I'm setting up a computer for my nephew put together from stuff I had lying around :) The specs are

Asus A7V-133C Motherboard
AMD Athlon 1200MHz (Overclocked at 1333MHz)
128Meg PC133 RAM (May increase to 256 - 384)
Creative Vibra128 Sound Card
and most importantly Voodoo3 3000 Video Card :D
Oh and running Windows98SE and DirectX9.0b

I have loaded the AmigaMerlin 2.9 drivers (which seem fine, unless someone can suggest better)
I have loaded MiniGL 1.49 drivers (Is there something better around than these?)

I have also installed V.Control 1.81b (Koolsmoky) so that I can overclock/tweak the voodoo3.

My main problem is that there are so many options, both under hardware and environmental, that I don't know what the best settings would be. I'm not after raw performance, I would prefer a balance between performance and visual quality.

Hope someone can help or point me to a site / tutorial that can answer my questions.

FalconFly great site by the way :D

Hi !

I recommend you use V.Control. When you start V.Control, you will see two tabs. Click on Environment Settings. Then choose preset Fastest and click on Apply. Now I would set OpenGL HSR to Disable, alpha-blending to smooth and 3D filter quality to 2x2 box.

If you have got refresh problems in DirectX games, enable sync to vertical refresh.

Regards

Thanks Phoenix :)

I didn't notice the preset box ::) I'll give it a shot when I get home tonight

wrote on 30.07.03 at 17:43:49:

If you have got refresh problems in DirectX games, enable sync to vertical refresh.

FYI, in many cases this decreases performance.

Thanks Fedaykin :)

I benchmark between each change to check for improvement and stability. So I'll keep an eye on what affect that option has.

Made the changes in V.Control :) Didn't make much difference though :( Oh well

One other thing. There are several options under Device Configuration.

- AGP enable (ON)
- AGP 1x / 2x (2x)
- support addresses over 4Gb (ON)
- AGP sideband (ON)
- Max AGP commands 1 - 8 (1)
- Palette Snoop (OFF)

Can you tell me if these are the best settings to use?

Thanks again for your help.

Well, I would leave the settings alone. Especially Palette Snoop : leave it off !

You could try to set Max AGP commands to 8, but be aware of stability issues.

Here is some more basic information you may want to know.   :)

wrote on 31.07.03 at 18:30:11:

Well, I would leave the settings alone. Especially Palette Snoop : leave it off ! You could try to set Max AGP commands to 8, but be aware of stability issues.

Huh mine is 32 is that good. I never touched the settings btw.

EP