What is vsync?

[beet1e]

Yes, it's very frustrating trying to find all those settings. I have an ATi Radeon 9600 Amateur (not the Pro version), and with the ATi drivers, VSync is adjusted thus:

• From control panel, double click on Display.
• On the panel that comes up, click on the settings tab at the top.
• There will be an Advanced button at the bottom - press this.
• Another panel appears, with lots of tabs - click on the 3D tab.
• A panel appears with "3D settings for Direct3D"
• Near the top of that panel there is a checkbox for "Use custom settings" Make sure this is checked. If it is, the "Custom" button should be enabled:  Press the Custom button.
• A Properties panel pops up. You will see four sliders at the bottom. The bottom but one slider controls Vsync. Slide it all the way over to the right for Vsync ON.

While you're in that Properties panel, you might want to adjust Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering. Try my settings first. Slapshot and Icer helped me choose them.

I did try the Omega drivers, but went back to the latest ATi CAT drivers. That's why I still have an Omega icon on the RadLinker tab - lol.

Flyboy, here is a pic to help you recognise the various panels and what they look like.

[Flyboy]

thanks beetle, it was set on application preference.

some question about those other options.

what is antialiasing and anisotropic ? i have those set to "application preference" by default

what are the 3 other sliders? (texture preference, mipmap detail level, TRUFORM)

and lastly what are the "smart shader effects" do?

[beet1e]

Flyboy,

My Radeon is an ATi Radeon. I can find all the information I need by reference to the ATi supplied manual, in .PDF format, available on the ATi website. The URL for that document is: http://www.ati.com/support/manualpdf/Rade9600.pdf

You said you have an MSI Radeon. I don't know about MSI, but perhaps they have a similar manual on their website?

To answer your next question, "SmartShader" seems to be a buzzword for the graphics card's ability to model textures such as glass, metal, wood - according to Page 6 of the ATi manual.