settings for radeon 6990 - switch from nvidia

[HundertneunGustav]

okay.. lets try stock 411.
i mean like... this aint got anything to do with mods. right? right?

Okay:
start game, go settings, make sure perfect is on.
No good.


setup.exe - video tab, custom settings all checkmarks.


still, no good.
Just as you say. fugly.

Lets copypaste the conf ini section.

[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=1
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=1
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=2
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

...for graphics.
from DBW 1.71 --> 4.11 bog stock

Disregarding anything "nvidia specific settings", and water = 4 and stuff...
I am not following guidelines and what theory says.
I am not doing this by the schoolbook.
I am confirming by testing.

So... what ever YOU tested... i can not confirm.
What ever others found... say, think or do...

it works for me.
Looks like "perfect water" to my eyes...



Trying water=3... nogood. (see nogood.jpeg )
Maybe its a weather thing. go back to game, check with bad weather. Nope, nogood. Weatehr no influence.

Water =4 maybe? fair weather?
No! No joy at all! water has been reset to 1! what kind of a Beach is this game?

conf.ini... setting water=2, + save
go to game, launch qmb, and crappy weather...
here we go.

I am sorry to , kind of, shake up the old Nvidia vs ATI debate...
i am also not very technical about the texflags and stuff... mostly, when i am lucky and get what i want even without all the techno, i just use it.
but my 6970 definitely gives good results.

Screw the texflags and Nvidia/ATI debate.

As long as its a damn recent Card, ATI can do perfect.

And you know why i am motivated to write this post?
last year i assembled a new rig, for BoB. I was aware of th e Nvidia and ATI properties and stuff.
Before, i had a 9800GT. some 3 years old. she could have run on for a little while...
but i wanted to go back to an ATI card. For no tangible resaon at all, except that i like their Logo and advertizing better. Less "ooh and aah".
And i was actually bloody amazed by this and freaked out over it over at the SAS forums.