Graphic Settings - Are they really THAT easy?

[Olham]

Today, I really gave the "Graphic Settings" a new investigative look, and I found something stunning:

 

with my graphic card - ATI HD4870 - I do not need the "Override" settings at all !

 

I really unticked all boxes in "Overrides", and then I made the below settings in ATI Catalyst.

These can surely be varied by everyone to their likes.

 

I do not know, if everyone else can do the same - especially not for NVidea cards, or older cards -

but you could note all your settings you have now, and then give it a try.

Makes life a lot simpler!

 

I will now go deeper into the ATI Catalyst settings. I have wonderfull framerates for Flanders now,

but still some white jaggies in Alsace region, when I make quick head movements with TrackIR.

If I get rid of them, I'll report here.

 

My sliders are: 5, 4, 3, 5, 5

 

Scenery Detail & Shadows:

it seemed to help, to reduce "Scenery detail" in Alsace, but I didn't notice an improvement

when I switched off "shadows". And they are rather a nice addition to the landscape, and even helpful,

if you check at start, which direction the sun is standing.

 

Please report, what you think about this, and if you had the same asthonishing result.

Here are my ATI Settings, and two pictures, how everything looks now:

 

 

Smoothvision HD:Anti-Aliasing = 8x

 

Smoothvision HD:Anisotropic Filter = 16x

 

Catalyst A.I. = Advanced (Erweitert)

 

Mipmap-Detaillevel (Detailebene) = on second mark (Leistung)

 

Wait for Vertical Refresh (auf verticalen Neuaufbau warten) = always on (immer ein)

 

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing (box is ticked/ Box anklicken) = Quality / Qualität

 

OpenGL-Settings (OpenGL-Einstellungen) = not ticked / nicht angeklickt

 

 

Edited March 19, 2010 by Olham

[BirdDogICT]

Olham,

 

I found the same to be true with my 4870 after updating to Catalyst 9.8. It seems that earlier drivers needed the overrides, but ATI's drivers, for most cards, seem to be getting better. I think Sitting Duck commented on this some months ago.

[Barkhorn1x]

Olham, old boy, I am stealing your settings!

 

[Olham]

Haha! That's why I wrote them down here.

But please, don't be afraid to try own settings on the ATI Catalyst.

[Barkhorn1x]

Haha! That's why I wrote them down here.

But please, don't be afraid to try own settings on the ATI Catalyst.

 

 

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