radass
09-03-2005, 07:51 PM
I've noticed at the last lan that a few of you are running on the drivers that came with your hardware on CD .. you are probably missing out on some huge performance increases. Update your drivers ! (and windows while you're at it)
And heres some info totally stolen from the savage help file, i doubt they'd mind:
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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR GRAPHICS CARD
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STEP ONE
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First and foremost, you must make sure your motherboard drivers are current.
Not doing this may cause your fast AGP graphics card to run in slow PCI mode, even though you might have it plugged perfectly well into an AGP slot. This is impacting your framerate in all games, although games that have to send a lot of polygons per frame to your video card (such as Savage) will be most noticeably affected.
Here is how you can identify what motherboard AGP chipset you have, and where to get updated drivers for your motherboard:
For Windows XP:
Click the Start button -> click Control Panel -> double-click the System applet -> select the Hardware tab -> click the Device Manager button -> expand the 'System devices' listing.
For Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), and Windows Me:
Click the Start button -> click Settings -> click Control Panel -> double-click the System applet -> select the Device Manager tab -> expand the 'System devices' listing.
For Windows 2000:
Click the Start button -> click Settings -> click Control Panel -> double-click the System applet -> select the Hardware tab -> click the Device Manager button -> -> expand the 'System devices' listing.
Look for the string "<something> processor to AGP controller"
Generally it will be AMD-<number>, Intel(R) <number>, NVidia <number>, VIA <number>, ALI <number>, or SIS
If you have AMD:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2336,00.htm l
If you have Intel:
* Get updated drivers here: http://intel.com/support/chipsets/driver.htm
If you have NVidia (nForce chipset):
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
If you have VIA:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
If you have SIS:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.sis.com/support/driver/ (or possibly http://driver.sis.com/agp/)
If you have ALI:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/support/support_guide_agp.htm
* Be sure to read the following URL: http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/support/support_guide_agp.htm
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STEP TWO
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Secondly, ensure that you have the latest OpenGL drivers installed for your graphics card. These are usually available from your graphics card manufacturer's web page.
Drivers for Nvidia cards may be found here:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Drivers for ATI cards may be found here:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
If you are unsure which drivers to download, or you do not have an ATI or Nvidia card installed, refer to the documentation for your graphics card to determine how to update your drivers.
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And heres some info totally stolen from the savage help file, i doubt they'd mind:
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************************* ******
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR GRAPHICS CARD
************************* ******
********
STEP ONE
********
First and foremost, you must make sure your motherboard drivers are current.
Not doing this may cause your fast AGP graphics card to run in slow PCI mode, even though you might have it plugged perfectly well into an AGP slot. This is impacting your framerate in all games, although games that have to send a lot of polygons per frame to your video card (such as Savage) will be most noticeably affected.
Here is how you can identify what motherboard AGP chipset you have, and where to get updated drivers for your motherboard:
For Windows XP:
Click the Start button -> click Control Panel -> double-click the System applet -> select the Hardware tab -> click the Device Manager button -> expand the 'System devices' listing.
For Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), and Windows Me:
Click the Start button -> click Settings -> click Control Panel -> double-click the System applet -> select the Device Manager tab -> expand the 'System devices' listing.
For Windows 2000:
Click the Start button -> click Settings -> click Control Panel -> double-click the System applet -> select the Hardware tab -> click the Device Manager button -> -> expand the 'System devices' listing.
Look for the string "<something> processor to AGP controller"
Generally it will be AMD-<number>, Intel(R) <number>, NVidia <number>, VIA <number>, ALI <number>, or SIS
If you have AMD:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2336,00.htm l
If you have Intel:
* Get updated drivers here: http://intel.com/support/chipsets/driver.htm
If you have NVidia (nForce chipset):
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
If you have VIA:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
If you have SIS:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.sis.com/support/driver/ (or possibly http://driver.sis.com/agp/)
If you have ALI:
* Get updated drivers here: http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/support/support_guide_agp.htm
* Be sure to read the following URL: http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/support/support_guide_agp.htm
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STEP TWO
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Secondly, ensure that you have the latest OpenGL drivers installed for your graphics card. These are usually available from your graphics card manufacturer's web page.
Drivers for Nvidia cards may be found here:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Drivers for ATI cards may be found here:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
If you are unsure which drivers to download, or you do not have an ATI or Nvidia card installed, refer to the documentation for your graphics card to determine how to update your drivers.
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