Negative LOD bias

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  1. Groovex

    Groovex Guest

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    Can somebody explain to me working Negative Lod Bias with graphics cards on laptops too or not?? I read Nvidia not supported now this function, but she still in Control Panel, and we can change it to Allow or Clamp. And if it works, what better for games, Allow or Clamp?? Because i not see any difference.
     
  2. tsunami231

    tsunami231 Ancient Guru

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    Allow/Clamp only works in OpenGL DX since fermi? i think?

    LoD bias can be use to make blurry image less blurry when SSGAA is used
     
  3. -Tj-

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    It works, but use nvinspector to control negative LOD.
    -0.250 to -1.000, more is overkill, sometimes even -0.500 is by most games, unless there is really bad postAA going on.

    Also too much negative LOD can cause texture shimmering really quick (jitter or extra aliasing).
     
  4. Groovex

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    So what I should choose in the control panel Nvidia?? I don't understand. What better for games?? Some people told Clamp much much better then Allow, but another people said "don't use Clamp, its not supported Nvidia now. You not see some difference if choose it. Just leave Allow defualt." : (( What number use Allow in Control Panel Nvidia?? How much?? More than -2.000 or something another??
     
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    You select it per game profile and it must be set to "allow", you can control both in nvinspector game profiles editor,

    btw nvidia control panel doesn't do anything since it doesnt have those LOD sliders, only nvinspector has them.
    http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=393697

    When extracted, pin main exe to taskbar, open it once and close main app (so it makes taskbar shortcuts tasks).
    Now click on its icon in taskbar (right-click), and click on Driver profile settings

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    Yeah I love negative lod. A there is no such thing as "over kill" lol. Play with it ..
     
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    Clamp is still not working..
     
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    It works just fine when "Driver controlled Lod Bias " is off.

    You dont' need it anyway.
     
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    Say what now? Clamped works in DX games when Driver controlled LOD bias is off?
     
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    Memorian Ancient Guru

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    It doesn't work unless you apply Guz patch.
     

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    Bradders684 Maha Guru

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    Memorian is correct, you need Guz's patch. Negative Clamp doesn't work with Fermi or newer cards.

    https://forums.geforce.com/default/...clamp-negative-lod-bias/post/4174240/#4174240
     
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    Has he updated it for latest drivers?
     
  13. Bradders684

    Bradders684 Maha Guru

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    It works as of September 13th according to this post.

    You can download the 64bit patcher here.
     
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    ''Folder 123''.Should i create a folder named 123 or what ?
     
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    You can if you want too, you don't need to though, the "nvd3dumx.dll" just has to be in the same folder as the patcher.
     

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    tsunami231 Ancient Guru

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    I will never understand why Nvidia did this purposely doing something that effect PQ, but hey
     
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    is it worth to use lod bias with downsampling?
     
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    May someone post a complete guide on how to set NV control panel and Inspector for best quality, please?
     
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    Wait, wasn't the driver supposed to automatically adjust LOD bias now when using SGSSAA? This was mentioned here somewhere that recent drivers do this?
     
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    Best quality for what?
     

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