X600SE, mobility 5.10, and anti aliasing in a window

stepto · Nov 6, 2005, 08:50 PM

Hi. Using Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 w/ an x600SE and the mobility 5.10's or 5.9's, Direct3d applications drop to 1 FPS whenever they are run in a window and anti-aliasing is enabled. Full screen D3D apps have no problem with AA.

OpenGL apps have no problem. Anyone run into this?

Also, my x600SE is 64+64hypermemory but the drivers show 256. Anyone seen this as well? Are there any good utilities to dtermine *exactly* how much hypermemory is being used? DirectX and all built in utilities to Windows report 256 megs.

S.

redsolar · Nov 8, 2005, 05:42 AM

When you go to Control Panel - System, you should see how much RAM you have available to Windows. Anything not there is reserved for video card FrameBuffer.

As to windowed AA issue - many times certain programs do not properly use D3D when running in windowed mode, using DirectDraw instead (which certainly kills performance).

Have you tried dxdiag D3D test? Does it work properly without dropping the frames?

stepto · Nov 9, 2005, 02:08 AM

yup all DXdiag tests work fine. I doubt these aplications are using just Directdraw for Windowed mode, its any D3D application. Counterstrike: Source, Age of Empires 3, etc. They work just great in a window as long as you turn off AA.

Nov 6, 2005, 08:50 PM	#1
stepto DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	X600SE, mobility 5.10, and anti aliasing in a window Hi. Using Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 w/ an x600SE and the mobility 5.10's or 5.9's, Direct3d applications drop to 1 FPS whenever they are run in a window and anti-aliasing is enabled. Full screen D3D apps have no problem with AA. OpenGL apps have no problem. Anyone run into this? Also, my x600SE is 64+64hypermemory but the drivers show 256. Anyone seen this as well? Are there any good utilities to dtermine exactly how much hypermemory is being used? DirectX and all built in utilities to Windows report 256 megs. S. Last edited by stepto; Nov 6, 2005 at 08:51 PM. Reason: added info about full screen d3d apps

Nov 8, 2005, 05:42 AM	#2
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	When you go to Control Panel - System, you should see how much RAM you have available to Windows. Anything not there is reserved for video card FrameBuffer. As to windowed AA issue - many times certain programs do not properly use D3D when running in windowed mode, using DirectDraw instead (which certainly kills performance). Have you tried dxdiag D3D test? Does it work properly without dropping the frames? __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Nov 9, 2005, 02:08 AM	Thread Starter #3
stepto DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	yup all DXdiag tests work fine. I doubt these aplications are using just Directdraw for Windowed mode, its any D3D application. Counterstrike: Source, Age of Empires 3, etc. They work just great in a window as long as you turn off AA.