well Mr.hunter i think these are applicable for opengl games only.... is there any solution for forcing s3tc in direct 3d....?
Hunter wrote: > Hi, > i copy a post of a Thread in another Forum. Its about the Settings > from Intel Graphic Cards. If you use this, maybe you have better > performance: > > actually remembered the GMA option panel earlier in the day but had no > way to test it away from my computer... it wasn't big on my mind > because I disabled the annoying little icon in the control panel. As > far as I can Google, those options do the following: > > Asynchronous Flip: Disables Vsync (maybe better fps). Not sure if its > specifically for OpenGL, but thats what was mentioned on the Intel > site. I'll try it. > Driver Memory Footprint: Should increase performance if I set this to > high, lets drivers have more memory (apparently the GMA too, and I > have 3GB of RAM, so shouldn't be a problem) > Force FXT1 Texture Compression: Should make textures more distinct. > Maybe performance increase... makes textures smaller, but I read that > it was mainly for 3DFX cards. Also read that it should be left off for > best performance. > Force S3TC Texture Compression: Should make textures more distinct. > Maybe performance increase... makes textures smaller, but I read that > it should be left off for best performance. Might try this. Read more > about the two here: http://www.digit-life.com/articles/reviews3tcfxt1/ > Anisotropic Filtering: Should be left off for best performance. Makes > stuff look better, so thats pretty obvious. > Texture Color Depth: Should be left to Desktop Color Depth. Can't > think of a reason not to. > Flipping Policy:Apparently another OpenGL thing. Leave it at Flip. > Triple Buffering: Should be left to Default or Off, can affect input > lag. > > I also noticed the "Power Settings" button in the panel, set the > slider THERE to Disable Power Savings. I already had my laptop on High > Performance, maybe this will help a little too. > > Edit: Okay, these settings do appear to make the game run better, > anywhere that there isn't smoke or particle effects. Now if only there > was a way I could disable/remove those. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "INTEL 9XX Gaming" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
