SuperKungFu Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 There's not an option for this in Lock On, could someone tell my how to enable it through my nvidia control panel? I can't seem to find it. My graphics card is 256 mb nvidia geforce go 7900 gs. My driver is 92.91, i also can't seem to be able to set it to auto-overclock. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Corsair7662 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I advise to not us vertical sync because it should be "OFF". of not OFF then have it on Application Preference. Personally I dont really know what v-sync does but from what I do know, dont mess with it :-P.
Nate--IRL-- Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 It is in the performance and quality section of the Nvidia control panel (be sure to turn on triple buffering too, this cures the performace hit ussally associated with v sync) Google coolbits for over clocking. Nate Ka-50 AutoPilot/stabilisation system description and operation by IvanK- Essential Reading
SuperKungFu Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 Cool, before I go ahead and enable it, does anyone know the consequence/advantages of v-sync? Personally I don’t even know what it does, I just read about it in another thread and hope it might fix the image quality. I’m running on a laptop so when I look around in the cockpit really fast, I guess you can see “tearing” or “ghosting” whatever that means. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
hitman Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 You have a better chance of seeing ghosts on an LCD monitor than you do crt...Im not sure why but my theory goes it has something to do with the duration the pixels dim or light up. And do what Nate-IRL- suggested about coolbits. Its just a small regedit entry and it will also open up some other features of the card too.
Corsair7662 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 If you want better quality graphics, turn on Anti-Aliasing.
SuperKungFu Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 yea i do have AA on, i guess ill check out coolbits. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Shaman Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I use vsync with tripple buffering to remove screen tearing in Lock On. Works very well. NVIDIA here. 51PVO Founding member (DEC2007-) 100KIAP Founding member (DEC2018-) :: Shaman aka [100☭] Shamansky tail# 44 or 444 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 100KIAP Regiment Early Warning & Control officer
SuperKungFu Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 how do u make it go into triple buffering? I only see on or off. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
some1 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 consequences - lowers fps. advantages - removes tearing. That's short. Now the longer part: Monitor doesn't dispaly a full frame at once. It starts from one edge and draws it line by line to the second edge. LCD's also refresh display sequentially, result is same as on CRT's. With v-sync off, when your GPU generates a new frame, it's immediately sent to your monitor - even if the monitor is in the middle of drawing the previous frame. So if these two frames differ much (because the scene changed, i.e. you rotated your head fast), it will be seen as tearing - part of the screen will be old frame and part will be new one. With v-sync on you won't get more fps than your monitor's refresh rate (which is the value of the full frames that your monitor displays per second). It lowers the average fps too because new frame is generated only when monitor is able to display it from the beginning of it's screen. On my computer it's 30 fps to 27 fps. The thing you have to understand is what v-sync do to your fps. If you get higher fps than your monitor's refresh rate, you won't see them even if you turn off v-sync, beacuse you monitor can't physically display more than that. And your eyes won't see tearing no matter what the setting is beacuse you already have 60 fps or more. But let's say that your monitor displays new frame each 10 ms (0.01 s, that's 100Hz refresh rate) and your computer can generate new frame each 11 ms. Without v-sync you will get around 90fps (1000/11) but also tearing. With v-sync on, each frame will have to be displayed for 20ms (two 'monitor frames') so the in game fps will drop to 50 fps. If 20ms is too short time for the GPU to create new frame, the next possible interval will be 30ms. And so on. Assuming that your hardware generates new frames at constant speed, the fps value you get with v-sync enabled can be only your monitor's refresh rate divided by a natural number (1, 2, 3, 4, and so on). And I have v-sync enabled too. :) Hardware: VPForce Rhino, FSSB R3 Ultra, Virpil WarBRD, Hotas Warthog, Winwing F15EX, Slaw Rudder, GVL224 Trio Throttle, Thrustmaster MFDs, Saitek Trim wheel, Trackir 5, Quest Pro
SuperKungFu Posted November 11, 2006 Author Posted November 11, 2006 thanks some1 for that long detailed explanation. :thumbup: Btw, do you know how to enable the triple buffering? I believe that is what you meanted when you said Assuming that your hardware generates new frames at constant speed, the fps value you get with v-sync enabled can be only your monitor's refresh rate divided by a natural number (1, 2, 3, 4, and so on). [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
some1 Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 The same place where you set v-sync, but you have to switch to advanced settings in the view list. (don't know if translation is correct, I have Polish language in driver options) Some more info on triple buffer is here: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=928593 Hardware: VPForce Rhino, FSSB R3 Ultra, Virpil WarBRD, Hotas Warthog, Winwing F15EX, Slaw Rudder, GVL224 Trio Throttle, Thrustmaster MFDs, Saitek Trim wheel, Trackir 5, Quest Pro
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