Post your pre-render settings.....

[PiLsY]

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(I'll start for an example).

Mobo chipset : SiS 645
MoBo Driver : XP IDE, AGP 1.09F
Gfx Chipset : MX440
Gfx Driver : 29.40
Car Test Low : Prerender 7
Car test high : Prerender 4
Drago Low : Prerender 6
Drago High : Prerender 3
Lobby Low : Prerender 9
Lobby High : Prerender 2
Nature : NA (wont run on MX440) / Prerender 4 for my old ATI 8500 :P.

Basically im interested in seeing how different pre-renders affect different cpu platforms and gfx platforms. For instance im using totally different settings for this MX440 as I was for the R8500. Would be nice to see if all you top page guys have figured out the same pre-render settings too. I have a suspicion youll all be running around the same values for AMD systems, but totally different for P4s.

Anyway, post away.

PiLsY.

[OPPAINTER]

I've never tryed to optimise them.
I've gone with basiclly,

Car Test Low : 6
Car test high : 6
Drago Low : 5
Drago High : 5
Lobby Low : 5
Lobby High : 5
Nature : 4

On G4.

OPP

[mbrock]

I would love to answer your ? but first I need you to tell this Tennessee Hillbilly wher to find this info

[PiLsY]

Marty :

Rivatuner --> DirectX settings. Its on about the third or 4th page . Basically it sets an upper limit of how many frames you can have stored rendered ahead of the one you are currently displaying. Ive heard a lot of people say that pre-render has a massive effect on scores, tho Ive yet to gain more than 20 - 30 points using it. More a point of interest than a tweak related question .

Opp :

DD and Randi swear by the pre-render, however, ive always taken the same approach as you m8. I basically took an educated guess and set the hardest cpu benches on highest pre-render, and the most gfx intensive on middle to low. Cant say its made much difference tho - maybe something to play with in the future.

PiLsY.

[mbrock]

Well heck. I never even noticed that before. I guess mine has always been set to 3. Cool gives me something else to play with.

Thanks for the info.

Marty

Ps I will let you know if it makes a big diff.

[macci]

3 for all tests
wonder if I should start tweaking that stuff :P

used to play w/ those settings in the GF3 era

[killersushi]

Well I just thought I'd say hello, seems like the elite has moved to a new home

[JBELL]

Originally posted by killersushi
Well I just thought I'd say hello, seems like the elite has moved to a new home

welcome aboard! and welcome to our sickness!

[JCviggen]

I also use 3 on all the tests.... I played with it once but since the test was inconclusive, I figured it was not worth it... didnt show an obvious improvement anyway

[AndrOvr]

yeah, I usto play w those pre-render setting's but its no worth, It may give a 0.1/0.2 in the test...
I use 3 for all

[MrIcee]

I'll join with macci and jc on this one. I found it inconclusive and have been running all my latest successful benches with it left on 3.

Randi

[Chong345]

same here, 3 all the way

[bmg]

I've tried larger values, but can't see consistent improvement over just using 3.

[RichBa5tard]

I've got a pretty good increase when i choose the optimal prerendering settings.

All tests on 3: 4324 points

Using optimal prerender limits: 4351 points

That's 27 points increase on a GF1 DDR, not bad for such a low end card. I asume if you tweak your prerender limits on a high end card the difference will be 2 to 3 times higher. 50~80 points increase is worth the tweak imho.

Optimal prerender limits on my card:
2
14
14
14
2
13
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