Chris F Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Available at http://www.ati.com Well, here's my 3DMark numbers with the previous Cat 3.4's and the new Cat 3.5's (at default settings). Catalyst 3.4 3DMark 2001 SE - 17220 3DMark03 - 5672 Catalyst 3.5 3DMark2001 SE - 17186 - (-34) 3DMark03 - 5708 - (+36) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Installed them last night. No issues with any title I've tried so far. Gave me a nice boost in Morrowind/Bloodmoon and fixed the current Pixel and Vertex Shader bugs in Asherons Call 2 and Star Wars Galaxies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted June 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Romier, what video settings do you have Morrowind set at? I figured with my new rig I could run it full everything with a nice decent framerate, but it still chugs along at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 I figured with my new rig I could run it full everything with a nice decent framerate, but it still chugs along at times. 1600X1200X32 (Tip for you, resolution means nothing in terms of performance. Game runs almost identical in 1024X768 or 1600X1200. CPU power is the big one for Morrowind. Stronger and faster your processor the better framerate youll garner). 2XAA and 4X AF. Draw Distance is set to 85%, AI distance to 30%. Everything runs very smoothly for me. There is a drop in framerate when in large towns like Ebonheart, as well as the new expansion which can get chuggy during snowfall and what not. Never gets unplayable for me though. One thing that takes a bit to come to terms with is Morrowind really is a seriously a very hard engine to run. Its almost impossible to get a perfectly smooth framerate without turning things down far too much. No matter what you do you will get some chug. Its the nature of the beast unfortunately. Would also recommend the framerate optimizer which allows you to scale the draw distance to maintain a somewhat constant framerate. (Ie in when in town the draw distance changes to half, when you walk back out to wilderness it goes back to 85%. Very useful tool.) Also there are several .INI tweaks you can do to help the game run a bit smoother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted June 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Draw Distance is set to 85%, AI distance to 30%. How about Shadows? And where can I get this optimizer from? Will that work with both expansions installed as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 How about Shadows? Big no no. Way too much of a framerate killer and honestly the shadows aren't worth it. The optimizer can be had here: http://morrowind.nm.ru/Morrowind%20FPS%20Optimizer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre F Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Must download new drivers!!! Thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre F Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 I got a nice bump in fps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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