generally, the settings in the driver control panel override what the application asks for. However, there are ways for applications to re-override that and force particular settings (although this is not widely used in games).

Some games will give better results if you leave the drivers at 'application controlled' and let the game set AA/AF/Vsync/etc. In particular, some games give you better quality AF if you enable it through the application rather than forcing it through the drivers. However, many older games do not have settings for AA/AF, and most games cannot access manufacturer-specific settings (e.g. 6X/8X or higher AA, temporal/transparency AA, different AF quality settings, etc.).

Basically, if you're playing newer games that can control it themselves, let the applications do the AA/AF settings. If you're playing older games, you can just force it and it should work fine. If you are playing a mix of games, or you want different settings for different games, you can create multiple profiles under both ATI and NVIDIA's drivers.

 

[rbV5]

Some quality settings like High Quality AF and Adaptive AA can be enabled in the drivers while still using Application settings for AA/AF. Also, you can use profiles for specific games that require different settings than your regular driver settings (with varying degrees of functionality) and hotkeys can control limited settings like gama, brightness, general quality, general performance settings etc.

The reason you see differencesof opinions is because there is no 1 correct answer for all cases.

 

[BFG10K]

Always use the driver settings unless it doesn't work. Both vendors use application detection and won't allow some settings to be forced in certain games. If you come across this situation then use the game's settings.

 

[xtknight]

You can still force color settings (gamma) while letting the app control the filtering, at least with NVIDIA drivers. Not sure about ATI ones.

I let the game do it. The game knows what to antialias and what not to. The driver forcing makes it antialias the whole screen. The biggest problem is text getting blurry or even completely unreadable, especially in the game console.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Always use the driver settings unless it doesn't work. Both vendors use application detection and won't allow some settings to be forced in certain games. If you come across this situation then use the game's settings.

:thumbsup:

 

[retrotech]

Thanks a Lot for all your opinions,
I will experiment with different settings and create profiles for old & new games and run it accordingly!