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    Does CCC settings actually work ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by CooLMinE, May 29, 2009.

  1. CooLMinE

    CooLMinE Notebook Deity

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    Been playing with CCC settings for about two days now and I finally came to the conclusion that CCC settings might not work AT ALL.

    The games ive tested so far is CoD4, Far cry 2 and WoW.

    For eg. In ALL three games ive tried to set CCC at max settings (of course i tried to toned down the settings a bit later in case something was conflicting but same result), AA@8 with and without temporal anti-aliasing and box/edge detect as filters.

    Also ive set Anisotropic filtering at 16x and Adaptive anti-aliasing on both on and off.

    The results ? Lets take far cry for that example, forcing all those settings in CCC has almost no impact on FPS in the game, the game will still run at 40-70 fps. Resetting all CCC settings and just using the in game AA setting to x4 instantly takes down the fps to 25-50.

    Same with the other two games, forcing the settings in CCC seem to have no effect on fps in the game. Ive tried taking some pictures (.bmp ones of course) after changing each setting to see if theres a difference but sadly im really bad at it since i cant really tell the difference between any of the settings, cant even tell the difference from No AA to AAx4 :(

    So basically i was wondering, if anyone else tested the CCC settings with success ? And, how do you tell the difference between the settings ? (yea i know edges are smoother etc but honestly i cant tell the difference, not sure if its the high resolution or just me :( ).

    Using 9.5 ATI drivers.
     
    CooLMinE, May 29, 2009
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  2. Rob41

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    I hope someone will have the answer for you, and is a good question.

    I've always just used the in game settings.
     
    Rob41, May 30, 2009
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  3. CooLMinE

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    Yea same here till i start reading reviews and articles about how superior the CCC settings are. Of course they are more resource taxing than the in game ones since the techniques it uses is different, edge-detect filter for eg. But if you are already maxing out the game then its worth it. But if the options dont work at all then its a problem ;)
     
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  4. CooLMinE

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    And bump :p
     
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    Wow CooLMinE, I can't believe someone hasn't chimed in with the answer! :eek:
     
    Rob41, May 31, 2009
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  6. CooLMinE

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    Doubt many use CCC for forcing settings nowadays :p
    But that because they dont know how good the settings actually are! :) WHEN they do work :p
     
    CooLMinE, May 31, 2009
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