Best GFX options for Prelude?

[Benny]

Hello Everyone,

I know you guys must be going as crazy as me while you wait for the server to come back up. So i have been at the log in screen for some time now and decided to play with my video options!

Just wanted to ask you guys, what the max setting you can have are? Obviously im not talking about Distances/Shadows/Effects... I mean Under Options>>Graphics window.

Will the game look better with Vsync on?
Will it look better with Anti-A on 0 or 8x?
And the Texture Filter...what's the best options for graphics?

(considering your machine can run the game at it's fullest, what would you gfx techy ppl suggest?)

Sorry if i posted in the wrong place, but im sure it will answer questions for many more than just myself!

[Dkerns0123]

>.>
/10char

[Benny]

Im guessing you want the answers aswell? I don't mean to be a pain i just want the game to look at it's best! :D

[Surly]

Update your drivers.

[Benny]

Yes they are all up to date, im just not sure what AA, Vsync and Texture Filter should be on??? Can you help me out?

[Snickle1980]

i can help out a little. although i dont know what all the terms mean, AA should be at its highest as far as i know so 8 sounds good. i have mine at 8 but i really didnt notice much of a difference from 4 if any. i have everything else on as high as possible and every now and then i add more yards to the tree distance and other stuff. if your computer can handle it , just put everything at its highest setting. otherwise as far as the terms go...google is your friend.

[Dkerns0123]

Anti Aliasing reduces jagged edges

Vsync is vertical syncronization. Vsync locks the frames at the vertical (up and down) refresh rate of you monitor when enabled, but also reduces performance

Texture filters to give an image the appearance of depth or substance

but honestly it doesn't really look any better afterward >.>

[Surly]

Buy more RAM.

[Sirius]

1024x768x60
off
off
0x
low
bilinear
512m
normal
32m
16m
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
low
off
off
off
off
off
off
off

Game doesn't crash if I can get past loading entities!

[Surly]

Re-seat your CPU.

[d3m0nd0]

Best way to make the GFX look better.....

Go play Minecraft for 3 days straight, then play this.

[Dirt]

Forced to play minecraft last 3 days.

[Snickle1980]

i must be awfully lucky. either that or it has something to do with having a phenom II quad core with 8 gigs of DDR3 ram...because honestly, i didnt think my 2 year old card would be able to run this game at the top levels! its a 9800GT pci-E and its old in graphics card years, isnt it?

thanks for the advice on the settings btw. i have one thing i need to turn off to make it better. i'll keep upping the yardage on the trees and stuff and see what happens. overall, i'm happy with how things look. just waiting to get back on...sigh.

[Surly]

Switch your PSU to 220-volt.