Nvidia tweaks to SH3/SH4

[AVGWarhawk]

Cowboy,

Do you have the most updated DX9 files?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Laffertytig

i currently have over 40 processes running on my task manager. does anyone have any info on how i can optimise my system somewhat?

What I do is click the start menu and then click RUN. A small box will open. Type in msconfig and enter. A page will pop up that will show all you computers innards on it. The last tab is system start up page. Click on that. You will see a list of programs that are started when you turn you rig on. Run down the list and uncheck programs you really do not need running when you start your computer. Things like MSN messenger, printer programs, yahoo messenger, MS office, etc. If you do not know what one of the programs is, you can do a search in google of what the program is on the list. Once you find out, you can shut it off if it is a program you really do not need when you start the computer. Basically I have my start up programs set for antivirus and Nvidia control panel. Once you have deselected these programs for the start up, it will prompt a reboot. You will notice the your computer will reboot much faster as it is not loading these programs anymore at start up. You will notice you 40 some process will diminish quite a bit.

[java`s revenge]

Originally Posted by Elder-Pirate

Guess I don't much understand all that goes on here but here is some results of my Model T type computer.
I run an old Asus A7N8X Deluxe REV 2.0 MB, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU, three 1 GB sticks of RAM ( 184-pin DIMM 128MX64 DDR PC3200 Unbuffered ) by "Crucial Tech", Seagate Baracuda 120 GB 8MB Cache Serial ATA HD, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 speaker system, WIN XP Home w/SP2, 550 watt power supply and a good ole Nvidia 7800 GS OC 256mb AGP 8X video card.

My AA is set at 4X, rest is application controled.



Results of the 84.21 ( recomended by BFG nvidia mfg. ) drivers are not to bad a sunset IMHO.



So why all the fuss about big bad video cards and top notch Nvidia drivers?

I have the same configuration as you have only i do have a nvidia 6800gt 256mb card.

Thanks for letting everybody see that the older systems still can run shiv with the row mods great!!!

[alexoscar]

Thanks for this post mate. These ones are much apreciated for me. Some advices can improve our game a lot.

Regards.

[alexoscar]

Maybe this topic should be fixed as sticky...

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by alexoscar

Maybe this topic should be fixed as sticky...

Any buried thread that resurfaces like this more than once has enduring value.

[ATR-42]

Originally Posted by ustahl

"Manage 3D settings" > Global Settings (or game specific Program Settings):
Anisotropic filtering: 2x
Antialiasing - Gamma correction: Off
Antialiasing - Mode: Override any application setting
Antialiasing - Setting: 4x
Antialiasing - Transparency: Supersampling
Conformant texture clamp: Use hardware
Error reporting: Off
Extension limit: Off
Force mipmaps: None
Multi-display/mixed_GPU acceleration: Single display performance mode
Stereo - Display mode: Use vertical interlace monitor
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization: Off (greyed out)
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias: Clamp
Texture filtering - Quality: High quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: Off (greyed out)
Threaded optimization: Auto
Triple buffering: On
Vertical sync: Force on

I wanted to say thanks for this post and thanks for this thead. I used all the above settings with one exception... Anisotropic filtering: 2x Antialiasing - Setting: 4x. everything else as is above, and i put it on both global and SH4 profile. it made a WORLD of difference for me.

i was getting FPS jumpies on exterior it would rapidly flux from 55-60, once i made the above changes with 4x AA it made an amazing difference in picture quality and smoothness.

Thank you!!





8800 GT > 24" wide screen

[AVGWarhawk]

A sticky of this might be nice, yes.... being that I have refered to this thread numerous times with my new Nvidia card, I think I will sticky. Besides.....I can

[DrBeast]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Any buried thread that resurfaces like this more than once has enduring value.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

A sticky of this might be nice, yes.... being that I have refered to this thread numerous times with my new Nvidia card, I think I will sticky. Besides.....I can

Ask and ye shall receive

[ustahl]

Originally Posted by napdev

Hey guys, I got a MSI GF 8800GTS 640MB.

I changed some settings in my nvidia control panel and then when I started the game and got to the loading screen the screen just turned pitch black.

I figured out exactly what setting it was that did it and but I dont remeber wich it was now. So I could tweak some settings without the screen turning black.

Well the problem is that right now I cant see the loading screen at all, no matter how I change the nvidia settings, I've even reinstalled the game but it didnt help.

Someone got any idea how I could fix this?

If you made a clean reinstall of the game, maybe something of your "wrong" Control Panel settings is still causing the problem. I would try resetting the default values in the nVidia Control Panel. If doing that is a problem, I would uninstall the video driver (& use Driver Cleaner to eradicate all remnants) and make a clean reinstall of the driver (the newest 169.21 is fine). Then, with both the reinstalled game at stock settings and the video driver at default values you should be back in square one, everything working again. Then work your way up again towards more sophisticated settings in small enough steps easy to be remembered and reversed, if necessary.

[steelbill]

Cowboy 98 wrote: hi,i got nvidia 7600 gs,i updated to the latest driver,i d/l the enhancer and put the settings suggested for sh3/4 .when i started the game,this is how it look,also im running all the reflections of the water mods.any suggestions on how to fix this?

Cowboy-- I have the exact same card and the exact same streaky clouds. I tried a few other set ups with nhancer and on the card software--- no luck yet. I am running a few basic mods--like the run silent run deep sound files...I dont think thats the problem. We're missing a video setting somewhere.......steelbill

[Meridian]

Originally Posted by cowboys98

hi,i got nvidia 7600 gs,i updated to the latest driver,i d/l the enhancer and put the settings suggested for sh3/4 .when i started the game,this is how it look,also im running all the reflections of the water mods.any suggestions on how to fix this?

Its caused by the Anti-Aliasing Compatibility Option on the Compatibilty tab of NHancer. "EA Startegy Games"

Did the same thing with me.

Turn it off and try again.

I'm running a 7900GTX, just for the record.

[steelbill]

That did it. Mr Bledso, you have the con.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by steelbill

That did it. Mr Bledso, you have the con.

Glad it is sorted Steelbill! Now, with your new found knowledge, please pass it on to anyone who shows up with the same ills as you experienced

Thanks in advance.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by napdev

It was a custom profile in nhancer, I thought it would be removed if I uninstalled nhacner. Anyways I just installed nhancer again and fixed it It was the anistropic filtering 16x, I just moved it down to 4x and its working great

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