Im really confused as to what set up and set down. Can someone tell me if I have done anything wrong?

If you want all your setting set to max. then you must set "disble trees, rubber and flags" to OFF.
Also you should set "simple Track" to OFF.

Also Track LOD Reduction to NO and Use compressed skins to NO

Mirror LOD to 0.3. And tweak your MIP settings in game to get one that looks right for you - I think I use 80% to the right (I forget the number, about 0.5 I think).

Thanks alot, this is what I have it in now-



What about audio? I have a AUDIGY 2 ZS, how do I turn audio settings up?



Thank you!

EDIT- Just seen PINO's post will edit that now

Also, tristancliffe, can you elaborate?

Also right now they look like this-

What about your Nvidia control panel settings? Those are important..

LFS looked horrible without adjusting them. Lots of texture shimmering etc..

(I have the same card as you)

lfs looks better with aa and with af the road looks alot better. some of the tracks have noticable lines with AA enable though... (fern bay...)

Hello Everbody
I am not that great when it comes to getting the best out of my 7800gtx in regard to best looking graphics. I have followed these posting pretty well though.

For better looking graphics
Antialiasing is 4x better then 2x

Anisotropic again is 4x better then 2x

I have in the Performance Settings put High Quality on

Just what is Vertical Svnc and should i have it on or off.

Go Easy on me Guys i am not as young as most of you

Thanks

I would go with 16x AF.. the 7800GTX can handle it NO problem and it looks a lot better.


Also experiment with this setting-
negative LOD bias.. clamp.
I like it much better set to clamp- it gets rid of all that horrible texture shimmering. Not seen in screenshots- need to see it live in person to really notice the difference, and it is a HUGE difference.

Also-
Gamma correct antialiasing - ON
Transparency antialiasing - ON and set to supersample.
Force mipmaps - trilinear
That's what you bought that fast video card for- might as well turn up the eye candy.

Also- not sure if you know so I will just post a pic...

Nice to make a profile for LFS and use the advanced settings..




Also to save all your profiles between driver changes-


nvapps.xml under windows/ system32 folder

Save the file- then put the old file back in after the driver change. That will save you a lot of time..

uh.. hey noni, how about you download this:
http://download.microsoft.com/ ... eResizerPowertoySetup.exe
^ alot of good stuff besides that at windows powertoys
http://www.microsoft.com/windo ... owertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

and you can resize your pictures in a few clicks..
and save us all from downloading those massive pictures that.. serve no purpose being that large

BWX and Nurse.
Thank you both very much. I will muck around with the AA and AL and the rest and see how i get on. Then get brave enough to do a little more. Yes i believe its a great card hope so as it cost me nearly two weeks wages

I Know you wont mind if i ask a few more what might seem simple questions to you later on.
Cheers Guys
Danny

Set mip bias to -4.00 to get the sharpest textures.

Hi,

If you have something like NVIDIA 7800GTX you can set even 8xAA+16AF and it will not affect your framrates at all.
Will a small hack with help of program called Rivatuner you cant set up your AA(it smooth edges) up to 16xAA and it will affect minimally framrates drop in LFS with 7800GTX.

Thanks Sweet and Devil
In fact have powerstrip to put on my computer but at first want to get it right in the Nvidia setup then i will try using my powerstrip which i bought.
But a little more help needed first please. I made a profile up its called LFS its now in the right hand active box. But how do i get the correct LFS exe file into the application box, as right now i have global settings in that left hand box. Is it possible for someone to walk me through it in simple terms honest i have tried for ages but cant do it.

If i cant get the profile right if i change the global settings to what i need for that game does that mean that when i start the game normal from my desktop shortcut that that would do the trick. Then i could just change it back when i finished playing.
Again Thanks in Advance

Quote from BWX232 :

Transparency antialiasing - ON and set to supersample.

Just as a note, this setting rapes FPS near trees...

Great for screenshots though

Quote from Ryanry64 :

Just as a note, this setting rapes FPS near trees...

Great for screenshots though

Not for me, LOL...

Quote from wildhawke11 :

If i cant get the profile right if i change the global settings to what i need for that game does that mean that when i start the game normal from my desktop shortcut that that would do the trick. Then i could just change it back when i finished playing.
Again Thanks in Advance

First you need to set it to "global driver settings" on the right box..


Then you need to press the button under that- "add profile"

Then you need to name the profile in the box that pops up- "LFS" works..


Then you need to browse for your LFS EXE ....


Then in the list of games in that same box- UNCHECK the top "global driver setting" box.. Then go check the LFS executable box..



Then you hit OK and then you are back to the driver setting control panel..

On the right box- find the LFS profile... Then set up all the options.. make sure you see the "advanced view"...

Now on the top left box it will not yet have "LFS" in there- you must run the program one time and then shut it off to see that.. at least on my PC that's how it works.

If you want to adjust a setting in the control panel, just check the box.. if you don't want to adjust is manually, leave it unchecked.

Now you will not have to adjust it manually every time.. It will automatically load that profile for that game when you run LFS.. Or any other game you set up the same way.

BWX
Thank you for taking the time out to help me. All is well and the game looks great now. I Hope to leave you alone at least for a while now.
Thanks again
Danny

LOL- no prob.

nvapps.xml under windows/ system32 folder

Save the file- then put the old file back in after the driver change. That will save you a lot of time..

Dont forget that when you go to update your driver!! ^^

Quote from --==Gogo==-- :

If you want all your setting set to max. then you must set "disble trees, rubber and flags" to OFF.
Also you should set "simple Track" to OFF.

also where do you find this simple track setting?