nVidia basic questions....

[dbal]

Ok I am just very happy to say that I finally ditched that Radeon VE I bought by...mistake with the best choice my budget could take: The Gainward GeForce2 Ti/450 Golden sample Since I ve been away from nvidia 8 months now, I want to ask the following regarding the 28.32 driver settings
a. Is there a choice for anisotropic filtering under Direct3D?
b. Is the 32bit z-buffer supported in D3D? 3Dmark2001 shows only 16,24 under the benchmark's settings....

P.S: I am very pleased with the performance for a 140euros buy-5000 3D marks and 128fps in QuakeIII @1024x768 HQ for starters....

 

[RudeBoie]

It does support Aniso, and as I remember, 3dMark reports a 24bit zbuffer

 

[dbal]

Originally posted by: RudeBoie
It does support Aniso

And where can I find it in the settings tab? Am I blind or sth?

Originally posted by: RudeBoie
and as I remember, 3dMark reports a 24bit zbuffer

That's what I say too-how about 32bit support?

 

[dbal]

I just dloaded the pdf overview of the GF2 family -Ti included of course- from nVidia. It clearly states 32bit z-buffer and anisotropic filtering support.
BUT: 3D winbench2000 reports aniso is off by the device and runs all tests in 24bit zbuff regardless if I set it to 32bit and 3DMark2001 gives me only 16,24 bit z-buffer selections.
Could anisotropic filtering be supported but not existent in the display prperties setting tab? In OpenGL u have full control of it there...
How about the 32bit z-buffer? Any reasonable explanation? What's your experience and display settings?

P.S: I run nvidia's 28.32 set.

 

[Insidious]

You can get tweaking utilities that work well.

(Be careful, they will let you adjust "anything" so know what you are messin' with before making adjustments)

RivaTuner is the one I like to use.

 

[dbal]

Yes my friend it's very well known as a tweaking utility but I am sick of that stuff.... I just wanna know what happens with these issues (anisotroping filtering and support of 32bit z-buffer) that even my Radeon VE had....

 

[Insidious]

a. Is there a choice for anisotropic filtering under Direct3D?
b. Is the 32bit z-buffer supported in D3D? 3Dmark2001 shows only 16,24 under the benchmark's settings....

The answers to these questions are:

a. NO (This is not an option in the windows (det. 2832) display properties window
b. NO (This is not an option in the 3DMark2001se system "change" settings window)

 

[dbal]

Thanx!
a. The good news: I am not blind! The bad news: Does this fact means that aniso is not supported at all or u just can handle it by each game's own settings every time? (like u can in Max Payne)
b. The fact that the 32bit buffer 3DMark setting existed in my Radeon VE extra crippled core means that my double-powered in performance GF2Ti can't support it???? :Q
Or could it be kind of a bug since nvIdia claims full 32zbp support?

P.S: It makes a great impression to me that the majority of GF 2/3 owners doesn't care for the support of these basic video settings....

 

[Insidious]

Sounds like you need a radeon.

(either that or learn how to set up an Nvidia)







OOPS! was that argumentative?

 

[BFG10K]

a. Is there a choice for anisotropic filtering under Direct3D?

No although the board certainly supports it independent of the API. To get to the Direct3D anisotropic settings use a utility like RivaTuner.

b. Is the 32bit z-buffer supported in D3D? 3Dmark2001 shows only 16,24 under the benchmark's settings....

It's 24 bit Z + 8 bit stencil.

 

[dbal]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
No although the board certainly supports it independent of the API. To get to the Direct3D anisotropic settings use a utility like RivaTuner.

Thanx a lot BFG! I was waiting for u to give an answer to my thread!
One last thing tho- Does this mean that if I just select aniso in a game like MaxPayne without using RivaTuner, will it work? I mean, is it enabled by default at least or I have to do this through the utility? (I don't care about extra setings on it just to know it works if I put it on)

 

[dbal]

Originally posted by: Insidious
(either that or learn how to set up an Nvidia)

No offense but do u think that setting up a card means using 3rd party utilities??

 

[Insidious]

What you are asking about requires a 3rd party utility.

Of course, you have been told that........ um......... Three times now in this thread.

Should we re-visit the blind thingy?

 

[dbal]

The only answer I respect out of the 3 u mentioned is BFG's because it had what a proper answer needs:EXPLANATION Simple lines with "NO" , "I remember" without any explanation at all are not considered answering but a waste of time for me-so, don't bother. Thanx a lot

 

[BFG10K]

Does this mean that if I just select aniso in a game like MaxPayne without using RivaTuner, will it work?

Yes.

You only need to use a utility like RivaTuner for Direct3D games that don't have the anisotropic filtering option but you want force it anyway. If the game has a setting for it, it'll use it when you enable it.

 

[dbal]

Thanx a lot BFG! You really honor the forums with your presence