If you don't use CCC, and load only the bare driver, how do you set the parameters (like AA, AF, transparency AA etc)? (I'm not comfortable with using downloaded software by "some guy".)
heya 715,
for some of your cards features.. I think Aces High uses something similar to what is called Application preference?(<--spelling )
like the AA slider shows up in the Video Config section of the initial login screen clipboard
where you set textures, frame rate limits, field of view etc....... provided your card supports this feature... it will have the various number of clicks/set points your particular videocard has.....
I think only those features, Aces High supports, are features you possibly have access to thru Aces high...... any other settings your card has, may not possibly be supported by Aces high, so you are filtering them from outside the game per say.... at the cost of a loss in frame rate...... this is probable for both Ati &/or Nvidia type cards using Graphic settings GUI / interface software....... for that particular card type.......
granted if you have a High end Built PC with Dual Core or Quad Core CPU , you might not see any frame rate loss using things like the Nvidia controls or the ATI CCC or ATI Tray Tools, even if the FR loss is there, it is not noticed because your card is maxed to the monitor refresh instead of having vsync turned off....
on lesser machines, it is more noticeable, due to lower end dual core CPU's, or having a Computer that is not finely tuned and has too many processes running or has a page file used that is not consistent with it's normal size regarding the OS being used ( example most WinXP OS's are around 2048 MB allocated (or more ) with 200+/- MB being in use....) we see alot of people have say 2000 to 3000+ MB allocated, but page file size in use is a whopping 400 to 700 MB......
this is my personal view, and I do not speak for Hitech Creations ( HTC ), although I feel they are often saying the same things alot for the past 10 years.......
heh, 1st time I played Aces high I had a 16 meg VooDoo vidcard and was on an AMD 650mhz thoroughbred? slot type CPU & Win98
Aces High total program download size was like under either 22 or 16 megabytes .........
Aces High sure has come along way and grown in size both the game and the planes and the features right along with the community itself.....
hope this is of some help......
(I always followed what Skuzzy suggested ... all that is really needed for Aces High is the Video Display Driver , for ATI cards anyway.......)
Johnny ( TC )
