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Title: Advice needed on Riva TNT settings
Post by: Waxer on June 26, 2000, 01:21:00 AM

In the Properties window for my Diamond Viper 550, there are some RIVA TNT properties that I'm wondering about, and wonder if one of you guys could help?

There are some options under Direct3D settings for mipmapping (number of levels, automipmap method, and mipmap level detail). They default on my rig to 0, bilinear, and best image quality. Should I tweak these for better performance in AH?

Thanks!
Waxer

Title: Advice needed on Riva TNT settings
Post by: Pyro on June 26, 2000, 10:30:00 AM

It's something you're going to have to experiment with.  It depends on how much video memory you have, what resolution you're running, and whether you're using the hi-res textures.  Increasing your mipmap level will help get rid of the shimmering effect of distant terrain textures, but it takes up more video memory.  If you run out of video memory, you're going to run into frame-rate chunders.



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Title: Advice needed on Riva TNT settings
Post by: kbman on June 27, 2000, 07:03:00 PM

Hi waxer,
         Go read my post: Performance and the V770 Ultra  in the H&S Forum about this.
It may help and it couldn't hurt.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

kbman