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Hi all,
I have a 6800 soft-modded and running at 370/811 (can do better, but I'm playing it safe right now). My CPU is a 3200+ Barton w/ Corsair XMS C2 memory at 200 MHz. I just got a Dell widescreen flat panel that runs at 1680x1050, and both HL2 and Doom3 play fair at that resolution (with 2x AA and 2x AF), and D3 is more playable than HL2. I want to stay at that resolution since it's the native resolution for the monitor and everything looks best then. HL2 is usually above 30 fps, but occasionally gets around 12 when I'm in heavy action or scenery...
What changes could I make to have the least impact on visual quality, but have the greatest performance improvements? I've skimmed through some tweaking guides, but they're either for the FX, or they list all the commands, but not necessarily which would make the biggest differences... The only change I've read that should help without reducing quality much is changing shaders from high to low... Can some of you offer other suggestions? I know 1680x1050 is a stretch on my machine, but I think I can get it to work. TIA,
--Kyle
I have a 6800 soft-modded and running at 370/811 (can do better, but I'm playing it safe right now). My CPU is a 3200+ Barton w/ Corsair XMS C2 memory at 200 MHz. I just got a Dell widescreen flat panel that runs at 1680x1050, and both HL2 and Doom3 play fair at that resolution (with 2x AA and 2x AF), and D3 is more playable than HL2. I want to stay at that resolution since it's the native resolution for the monitor and everything looks best then. HL2 is usually above 30 fps, but occasionally gets around 12 when I'm in heavy action or scenery...
What changes could I make to have the least impact on visual quality, but have the greatest performance improvements? I've skimmed through some tweaking guides, but they're either for the FX, or they list all the commands, but not necessarily which would make the biggest differences... The only change I've read that should help without reducing quality much is changing shaders from high to low... Can some of you offer other suggestions? I know 1680x1050 is a stretch on my machine, but I think I can get it to work. TIA,
--Kyle