Your dumbass question of the day

the wingless · November 6th, 2001

Hey all.

First of all, I have a Geforce 3 64mb, and I'm using pete's D3D 1.5.2 (I think that's the right version). And my games look like re-fried crap. A.k.a. everything looks like it's in software mode. Then I take a look at the shots on this site and they're all in glorious hardware mode acceleration 99 billion color paramavision.

So, I suppose the question is -- is there some magic wand I have to wave in order to get it to kick from software to hardware mode? Am I just talking goobledegook, and need to read faq after faq after faq? Am I mistreating my plugins? Do I smell? Where do babies come from? If Cloud and Squall had sex with each other... would they're baby look like the guy in FFX?

So many questions... So few answers... Much like Silent Hill.

::Something stirs in the corner::

Cheryl???!?!?!?!?!

--j.a.

**Ryos** · November 6th, 2001

The filtering box in your GPU configuration is the secret to success. Put it on, for example, 4 instead of 0.

fluffy · November 6th, 2001

You might also want to try Pete's OpenGL plugin.
Ive found that that you will usually get better performance and quality out of it, with Nvidia chipsets anyway. Also the Pete's plugins are now at Version 1.54. Heres a link Pete's 1.54 Plugins.

~fluffy~

Murac · November 6th, 2001

i was having the same problem as teh wingless and i tried the filtering thing but it said w/o sprites 2d. is it just me or does that sound bad? any answers to that?

**Ryos** · November 6th, 2001

The fourth IS what you should use most of the time. Most sprites don't get enhanced well at all (lots of graphical errors).

Murac · November 6th, 2001

ok i iwll try it...i am at school in the middle of class so i can't. but i believe u

**Zephon** · November 6th, 2001

Enabling 4xFSAA will help also.

Murac · November 6th, 2001

ooooh. aaaaah. it works! thanx for the help! except one thing. it seems to run slower. any suggestions?

Sylvan Sorrow · November 6th, 2001

use pete's opengl plugin instead of direct3d, or use nextgl.

**kairi00** · November 6th, 2001

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Originally posted by Murac
ooooh. aaaaah. it works! thanx for the help! except one thing. it seems to run slower. any suggestions?

Lower the resolution you're running at... filtering (and FSAA, for that matter) enhances visuals at the expense of fillrate (and conversely, framerates, if the video card/CPU can't handle it).

Also if you're using an Nvidia card, the OGL gives you better performance than the D3D plugin.

Murac · November 6th, 2001

well in my properties it says "OpenGL" in one tab and "Direct 3D" in another. do i have a "OpenGL Direct 3D"? which GPU/setting would work best with this one? i have filtering on at 4 and 640x480 screen resolution with the with Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.52 also which cacheing works best? currently i have dynamic. also any other settings that might help?:confused:

dpence · November 9th, 2001

It's a Geforce card, always use pete's OpenGL (nVidia optimize drivers for openGL not D3d)
with Pete's openGL plugin and a resolution of 1280*1024 I get 60Fps on most games consistantly. No need for FSAA.

Caching should be Dynamic also....

Alienist · November 16th, 2001

A GeForce3 with slowdown problems? Wow. Try 800x600, Filtering on two, 16bit color (this gives the speed a major boost), and disable Full vRAM primitives, if it's on. BTW, Framebuffer txtures on 2 and Ctching type on 3 works very well on nVIDIA cards. Try it.

lizardj · November 19th, 2001

hahaha... the wingless is a funni guy...

November 6th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
the wingless Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 12	Your dumbass question of the day Hey all. First of all, I have a Geforce 3 64mb, and I'm using pete's D3D 1.5.2 (I think that's the right version). And my games look like re-fried crap. A.k.a. everything looks like it's in software mode. Then I take a look at the shots on this site and they're all in glorious hardware mode acceleration 99 billion color paramavision. So, I suppose the question is -- is there some magic wand I have to wave in order to get it to kick from software to hardware mode? Am I just talking goobledegook, and need to read faq after faq after faq? Am I mistreating my plugins? Do I smell? Where do babies come from? If Cloud and Squall had sex with each other... would they're baby look like the guy in FFX? So many questions... So few answers... Much like Silent Hill. ::Something stirs in the corner:: Cheryl???!?!?!?!?! --j.a. Last edited by the wingless; November 6th, 2001 at 04:44.

November 6th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	The filtering box in your GPU configuration is the secret to success. Put it on, for example, 4 instead of 0. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

November 6th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
fluffy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 154	You might also want to try Pete's OpenGL plugin. Ive found that that you will usually get better performance and quality out of it, with Nvidia chipsets anyway. Also the Pete's plugins are now at Version 1.54. Heres a link Pete's 1.54 Plugins. ~fluffy~ __________________ Fun Fun Fun.

November 6th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	The fourth IS what you should use most of the time. Most sprites don't get enhanced well at all (lots of graphical errors). __________________ Sanity is overrated.

November 6th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
Zephon Key To The Universe Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Stratosphere Posts: 2,706	Enabling 4xFSAA will help also. __________________ But there is someone who remembers you Someone waiting for a sign that leads the way to you There is someone who will die for you Keep that in mind when the hope fails

November 6th, 2001	#4 (permalink)
Murac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 33	i was having the same problem as teh wingless and i tried the filtering thing but it said w/o sprites 2d. is it just me or does that sound bad? any answers to that?

November 6th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
Murac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 33	ok i iwll try it...i am at school in the middle of class so i can't. but i believe u

November 6th, 2001	#8 (permalink)
Murac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 33	ooooh. aaaaah. it works! thanx for the help! except one thing. it seems to run slower. any suggestions?

November 6th, 2001	#9 (permalink)
Sylvan Sorrow The weeping forest Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: not sure, lost Posts: 1,083	use pete's opengl plugin instead of direct3d, or use nextgl. __________________ "Death isn't the handicap it used to be" -Lister, "Red Dwarf" "I can live through anything, even death, but Ill never get out of life alive." Thanks to Philia for her really talented drawing of Cecil (past avatar), vister her art thread Here Check out www.slightlydark.com good non-liscenced game music. formerly known as Ryoga.

November 6th, 2001	#11 (permalink)
Murac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 33	well in my properties it says "OpenGL" in one tab and "Direct 3D" in another. do i have a "OpenGL Direct 3D"? which GPU/setting would work best with this one? i have filtering on at 4 and 640x480 screen resolution with the with Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.52 also which cacheing works best? currently i have dynamic. also any other settings that might help?:confused:

November 9th, 2001	#12 (permalink)
dpence Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: USA Posts: 1,119	It's a Geforce card, always use pete's OpenGL (nVidia optimize drivers for openGL not D3d) with Pete's openGL plugin and a resolution of 1280*1024 I get 60Fps on most games consistantly. No need for FSAA. Caching should be Dynamic also....

November 16th, 2001	#13 (permalink)
Alienist Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Brazil, Jungle, Tree nº469. Take the elevator. Posts: 41	A GeForce3 with slowdown problems? Wow. Try 800x600, Filtering on two, 16bit color (this gives the speed a major boost), and disable Full vRAM primitives, if it's on. BTW, Framebuffer txtures on 2 and Ctching type on 3 works very well on nVIDIA cards. Try it.

November 19th, 2001	#14 (permalink)
lizardj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Mars Posts: 270	hahaha... the wingless is a funni guy... __________________ there's only 2 kindz of people i hate rasists and honkies

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