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Best AA/AF settings for X1800?

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Im getting to play with my new card this weekend, and wondered what options i should set in the catalyst control panel to give the best performance/IQ vs speed option.

What is adaptive AA? Is it worth having this on, and should it be on instead or as well as normal AA?
 
I got a few new games today, quake 4 and battlefield 2, and they dont run that great at 1280x1024. Quake 4 i thought i could just max out, but when i get smoke and stuff it gets a bit manky. Im thinking its probably my p4, so ill give my current bits to my daughter an upgrade to a dual core amd setup. Ticking AA and AF to 2x with quake 4 just let it run absolutely terrible :(
 
right ive done a little test, quake 4 on ultra with the settings loadsamoney suggested, 1280x1024. Im only getting 15-45fps in total at these settings with no AA/AF on.

I wonder if its because i had my nvidia card in before, so i think ill try a format and see if it makes any difference.
 
okay, i think it was my memory timings, i set cpu back to default speed, ran again and the lowest it got where it was hitting about 12-13fps before, is now 48. Clocked it back up with the memory at 2t instead of 1t, and it seems silky smooth at 60fps :)
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Yeah that sounds a lot better, don't know the frame-rates i was getting, but i know for a fact it wasn't going as low as 15fps, i would have noticed that lol, silky smooth all the time for me it was, glad you got it sorted. :)

If you used DriverCleaner to get rid off all your Nvida drivers, then i should think a format won't be needed. :)

@Cozman well i ticked that box, and i cant see any difference either, so ill just leave it ticked. :D
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Im pretty sure it was the ram, unfortunately the cpu dosent seem to like being overclocked.

Do you bother overclocking your card at all loadsamoney? I didnt seem to have much success, so i thought i would wait for one of the new zalman or arctic cooling coolers before giving it some welly.
 
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