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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: cav58d on March 28, 2007, 11:30:31 AM
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If I change my AH screen resolution to 1028 x 768.....what is the best texture size to use? Right now i'm on 512, but is this the best setting to use?
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Texture size is not related to screen resolution. Skuzzy said something about no computer exists today to run 1024 textures without some issues popping up (stutters, things like that). What textures you use depends usually on your RAM and system specs.
IMO, if 512 was working before, stay with 512. If it's not that great drop to 256 and performance will improve a lot.
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Cav, Testing offline and making notes as you go helps.
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What you can try is too increase texture size but disable other planes textures.
But without knowing the VDO card and the cpu + memory you have it's difficult to predict anything accuratly.
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I have thought about going to an AMD X2 6000+ AM2 setup with the 4GB RAM and the dual SLI 8800 GTXs I already have. But if skuzzy says it wont be fast enough for 1024 textures then Im happy with what I have.
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It is not a matter of speed. It is a matter of resources.
And cav, you should not go above 256 on the texture size with a PCI video card. Especially one that is as low end as the 6200.
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Originally posted by Krusty
Texture size is not related to screen resolution. Skuzzy said something about no computer exists today to run 1024 textures without some issues popping up (stutters, things like that). What textures you use depends usually on your RAM and system specs.
IMO, if 512 was working before, stay with 512. If it's not that great drop to 256 and performance will improve a lot.
I read somewhere that people may not notice an improvement when going from 512 to 1024 in texture size if their resolution is as low as 1024x768 or lower.
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You know, I've always wondered. I've run this system for about a year now. Even when I was back on 1.5GB of RAM and an IDE hard drive, I could still run with these settings and have so few stutters that they were unnoticeable.
132352,VideoVersion
1024,Width
768,Height
32,ColorDebth
1,DeviceCnt
DVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVD VDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDV DVDVDVNVIDIA GeForce 6800 (((I really don't get the DVs, but hey. :lol Also, this card has the extra pipelines unlocked.)))
60,MaxFPS (((Monitor is 60Hz with Vertical Sync on, so I figured...)))
0,PixelShaders
0,VertexShaders
1024,MaxTexSize
3310,OptionFlags
1.10,Gamma
Sliders full left in the game. Skins aren't preloaded, but everything else is. Optimizations are on. All other things like horizon, other plane skins, ect are on.
DxDiag (http://www.shelteringwings.com/DxDiagOOZ662.txt)
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How do you unlock the extra pipelines?????
I have 7600GTs SLI ????? I use riva tuner.
Maque1
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Never mind,
7600GT has no locked/unused pipelines.
However, I can see almost no difference between 512 an 1024 tex on my 24" LCD, maybe a 5% improvement. Going from 256 to 512 is about a 20% improvement. Going from 128 to ANYTHING HIGHER is a 100% improvement.
I take frame rate hits at 1024 though. Not worth it.
Maque1
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I've used 1024 since I got a 6800 card set to max performance. I was getting about 70 fps.
I've got an 8800gts now and I've got it set up for max quality and I'm running at about 90 fps. If I set the card to max performance, I get about 280-300 fps. That scared me and both changed the card quality and max frame rates to 60. That's been turned off.
Upside of setting the quality to max on the card is that I get to see things I've never seen before, like gv shadows seen from 2-3K up and seeing cons WAY before anyone else.
Now my only whine is about my monitor. It's a 19" widescreen and if I set AH to use my monitors native resolution (1440x900) I end up sitting too close to my gauges, even when I sit as far back as possible. Setting my resolution to 1024x768 makes everything look squished and fuzzy, but I can see all of my gauges. I end up with a headache and a burning hatred of all things AH.
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Try 1280x960. The gauges you can't see are not important. Works for me on a 24' wide screen. My native is 1900x1200, makes everything in AH micro.
Maque1:aok
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Alot of people think that because they have 1024 textures selected in AH2 video settings ,that they are really running 1024 textures. If you have downloaded the hires pack off the website then you really are . If you just turn the menu to 1024 in AH then you arent .
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Good point, Ruk. I was wondering if folks were blind or not, heh heh. I see a difference with 1024 textures. I notice it, especially on my own aircraft.
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I have downloaded the hires pack. And installed it. I'm running 4xFSAA as well.
To the guy with 200-300 FPS, turn your vsync on.
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On my old computer
AMD Athalon 2000+ 1.66Ghz
GeForce 5200 128Mb AGP 4X
1 Gb RAM 333Mhz (1 1Gb 400Mhz Dual Channel , 1 512MB 333Mhz)(MoBo doesnt support DC)
Res:1280x1024
Tex:1024 + hires (preloaded everything)
Detail: around 50%
everything else maxed and i got a constant 30FPS and a max of around 52FPS
(last played in the 2.07 patch thou)
if you have atleast 1Gb of ram, id say go to 1024 w/ hires, as Krusty said, if you dont see a difference between 512 and 1024 textures, youve gotta be blind.
TexInVa you can turn up all the quality if you turn VSync on, it will limit the in game FPS to the Refresh rate of your monitor, and since its a 19' LCD use 1280x960 or 1280x768, i used to play on a 19' LCD w/ my old computer (now which is my prnts) and i could see the guages and everything else
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Originally posted by Nemeth
TexInVa you can turn up all the quality if you turn VSync on, it will limit the in game FPS to the Refresh rate of your monitor, and since its a 19' LCD use 1280x960 or 1280x768, i used to play on a 19' LCD w/ my old computer (now which is my prnts) and i could see the guages and everything else
I got the vsync thing figured out. Thnx.
The LCD is a 19" widescreen. The native resolution is 1440x900. The further I move away from that, the worse my screen looks. And the further I move away from the dimensions, the more the screen looks "squished". I find it god-awful horrid. Which means I learn to live with what I have. I've gotten one of my hat switches mapped to look down at the gauges.
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well if it is hard to look at then try another smaller resolution as i recommended, it wont hurt to try
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Is 1024x768 what most people run? I'm cranked up to 1600x1200 on my 20" LCD.
Maybe that's why my 7900GTX has issues now and then.
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I have a Athlon 64 3200+, 512MB system RAM, a 7600GS AGP 512MB, and I run 1024x768 with high res and sliders all the way up and still get 90+ steady FR.
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Why only 1024x768 when you can run 1280x1024? 1280 looks MUCH better than 1024
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Originally posted by Nemeth
Why only 1024x768 when you can run 1280x1024? 1280 looks MUCH better than 1024
Because I dont like stuff on my desktop looking so small.
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Originally posted by Hoarach
Because I dont like stuff on my desktop looking so small.
You can use a different resolution in AH
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You generally get better performance at native resolution, though.
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the proformance depends on ur comp, not the native resolution, the native resoultion is just whenit looks best on the monitor, also AH was made to run on 1280x1024, if u have a 4:3 ratio monitor 1280 looks best unless its larger than 19' (not too sure thou)
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I've tried all of the resolutions you mentioned, Nemeth, and all I can say is that OZZ662 is right. I get the best performance from my monitor at native resolution. The further away from native I set the resolution, the worse the screen looks.
No worries. I have a button mapped to look down on my gauges.
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Have you tried 1280x768 (not 960)? (cant remember if i suggested it) it is one step below the native resolution and it shouldnt look "squished" on ur monitor