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Thanks for the post, I didn't knoiw atiTool could make AI work, I just
installed CCC this morning for that. But I suspect you're less demanding
for framerates than me, I keep my system clean and tweaked for games and
should be faster than yours at least for video intensive games. I'll try
hl2 at higher settings though, just started playing it a few days ago and
turned AA off when it caused a stutter. That may be the famous bug acting up
though.
Mike
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>> "ofn01" <netusr@internet.not> wrote in message
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>>>Mike wrote:
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>>>>There's planty you can't play at those settings, including hl2, doom3,
>>>>far cry, etc..
>>>>Unless you're into slide shows.
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>>>>mike
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>>>>>>..and there is nothing I can play at good framerates at 1024x768
>>>>>>4XFSAA. 1152x864 and 1280x1024 for most games.
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>>>>>Oops , that should read "nothing I can't play"....
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>>>I can play HL2 at 1024x768 with 2xAA and 8xAF or 1280x1024 with noAA and
>>>2xAF on high settings (but only reflect world) with no problems at all on
>>>a 9600XT (yes a 9600XT) on a P4-3.0, 1GB DDR400. I have to drop Doom 3
>>>down to 800x600 with high quality though to get it running decent but it
>>>runs fine. I suspect it would work at 1024x768 on medium quality but I
>>>have no tried it.
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>>>Far cry ran fine at 1024x768 on medium quality. Therefore with a 9800 Pro
>>>being 30-40% faster I suspect that the poster who said he can't play
>>>those games well is right.
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> Mike wrote:
>> I have an xp3200 with a 9800pro and I've run those games. HL2 chokes
>> with even 2x AA. Far cry was ok at 2xAA 2xAF at 1024 with mostly high
>> settings. It all depends on what you consider a decent framerate. I look
>> at the consistent framerate, not what I get when running down a hall.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Ive never tried Far Cry or Doom 3 with AA on.
> However HL2 with 2xAA and 8xAF at 1024x768 runs absolutely fine on my
> machine, either outside, in hallways, in firefights.
>
> At 1280x1024 you can't have any AA, but you can have 2xAF and you can
> still have high textures/models.
>
> Doom 3 has to be no AA, high quality and 800x600
> Far cry has to be no AA, medium quality and 1024x768
>
> This again is on a 9600XT, P4 3.0, 1gb DDR400.
> One tweak I did make that gave things a nice boost was to change the PCI
> latency from the standard 255 down to 64 (using ATI Tool) and also I have
> Catalyst AI set to High using ATI Tool (as I don't use the Control
> Center).
>
> In the ATI Tool 3D view, the latency tweak added about 15 fps. In 3dmark03
> and 05 there was a small boost as well.