Refresh Rates
by Sam Guffey · in Technical Issues · 05/18/2002 (1:42 pm) · 2 replies
The engine doesnt seem to refrence refresh rate changes for GL or D3D, im not sure if this is one of the preformace issues that was spoken about in the "To Do" list but I would like to see this implemented.
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By Ryan Armstrong: "I had the same problems with my GF3 Ti500, like everyone said; get at least 28.xx drivers (www.guru3d.com) or the latest ones from nVidia (I use the latest from nVidia - 30.82). Then in your system BIOS, make sure that you're AGP settings is set to 4x, and that you turn on AGP Fast write. Then get this app:
http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/
And run it. Because of the way WinXP runs, when you move into full screen mode, it defaults your monitor refresh rate to 60Hz, which seriously limits your fps. Rivatuner will fix that.
Under the main menu of Riva Tuner, click the triangle on the right under Driver settings.
1. DX Tweaks Tab - Click the Vsync tab and choose always off.
2. OGL Tweaks Tab - Same thing with Vsync.
3. Refresh Fix Tab - Make sure the button that has a gradient block of colors and a lock by it is activated, then click install. (You should have the real drivers for your monitor installed, not the default Plug and Play driver for it to work 100%. If you use the default P&P driver with XP, it may "think" that your monitor can handle a certain rate, but really can't or it may think it can only go so high, but it can really go higher).Restart the computer, load Rivatuner back up, click on the Refresh Fix Tab again, now click the >> button (sets each resolution to the max refresh rate) and click install again.
There are a lot of other tweaks in there that can adjust performance, but these are the best. Feel free to play around with the others though. I went from getting 20 fps with my GF3 Ti500 to getting 150 fps. Hope this helps, if not feel free to fire off an e-mail to me at strife@project-51.com"
thats the one that will help you, but if you want to read the whole thread, its here http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=forums&page=result.thread&qt=6890
Hope that helps...
09/02/2002 (9:48 am)
I believe this is a problem with your drivers/card rather than the engine if I remember correctly. I remember hearing someone with the same problem...ah ok, found the thread.By Ryan Armstrong: "I had the same problems with my GF3 Ti500, like everyone said; get at least 28.xx drivers (www.guru3d.com) or the latest ones from nVidia (I use the latest from nVidia - 30.82). Then in your system BIOS, make sure that you're AGP settings is set to 4x, and that you turn on AGP Fast write. Then get this app:
http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/
And run it. Because of the way WinXP runs, when you move into full screen mode, it defaults your monitor refresh rate to 60Hz, which seriously limits your fps. Rivatuner will fix that.
Under the main menu of Riva Tuner, click the triangle on the right under Driver settings.
1. DX Tweaks Tab - Click the Vsync tab and choose always off.
2. OGL Tweaks Tab - Same thing with Vsync.
3. Refresh Fix Tab - Make sure the button that has a gradient block of colors and a lock by it is activated, then click install. (You should have the real drivers for your monitor installed, not the default Plug and Play driver for it to work 100%. If you use the default P&P driver with XP, it may "think" that your monitor can handle a certain rate, but really can't or it may think it can only go so high, but it can really go higher).Restart the computer, load Rivatuner back up, click on the Refresh Fix Tab again, now click the >> button (sets each resolution to the max refresh rate) and click install again.
There are a lot of other tweaks in there that can adjust performance, but these are the best. Feel free to play around with the others though. I went from getting 20 fps with my GF3 Ti500 to getting 150 fps. Hope this helps, if not feel free to fire off an e-mail to me at strife@project-51.com"
thats the one that will help you, but if you want to read the whole thread, its here http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=forums&page=result.thread&qt=6890
Hope that helps...
Torque Owner Sam Guffey