Oblivion - Shaders 3.0

Sulikate · 06-27-06, 07:59 AM

Hi, I'm here because I'm having problems with shaders 3.0 in Oblivion. I have a GeForce 6600 256MB, and I wanna use shaders 3.0 because I heard that they increase performance and so...
What should I do?

SUBMAN1 · 06-27-06, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sulikate

Hi, I'm here because I'm having problems with shaders 3.0 in Oblivion. I have a GeForce 6600 256MB, and I wanna use shaders 3.0 because I heard that they increase performance and so...
What should I do?

I beleive the 6600 has only 2.0 pixel shaders on it. You need a 7000 series NVidia or x1000 series ATI to use them. Its not a big deal because they didn't add a whole lot to 3.0. They should have called it pixel shader 2.5.

-S

Sulikate · 06-27-06, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by Sulikate

Hi, I'm here because I'm having problems with shaders 3.0 in Oblivion. I have a GeForce 6600 256MB, and I wanna use shaders 3.0 because I heard that they increase performance and so...
What should I do?

I beleive the 6600 has only 2.0 pixel shaders on it. You need a 7000 series NVidia or x1000 series ATI to use them. Its not a big deal because they didn't add a whole lot to 3.0. They should have called it pixel shader 2.5.

-S

But when I bought the card, the following was written in it's box: "The first of it's series to give full suport to Pixel Shader 3.0"

SUBMAN1 · 06-27-06, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sulikate

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by Sulikate

Hi, I'm here because I'm having problems with shaders 3.0 in Oblivion. I have a GeForce 6600 256MB, and I wanna use shaders 3.0 because I heard that they increase performance and so...
What should I do?

I beleive the 6600 has only 2.0 pixel shaders on it. You need a 7000 series NVidia or x1000 series ATI to use them. Its not a big deal because they didn't add a whole lot to 3.0. They should have called it pixel shader 2.5.

-S

But when I bought the card, the following was written in it's box: "The first of it's series to give full suport to Pixel Shader 3.0"

The 6800 and 6600 may have it. If it does, there is nothing you can do to turn it on since it is called by DX9.0c, not by any setting that you can select. This means you are already using it if you have it.

-S

Sulikate · 06-27-06, 02:46 PM

From Nvidia's site; Supercharge your gaming with the power of an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GPU. The NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 GPUs deliver best-in-class performance and advanced visual effects for next-generation games. The only GPU in its class with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and with support for PCI Express, the GeForce 6600 delivers ultra-realistic effects, unmatched features, and rock-solid stability so you can play your game the way it’s meant to be played. Available models (the following models are available in both PCI Express and AGP 8X versions): GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6600 LE.

Mine is a 6600 LE. So, I'm I already using it?

Seeadler · 06-27-06, 04:06 PM

1. open the Oblivion.ini in /my documents/mygames/oblivion/ with a texteditor like notepad.exe
2. search for bAllow30Shaders=0, set this to bAllow30Shaders=1
3. search for bForce1XShaders and make sure it is set to bForce1XShaders=0
4. save the Oblivion.ini

A default installation of Oblivion use only shader model 2.0, now your video card should use shader model 3.0
note: this works only with video cards that supports shader model 3.0

06-27-06, 07:59 AM	#1
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Oblivion - Shaders 3.0 Hi, I'm here because I'm having problems with shaders 3.0 in Oblivion. I have a GeForce 6600 256MB, and I wanna use shaders 3.0 because I heard that they increase performance and so... What should I do? __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

06-27-06, 02:46 PM	#5
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	From Nvidia's site; Supercharge your gaming with the power of an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GPU. The NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 GPUs deliver best-in-class performance and advanced visual effects for next-generation games. The only GPU in its class with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and with support for PCI Express, the GeForce 6600 delivers ultra-realistic effects, unmatched features, and rock-solid stability so you can play your game the way it’s meant to be played. Available models (the following models are available in both PCI Express and AGP 8X versions): GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6600 LE. Mine is a 6600 LE. So, I'm I already using it? __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

06-27-06, 04:06 PM	#6
Seeadler Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,096 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	1. open the Oblivion.ini in /my documents/mygames/oblivion/ with a texteditor like notepad.exe 2. search for bAllow30Shaders=0, set this to bAllow30Shaders=1 3. search for bForce1XShaders and make sure it is set to bForce1XShaders=0 4. save the Oblivion.ini A default installation of Oblivion use only shader model 2.0, now your video card should use shader model 3.0 note: this works only with video cards that supports shader model 3.0 __________________ -- Vapor-ware is always easier to sell because there's no limit what it can do!