omega drivers shimmering effect in 3dmark 2001??

Ryan_clemens · Jul 22, 2002, 01:39 PM

read a recentish review of the a and b omega drivers there was some shimmering effect on the ground that made him decide to switch back.. is this effect gone in c?? cos I think I saw it... omega, anyone.. do you know???

Omegadrive · Jul 22, 2002, 02:53 PM

Nope, it still there, and even in the new release, there's always a price to pay for a small increment in quality, sorry.
But don't worry, after 10 minutes of play you will not even notice it...

Zarathustra · Jul 23, 2002, 06:52 AM

The shimmering effect is from the high LOD value right?

Ryan_clemens · Jul 23, 2002, 02:05 PM

Is it worth dropping the quality to remove this shimmering effect?
or by doing this do we just get stock nvidia drivers at max quality?

Omegadrive · Jul 23, 2002, 02:47 PM

Yes Zarathustra, is because of the LOD.

Ryan, If you drop the LOD in order to correct this then I'll be stuck with regular nvidia drivers + tweaks, no more detailed textures.

Ryan_clemens · Jul 24, 2002, 11:51 AM

I wonder if nvidia could engineer drivers like these but without any effects?
would it be worth using omega drivers for the NV30 or the radeon 9700 if there were some?
the new radeon 9700 has some bloody nice anisotropic filtering and I guess the NV30 would too. maybe its a wait and see.

Yeti · Jul 24, 2002, 12:06 PM

It would be nice to see an exponential curve imlementation of LOD. (as opposed to the linear (?) one currently in use).

Jul 22, 2002, 01:39 PM	#1
Ryan_clemens HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	omega drivers shimmering effect in 3dmark 2001?? read a recentish review of the a and b omega drivers there was some shimmering effect on the ground that made him decide to switch back.. is this effect gone in c?? cos I think I saw it... omega, anyone.. do you know???

Jul 22, 2002, 02:53 PM	#2
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 75	Nope, it still there, and even in the new release, there's always a price to pay for a small increment in quality, sorry. But don't worry, after 10 minutes of play you will not even notice it... __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jul 23, 2002, 02:05 PM	Thread Starter #4
Ryan_clemens HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	shimmering Is it worth dropping the quality to remove this shimmering effect? or by doing this do we just get stock nvidia drivers at max quality?

Jul 23, 2002, 02:47 PM	#5
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 75	Yes Zarathustra, is because of the LOD. Ryan, If you drop the LOD in order to correct this then I'll be stuck with regular nvidia drivers + tweaks, no more detailed textures. __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jul 24, 2002, 11:51 AM	Thread Starter #6
Ryan_clemens HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	quality I wonder if nvidia could engineer drivers like these but without any effects? would it be worth using omega drivers for the NV30 or the radeon 9700 if there were some? the new radeon 9700 has some bloody nice anisotropic filtering and I guess the NV30 would too. maybe its a wait and see.

Jul 23, 2002, 06:52 AM	#3
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	The shimmering effect is from the high LOD value right?

Jul 24, 2002, 12:06 PM	#7
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	It would be nice to see an exponential curve imlementation of LOD. (as opposed to the linear (?) one currently in use). __________________ --Oh lord not again