well my new computer came...

[TheJamsh]

or laptop rather. but its a nice Toshiba one. i had my old toshiba for ten years and its still going strong.

question for anyone who uses ATI catalyst control centre with Vista.

HOW do i override the screen refresh rate? this computer is 2.4ghz Centrino Dual core, do i know i can get far higher than 60fps. i tried using the setting in the ATI CCC, but it didnt work.

The max refresh rate shown in the windows display dialog box is 60 hertz, which is crap. i want to force around 100-140. can that be done or not?

oh little helper, everytime i now use the ATI CCC with the override on, the theme changes to windows vista basic. tried doing that manually. still no luck.

[OvermindDL1]

You have a laptop, meaning you have a cheap LCD screen, meaning it can *ONLY* support 60hz, if you set it to anything else your screen would turn black, hence why it does not let you.  Hook up a good CRT or higher end LCD to the VGA/DVI output and you can set it higher on that one.

Most decent monitor can at least all do 75hz, mine can do 200hz (any wonder why I still use a CRT instead of an LCD   CRT's also have greater color depth, most LCD's are limited to 6-bits per color where-as the computer outputs 8-bits of color information per color, CRT's can handle 8-bit fine, but basically no LCD under a grand can).
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[Nielk1]

Well, guess I will keep my 2 CRTs. I have a big desk at least.

[TheJamsh]

f*ck

[mrtwosheds]

Why do you want to change the refresh rate anyway?
It will make very little difference to the game.

[TheJamsh]

because my frame rate can only be at 60 fps MAX if my screen refresh rate is 60 hertz. and i want it a lot higher than that.


ive got a fairly large telly in my bedroom i could hook it up to. dont know how ithe cardll handle it though, beiong a proper TV screen. and its still not CRT

[OvermindDL1]

Disabling VSync will let you exceed the monitors refresh rate, although there is not really any reason to do so except for 'boasting'...
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[TheJamsh]

i have disabled it, in the ATI CCC and localprefs.ini still hitting 60fps max. occasionally itll tweak to 60.20 fps or something.

this is a 2.4ghz dual centrino proc with an ATI HD2600 card. i should be able to get way more FPS than this.

i have a feeling vista might be limiting it somehow... not too sure :S

[mrtwosheds]

You can see more than 60 frames per second?
The frame rate in BZ2 is pretty much determined by
1. what's happening in the game.
2. how efficiently your pc's processor can process it.
If you are having problems with frame rate, I would look to lightening the load on your processor.
The are several posts concerning duel processors around here somewhere.

If you are having problems with your frame rate while running your mod, then it is there you need to look. BZ2 is very sensitive to excessive amounts of sprites and polygons.

[TheJamsh]

well the frame rate drops with some xpls, but i know why that is. too many particles lol.

i was having the same issue on my desktop, until i set the refresh rate to 75 hertz and got 75 fps. again it could go higher, but wont exceed the screen refresh rate. dunno why.

its not just with my mod. its with all BZ2. in fact its LESS of a problem with my mod, because AIP's cause stuttering on both my PC's (only tiny, but noticeable if you look close) and yes. aipLogging is off.

i tried overriding the refresh rate in ATI CCC. didnt work.

i tried disbaling vSync in both ATI CCC and localize.ini. didnt work.

the desktop is only a 2.1 ghz dual core duo, and an nVIdia 7500 LE card. running vista premiuim.

the laptop is a 2.4ghz centrino dual core, an ATI Radeon HD 2600 card. again running vista premium.

the laptops HDD is also empty compared to the desktop, and has about 40-50 processes running, using 2-5% cpu most of the time.

the Dekstop HDD is half full, and has about60-70 processes running, using 10-20% of the CPU most of the time.

so basically, the laptop should be FAR better. its just getting the settings right.

[mrtwosheds]

and has about60-70 processes running

That's allot.
Only got 28 running on mine at the moment.

[mrtwosheds]

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[GENERAL MANSON*]

Try increasing the hertz for your monitor. You may have to change size on your monitor panel after doing this.

[Steeveeo]

If you have vsync turned off in ATI CCC, but still peaking at 60, try toggling BZ2's vsync command.

IIRC:

vid.waitretrace

It's a toggle, like the cheats.

[VSMIT]

Try increasing the hertz for your monitor. You may have to change size on your monitor panel after doing this.

You have a laptop, meaning you have a cheap LCD screen, meaning it can *ONLY* support 60hz, if you set it to anything else your screen would turn black, hence why it does not let you.  Hook up a good CRT or higher end LCD to the VGA/DVI output and you can set it higher on that one.

'Nuff said.

VSMIT.