for those that have not heard/read nVidia has new drivers out with a boast of 25% improved performance

you can grab them here:

www.nvidia.com/content/dr...rivers.asp (http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp)


look for detonator4o download and it supports all these products:

Products Supported: RIVA TNT
Aladdin TNT2
TNT2
TNT2 Pro
TNT2 Ultra
TNT2 Model 64 (M64)
TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro
Vanta
Vanta LT GeForce 256
GeForce DDR
GeForce2 MX
GeForce2 MX 100
GeForce2 MX 200
GeForce2 MX 400
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce2 Pro
GeForce2 Ti
GeForce2 Ultra GeForce3
GeForce3 Ti 200
GeForce3 Ti 500
GeForce4 MX 460
GeForce4 MX 440
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce4 Ti 4200
GeForce4 Ti 4400
GeForce4 Ti 4600
Quadro
Quadro2 Pro
Quadro2 EX Quadro2 MXR
Quadro DCC
Quadro4 200 NVS
Quadro4 400 NVS
Quadro4 500 XGL
Quadro4 550 XGL
Quadro4 700 XGL
Quadro4 750 XGL
Quadro4 900 XGL

When you install these, be sure to set the "Texture Anisotropic Setting" from its default of 0x (point sampling) to 1x. It won't affect performance, but 0x will make textures look terrible.

And where is this option?
Couldn't find it :-/

Ciao for now!

It's in this menu, available through the regular setup options:

<img src=http://lag9.com/ti4600_setup.jpg>

Make sure yours matches the picture (especially the slider, which should be set to 1x, not the default 0x). The difference in texture quality is pretty dramatic compraed to the 0x point sampling, which must have been an error on Nvidia's part to set as the default.

This <a href=http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dcenter.org%2Fartike l%2F2002%2F08-30.php&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools>article</a> (translated from German) gives an example of what I'm talking about.

Gah. My control panel doesn't have that.

If you're using a Ti4x00 and you don't see the panel above, then your drivers are borked. Try removing them completely (from add/remove in control panel), deleting all Nvidia keys in the registry (HKLM/Software/Nvidia and HKCU/Software/Nvidia), and re-running the 40.41 setup. With Nvidia drivers, an "overwrite" install occasionally doesn't work as you'd expect.

By the way, you can open up a bunch of neat hidden panels by adding the following to your registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"Coolbits"=dword:ffffffff
"NvCplEnableHardwarePage"=dword:00000001
"NvCplEnableAGPSettingsPage"=dword:00000001

(Override the 0x3 Coolbits setting if you already have it for overlocking.)

After doing this, you can set a number of hardware AGP settings, and (FINALLY) override the default refresh rates in Direct3D, at any resolution/color depth!

I have my software in Spanish so it might be a bit different.
Instead of the slider I got a drop down menu which has options from 'most optimum' thru 'mixture' and ending in 'best quality picture'. /shrug
I guess this could be my language's options, but the textures in EQ seem to be good.

Thanks for the tips tho. I see you're a real nerd Tudamorf ;)
/jk

Ciao for now!

The "most optimum" stuff probably refers to the mipmap detail level, not the anisotropic setting (they're two entirely different things).

Here's another <a href=http://www.3dgpu.com/yabb_se/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=1360;sta rt=0>link</a> to show you the difference between point sampling (incredibly ugly) with just the regular anisotropic off setting.

Some of the sites are now reporting that the real issue is a bug in these beta drivers, which Nvidia will fix, so hopefully this problem will go away.