Newbie needs help, PLEASE!

Discussion in 'RivaTuner Advanced Discussion forum' started by Chum, Jul 31, 2001.

  1. Chum

    Chum Master Guru

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    I've downloaded RivaTuner. Is there a guide on how to use it? There are alot of things I do not understand...like mipmapping, blitting! What the heck do these things mean? Can anyone tell me the things I should adjust for my system...?<br>
    Pentium 2 350<br>
    128meg ram<br>
    Win98<br>
    Elsa GeForce2MX 32megs.<br>
    (I know, I know, Processor and Mobo are obsolete...can't afford to upgrade yet!) <br>
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    <i>This message was edited by Chum on 30 Jul 2001 07:29 PM</i><br><br><i>This message was edited by Chum on 30 Jul 2001 07:39 PM</i>
     
  2. raygun

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    No there's no manual or help for the items yet. <IMG SRC="smileys/frown.gif"> Riva Tuner is in the beta test stage and we're the guinnea pigs. Moreover, until Riva Tuner <i>final</i> is released, no manual will be available to prevent unauthorized clones from appearing <IMG SRC="smileys/evil.gif"> to steal Unwinder's thunder.<br>
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    Anyway, this link should be a good starting point for a newbie and deals with what it is that video cards do. Perhaps armed with that knowledge, you can make edgermicrated guesses or WAG's as they're known by geeks in the know about what to tweak: <IMG SRC="smileys/cool.gif"> <br>
    <br> <A HREF="http://www.3dgaming.com/fps/techshop/glossary/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.3dgaming.com/fps/techshop/glossary/</A><br>
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    Hope that helps some.<br>
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  3. Chum

    Chum Master Guru

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    Thanx for your "edgermicrated" response...I'll check the link.
     
  4. Chum

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    OK, I've looked at the link...still a little confused! Is "the only way to test these tweaks to try one, then run a benchmark, note scores, try another...and so on? Someone must know the ones to tweak<br>
    first. I just want the best performence for my card without overclocking. <br>
     

  5. Unwinder

    Unwinder Ancient Guru Staff Member

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    &gt; I just want the best performence for my card without overclocking. <br>
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    Then just use "High performance" presets <IMG SRC="smileys/wink.gif"><br>
     
  6. oldus

    oldus Guest

    you haven't to use it if you don't use option because you want best score of frame per second.<br>
    But you can use it to disable option that slowest calculate.<br>
    You have to disable (in "D3D" & "Open GL" option) Antialiasing,usermipmaps,and Anisotropic = (force lvl 0 in D3D ,lvl 1 in Open GL).<br>
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    Oldus.. <IMG SRC="smileys/cool.gif"> <br>
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    PS: you can also enable DX3TC if you have geoforce based board.<br>
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    proxy PIII 733 Xeon<br>
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  7. Kakaru2

    Kakaru2 Master Guru

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by oldus:<br>
    <b>you haven't to use it if you don't use option because you want best score of frame per second.<br>
    But you can use it to disable option that slowest calculate.<br>
    You have to disable (in "D3D" & "Open GL" option) Antialiasing,usermipmaps,and Anisotropic = (force lvl 0 in D3D ,lvl 1 in Open GL).<br>
    Oldus.. <IMG SRC="smileys/cool.gif"> <br>
    PS: you can also enable DX3TC if you have geoforce based board.<br>
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    I'm no snob but can u pay a little more attention to your english? And i'm not meaning spelling errors here. It's hard to understand your post.<br>
    If you were trying to say that in order to get best performance you should disable usermipmaps You are WRONG. Doing that will hurt performance.
     

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