Games and AA + ASF:Application Controlled or Manually Set

[EuanB]

Hi guys, now that I have a decent graphics card (Geforce 6 6600) I was wondering what people use for their AntiAliasing and Antistropic Filtering in games.

Do most people use the game software to change the settign, or do you set it from the Advanced Display Properties?

I'ver played with these things before on my previous card (9800Pro) and to be honest I thought even turning on any of these settings caused the games to stutter more, and more without really giving any benefit. This is not playing on the web btw just at home. I normally run games at 1280 x 1024, with detail on high etc but was wondering if this was the best way to do it.

Any thoughts would be appreciated on this

Spec:
Athlon 64 3000+ Zalman Cooled
1GB PC3200 Corsair
2 x 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10
PNY Geoforce 6600 256MB
Audigy ZS2

EuanB

 

[skidude]

Depends on the game. I have a Radeon X700 (same ballpark as the 6600) and I can jack (I mean everything full) on games that use the source engine (CSS, HL2, DOD Source). However, on games like Doom 3, BF2, and COD 2 AntiAliasing kills me, so I either turn it to 2x or completely off. You have the same processor and amoount of RAM as me so our results should be close.

 

[gamerman4]

I would make profiles for older games you have and do them manually because many older games and cheaper games don't have options for AA and AAF.
With the nVidia control panel this should be easy since it is has an easy way to set the settings.

If you have a newer game that has the options for AA and AAF, don't force AA and AAF through a profile as this could potentially lead to problems.

 

[EuanB]

Depends on the game. I have a Radeon X700 (same ballpark as the 6600) and I can jack (I mean everything full) on games that use the source engine (CSS, HL2, DOD Source). However, on games like Doom 3, BF2, and COD 2 AntiAliasing kills me, so I either turn it to 2x or completely off. You have the same processor and amoount of RAM as me so our results should be close.

Cool, was planning on reinstalling HL2 this weekend since I had to rebuild my system. I'll give 'Jacking' it and see how it gets on, as would be nice to see what all the differences would be.

I got Far Cry with the graphics card too, which I've not played yet either. But I remember when it came out that it would automatically try and play to the highest possibel resolution etc for your system.

Would it be a good idea to install that and see what it reccomends too, and use the reccomendation across the board? I'm going to play with it anyway, and see what kinda performance I get.

Cheers again,
EuanB

 

[EuanB]

I would make profiles for older games you have and do them manually because many older games and cheaper games don't have options for AA and AAF.
With the nVidia control panel this should be easy since it is has an easy way to set the settings.

If you have a newer game that has the options for AA and AAF, don't force AA and AAF through a profile as this could potentially lead to problems.

So like if I want to play Max Payne or Quake etc, then have a seperate profile for each. I'll be honest and have not looked in to the NVidia settings gizmo thing before, however the gf is away for the week so will have the chance to tinker till silly o'clock in the morning in peace. So no doubt will have more questions then.

Thanks again, will no doubt be back again with more questions!
EuanB

 

[gamerman4]

So like if I want to play Max Payne or Quake etc, then have a seperate profile for each. I'll be honest and have not looked in to the NVidia settings gizmo thing before, however the gf is away for the week so will have the chance to tinker till silly o'clock in the morning in peace. So no doubt will have more questions then.

Yeah, this isn't too big of an inconvenience sicne all you do is find the path to the game.exe then pt in the settings. From then on, it will detect when you open the game and instantly change the settings.