Nvidia Beta drivers 301.24, FXAA works in CloD

klem · #1 04-13-2012, 10:00 AM

I think this is just about OT so...
Before I try the beta driver I tried CSAA (285.62 driver) to see the effect. No matter what combination (with both NVCP Global and launcher.exe profile AA-OFF and in-game either AA x2 or off. Or, in-game OFF and with NVCP either Global CSAAx16 or NVCP launcher.exe profile CSAAx16) I get no difference. My main measure is across the field to the radio tower at Maidstone in normal (middle range) view but cockpit frames show very little difference except perhaps a tiny bit with in-game at AAx2 although that could just be a difference of angle in the screenshot, its nothing to write home about.

Unfortunately the NV control panel never retains Launcher.exe in the profiles list and even if I Add it, it disappears again when I look next time. This makes me wonder if the NV CP even recognises Launcher.exe when CoD fires up.

Does anyone else have this problem with the disappearing launcher.exe profile?

Baron · #2 04-13-2012, 10:04 AM

I checked mine again today and the Launcher.exe and profile is still there.

Have you tried doing a clean install of the beta driver?

mazex · #3 04-13-2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by klem

Unfortunately the NV control panel never retains Launcher.exe in the profiles list and even if I Add it, it disappears again when I look next time. This makes me wonder if the NV CP even recognises Launcher.exe when CoD fires up.

Does anyone else have this problem with the disappearing launcher.exe profile?

Have you looked for WRC 2010? That's NC:s code name for CloD

fruitbat · #4 04-13-2012, 10:38 AM

is there any reason why you can't use both forms of AA, other than performance issues?

i just tried for kicks putting the injector back in i had been using.

Here is a screen shot with just the injector applied, (for some reason the dxgi.dll seems to put an injectored screenshot into the game folder)

and here is with i think both, (done with printscreen and into paint)

Buchon · #5 04-13-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by fruitbat

is there any reason why you can't use both forms of AA, other than performance issues?

I don't think there any aside of the performance hit, but why ? if you want more AA just up the AA level.

dxgi.dll put a screenshot there because the injectors have a key to take screenshots, probably is the Print key by default.

fruitbat · #6 04-13-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Buchon

I don't think there any aside of the performance hit, but why ? if you want more AA just up the AA level.

dxgi.dll put a screenshot there because the injectors have a key to take screenshots, probably is the Print key by default.

Because i don't know how to up the aa level with the injector version of aa, i'm just using ones that are found on this site.

would like to know though.....

Buchon · #7 04-13-2012, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by fruitbat

Because i don't know how to up the aa level with the injector version of aa, i'm just using ones that are found on this site.

would like to know though.....

What injector is ?

Edit:

But you can set up the level of FXAA in Nvidia control panel, I think that wired is done by the driver FXAA more than by the injector.

fruitbat · #8 04-13-2012, 11:00 AM

Thats the 'injectFXAA by some dude v9.0 for DX-10' version, but i have all the versions collected by ace in the jsgme package found on this site.

I have the aa setup in the control panel at 16xQ Csaa and 8x supersmpling.

SlipBall · #9 04-13-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by fruitbat

is there any reason why you can't use both forms of AA, other than performance issues?

i just tried for kicks putting the injector back in i had been using.

Here is a screen shot with just the injector applied, (for some reason the dxgi.dll seems to put an injectored screenshot into the game folder)

and here is with i think both, (done with printscreen and into paint)

The wire does look much better in #2

klem · #10 04-13-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mazex

Have you looked for WRC 2010? That's NC:s code name for CloD

No it wasn't there or afterwards when I went to 296.10. Nor was the anti aliasing any better with that version.

BUT in the beta I do get WRC 2010 and I get the added FXAA option as you said. I did a clean install and it found and listed WRC 2010 without my looking for it.

The effect seems to be the same as "the community FXAA" mentioned by Fruitbat and Buchon ( http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...2&postcount=89 ) which I did try before but I didn't want to risk being kicked off a server for having a non-standard file set (which I don't think actually happens). However, now that it's incorporated into the Nvidia options you don't need extra files if the NV beta suits your card.

TRIK
Is it worth doing? Well if you don't like the jaggies on your cockpit etc. and prefer to have smooth edges at the cost of some text blurring then it is. It also helps to resolve that distant terrain mess by effectively blurring it in together so it doesn't look like its made of puff pastry. A case of 'yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice'. But if you have an Nvidia video card that can use the beta its easy to turn it on and off in the WRC 2010 profile and decide for yourself.

I'll try it for a few days and see if I like it or not.

Thanks for the info guys.