9800Pro 128MB
XP2500+ Barton
1024 MB PC3200
DirectX 9.0c
Latest ATI driver
Res 1024x768
Model Detail: high
Texture Detail: high
Water Detail: reflect world
Shadow Detail: high
I changed Antialiasing and Filtering and got the following
Antialiasing 4X
Filtering 8X
FPS 42.75
Antialiasing 4X
Filtering 4X
FPS 44.04
Antialiasing 2x
Filtering 4x
FPS 46.15
Antialiasing -
Filtering 4x
FPS 75.62
Antialiasing -
Filtering 16x
FPS 73.08
Antialiasing 6x
Filtering Trilinear
FPS 44.86
Antialiasing 4x
Filtering Trilinear
FPS 48.21
Antialiasing 2x
Filtering Trilinear
FPS 50.92
So it is safe to say then that altering some of these values makes others change too :)
Cool! Must try it ;)
Note that this is the graphics test FPS values and I am not sure if it is average or peak value. The in game FPS values are a bit lower. I think a lot of tweaking is necessary to get it 'right'.
I've an almost identical set up to Sadako, with the exception that I have an XP 2100+ CPU.
Res 1024x768
Model Detail: high
Texture Detail: high
Water Detail: reflect world
Shadow Detail: high
I changed Antialiasing and Filtering and got the following
Antialiasing 4X
Filtering 8X
FPS 32.12
Antialiasing 4X
Filtering 4X
FPS 34.89
Antialiasing 2x
Filtering 4x
FPS 37.55
Antialiasing -
Filtering 4x
FPS 63.00
Antialiasing -
Filtering 16x
FPS 64.87
Antialiasing 6x
Filtering Trilinear
FPS 32.54
Antialiasing 4x
Filtering Trilinear
FPS 40.29
Antialiasing 2x
Filtering Trilinear
FPS 48.56 (?)
So I'm about 20-25% slower on frame rates. Still it's fairly respectable and quite playable. I'll see what happens when there are a few people on the server?