3 questions...advice needed pls
 

Hi all

3 questions about my x1950 pro agp 512mb

fast writes.... on or off?

and agp aperture size in bios...32mb 64mb 128mb 256mb or 512mb

also should my ATI AI be standard or advanced?

cheers in advance

furbs

Fast writes can be off

AGP aperture 128Mb minimum

Catalyst AI @ Standard

Drivers: Catalyst 7.7

You can try raising the AGP aperture to 256, but I don't recall it making a lot of difference

B

Fastwrites don't really help and can cause problems so turn that off. AGP apeture, the general rule is 1/4 of your system ram or the amount of video ram on the card, whichever is LESS. For the x1950's and lower I got better peformance with AI on advanced, you can try it both ways and see which is better for you.

AI advanced: you didn't get white scenery in the distance, like snowfields? Maybe it's the 29xx series that does that, I'll have to check.

B

Yes, it was the HD series that started getting that issue, before those cards advanced worked just fine.

on older cards "fast writes" was important to have on, i think it has something to do with using the full 8x speed of the AGP bus.

no idea if that is still true with the latest monster gfx cards in 2008 on a pci-e bus.

if you have an agp card, first get the right version of the ati drivers, i think CC 7.1 and 7.7 are two reliable versions that are known to give good performance in il2. leave the settings at install-default for now.

after that find the right settings for your il2 setup.exe, there was a good post on this at the zoo some yrs ago http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...6651075613/p/1

initially keep your ati CC settings for AA and AF at "application controlled" and test in the black death track what your fpsec are, then change the the AA and AF settings to 4x 6x etc.. and see how many frames you are prepared to loose to get better eye candy.

Thanks for that U_S :) I set Cat A.I. to Advanced and gained 5 fps Avg in the Black Death. Nice!

B