Pacestick Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Hello All Looking for some advice from any graphics/video buffs out there. I just bought a geforce2 mmx video card and rememebered reading somewhere that the fsaa setting can greatly improve the graphics quality of CM. Is this true and if so, and how do you set the fsaa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Hi Peter, I have absolutely no idea! But Hi anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschugaschwili Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 I don't know. I bought a GeForce2GTS recently, and I've tried using FSAA in CM, but I turned it off again. For general gameplay purposes, I didn't find the benefits to be great enough to warrant the drawbacks (my mouse behaves somewhat strange sometimes when I have FSAA on). Try it out for yourself. Dschugaschwili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil stanbridge Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Hi Pacestick, 4x FSAA does enhance the look and feel of CM in my opinion. However, they are some drawbacks depending on the card. I have a Geforce2 MX and there are some issues when you run a fairly high resolution with 4x FSAA. It's worth a look mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacestick Posted December 14, 2000 Author Share Posted December 14, 2000 Fellows Thanks for the replies. Phil, how do you set the fsaa? I have no idea how to set it or where the controls would be. Glenn, what are you doing loitering around here, you should be setting up our match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil stanbridge Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 You have to go into advanced display properties/direct 3d and I believe, off the top of my head, you'll find a slider for FSAA. I might actually turn mine off tonight and see what happens. I'm having lots of crashes with the beta. Wondering if it has something to do with my card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 I have a Voodoo 5, and I use 4xFSAA. When I first got this card, I was using EAW quite a bit, and frame rates for flight sims are the most important objective. So I didn't use the FSAA thinking it would just drop the frame rates. I remember the shock when after a few days, I dared to try the 2xFSAA, and the terrain suddenly burst into life. A game that I'd played to death for months and months suddenly became a new game. The overall effect was so stunning that it gave me that actual feeling of not having anything beneath me. The downturn is, it does effect the frame rates but the 2xFSAA was not so much a drain as to bother EAW, and the combined effect was as I say, wonderful. Now, with CM, a game not so dependent upon smooth video frame rates as a flight sim, I use 4xFSAA, and combined with the tonedown mods, new tree, grass, building and terrain mods, it is again, quite stunning. The realism that it provides to the eye is again, stunning. I have noted, that the higher the resolution of the mods, and the more mods I pile on, I have found a quirk or two, but they are easily dealt with by adjusting the other advanced settings on the card. I do overclock, but only to 170, about 4 clicks above the default. A good compromise to my thinking. As for comparisions to Nvidia, I don't like entering into that debate, seems to me it is like comparing automobiles, soda pop, or women's hair color. Depends upon the eye of the beholder. All I can say is, FSAA is a grapical improvement that I could not have imagined prior to having it's capability. Is it worth it? Again, all I can say is if I had it to do over again, I would go out straight away, and buy the card one more time. Hope this helps. ------------------ "Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth." -Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil stanbridge Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Well said Bruno, couldn't have said it better myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wwb_99 Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Do you have to 'force' FSAA in CM? Also: BTS: is there any frame-rate counter function built into CM? WWB ------------------ Before battle, my digital soldiers turn to me and say, Ave, Caesar! Morituri te salutamus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heidman Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 For you Voodoo folks out there, 3dFx has released a new driver version that is supposed to significantly increase performance. There is a review of the new drivers here: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1382 Jeff Heidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Thanks Jeff, I think your referring to the new beta build out there, otherwise I only see the 1.04 version under "new" drivers, which I grabbed already along with DX8. And no, you do not have to force FSAA in CM. Just choose it in the advanced options menu. Then view the dramatic difference. It is ofcourse, dependent upon other system factors, available RAM, main procssor speed, and amount of hi-res mods, but these can be handled very well using the advanced options (which there are many to tweak), and find the best set of parameters for your system. [This message has been edited by Bruno Weiss (edited 12-14-2000).] [This message has been edited by Bruno Weiss (edited 12-14-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Captitalistdoginchina Posted December 14, 2000 Share Posted December 14, 2000 Hi Peter, I have a Ge-Force 2 and here is how to set the FSAA. Right click on your desktop, click properties, settings, advanced. Then click the Tab for your Geforce card. Click on additional properties then Direct 3D settings. Click on "more direct 3D" then Antialiasing. Push the slider right to full (4X4) and click on force antialiasing in all applications. You must force CM to use it. I found that other games don't like that option like Rogue Spear or Rainbow six. Hope this helps. CDIC ------------------ "Death solves all problems - no man no problem" J.V.Stalin, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 15, 2000 Share Posted December 15, 2000 Peter, A man of your position having to meddle with such things! Don't you have SGT who can do this stuff for you? Merry Christmas to you and yours. ------------------ Regards, Mark:-{) Anxiously awaiting the G4 PowerBook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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