Video settings

Not sure if this is the right spot, but here goes.

Im trying to get the most out of my video card so what are some of the things I should turn off or turn on in ATI control panel/window.

Videocard - x1400 256 mb

For example:
Should I enable Adaptive Anti-Aliasing


Thanks

 

Get rid of anything that says anti-aliasing, this is a GPU killer and not necessary for games (It just eliminates the jaggedness). Also, anisotropic filtering also tends to hurt video cards for performance, so it is best to leave that off as well.

With that said, it really depends on the game you are playing. I had the x300 GPU and it can perform well with AF in some games. It is best just to experiment with particular games. If you are playing newer games though, AA and AF should probably be turned off.

 

you can also turn down quality features and other eye candies to get a higher frame rate and actually manage to play some newer games on an old card/integrated card

 

If you play Games from Valve/Steam You can turn AA AF on all the way with Max Res. That is what I do, and my FPS are WONDERFUL!!!

 

hmm. 256mb x1400... I've played a desktop x1400 with 128mb, if that counts. AF x16 didn't change the performance at all, in any game, but AA had a huge impact, in Prey, and oblivion. not so much CS:S or HL2, as long as it was at 4x AA, 6xAA started lowering the fps though.

try turning off Temporal AA, and adaptive AA, also Vsync, and turn up AF to 16x

 

Well if I remember right that card he has only has 128meg of real dedicated, the rest is borrowed for the ram, so should perform similar in that aspect.

Also i've noticed that most of the time the desktop video cards are faster than their mobile counterparts.

 

I have the same video card. Listen to the other people to what they say about anti-aliasing, because it kills most of the performance. The best way to get the better out of your x1400 if trying different settings for each game that you play. Some game (as the Valve/ Steam will run real fine as said before) but with other ones you will nedd to go down a little bit with your settings

 

VSync really lowers FPS. As does AA and AF.

Slowly turn them on low and experiment with games till you find the sweet spot.

 

Here is your solution:

http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_1.html

 

If youre playing a game that has lots of words or typefaces (like board games) or hard lines then AA would be beneficial. They may not be graphic intensive games anyways so you wont notice any poor game performance.
A computer monitor only has the capabilities of producing approx 72dpi. AntiAliasing smooths out hard lines (like typefaces) from looking jagged.
What AA does is try to make such images look more like 300dpi (what the printed image would be)