Screen smoothing with various video cards

Snu · September 3rd, 2002

Hi all,

I’m curious which video cards are able to handle the screen smoothing option in Pete’s graphics plug-ins reasonably quickly.

The card in my current computer is a Radeon VE — the slowest of the Radeon cards. It’s able to run screen smoothing with Pete’s OpenGL, but not Direct3D. The option isn’t fast, but can run at 60 FPS in some games at 640x480.

So... Has anyone tried this option with a Parahelia? With a Radeon 8500 or 9000? (I’ll assume it runs well on an NVidia card, since that’s where the testing occurred. But I’d prefer to avoid NVidia because of their poor overlay.)

[I just moved this post over from the Playstation plug-ins forum, since the question probably belongs over here.]

**cooliscool** · September 3rd, 2002

DON'T get a parhelia! they cost too damn much for a card that can easily be beaten by an nvidia counterpart. My gf4mx can do screen smoothing and 2xsai without speed loss, but i hat both options. bilinear filtering is more than enough for me.

Snu · September 3rd, 2002

The NVidia cards don’t have gamma controls for overlay, and have relatively poor overlay scaling. Both of those are more important to me than speed with recent games. The Parahelia’s third monitor support is also a plus.

But yes, the Parahelia is very expensive. So I’m leaning toward an ATI card, plus a PCI card for the third monitor. But I’m not in a rush to buy, so the Parahelia may well be much cheaper by the time I get a new machine and graphics card.

September 3rd, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Snu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Seattle Posts: 113	Screen smoothing with various video cards Hi all, I’m curious which video cards are able to handle the screen smoothing option in Pete’s graphics plug-ins reasonably quickly. The card in my current computer is a Radeon VE — the slowest of the Radeon cards. It’s able to run screen smoothing with Pete’s OpenGL, but not Direct3D. The option isn’t fast, but can run at 60 FPS in some games at 640x480. So... Has anyone tried this option with a Parahelia? With a Radeon 8500 or 9000? (I’ll assume it runs well on an NVidia card, since that’s where the testing occurred. But I’d prefer to avoid NVidia because of their poor overlay.) [I just moved this post over from the Playstation plug-ins forum, since the question probably belongs over here.]

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cooliscool Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hyda IV Posts: 6,057	DON'T get a parhelia! they cost too damn much for a card that can easily be beaten by an nvidia counterpart. My gf4mx can do screen smoothing and 2xsai without speed loss, but i hat both options. bilinear filtering is more than enough for me. __________________ Fayt: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz @ 3.0GHz [Allendale] (1333MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel kit @ 800MHz 4-3-3-10, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC (650/1600), Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi nVidia 650i mobo, 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 GG Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Watter Wetter), T.I.M - Arctic Silver Ceramique

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September 3rd, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Snu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Seattle Posts: 113	The NVidia cards don’t have gamma controls for overlay, and have relatively poor overlay scaling. Both of those are more important to me than speed with recent games. The Parahelia’s third monitor support is also a plus. But yes, the Parahelia is very expensive. So I’m leaning toward an ATI card, plus a PCI card for the third monitor. But I’m not in a rush to buy, so the Parahelia may well be much cheaper by the time I get a new machine and graphics card.