Opinons wanted ~ Catalyst AI & Unreal Tournament 2004

Hengist · Oct 2, 2005, 03:13 PM

I have my own thoughts, but would appreciate some community opinions.

Based on the following system spec's...

P4 2.66
1 Gb Ram
9800pro
SB Live
Abit Mobo IS2-E2

Would you set Catalyst AI to Disabled, Low or High, when running UT2004?

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I look forward to reading your thoughts

mkk · Oct 3, 2005, 12:10 AM

High should (I'm pretty sure but it was a long time ago I had the game installed) introduce some texturing/mipmap flaws so keep it at Low. Low is the best setting for by far most games. Use a setting of 4x or more Anisotropic Filtering.

Hengist · Oct 3, 2005, 11:27 AM

Thanks for the reply mkk,

I'm more interested in the benefits in terms of performance, rather than image quality.

I've read that the High setting can put an additional overhead on the CPU, and can basically cancel out in any gains in performance that it may deliver.

So, with regards to performance, based on the system specifications that I posted, which would be the best setting (Disabled, Low or High) to select?

mkk · Oct 3, 2005, 04:42 PM

I'm not sure but guess that the extra CPU overhead would show more in more pixel shader intensive games than this one. Since High reduces texturing quality there should be a performance advantage in using it, though whether or not it makes a showable difference will depend on other settings like resolution and such as well. On the other hand you shouldn't have to sacrifice too much of image quality to get great performance with this game on your system. Just don't turn up the in-game settings to max.

Hengist · Oct 4, 2005, 04:42 PM

Thanks mkk,

I'll set the Cat AI to High then.

Oct 2, 2005, 03:13 PM	#1
Hengist DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Opinons wanted ~ Catalyst AI & Unreal Tournament 2004 I have my own thoughts, but would appreciate some community opinions. Based on the following system spec's... P4 2.66 1 Gb Ram 9800pro SB Live Abit Mobo IS2-E2 Would you set Catalyst AI to Disabled, Low or High, when running UT2004? . . . I look forward to reading your thoughts

Oct 3, 2005, 12:10 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	High should (I'm pretty sure but it was a long time ago I had the game installed) introduce some texturing/mipmap flaws so keep it at Low. Low is the best setting for by far most games. Use a setting of 4x or more Anisotropic Filtering.

Oct 3, 2005, 11:27 AM	Thread Starter #3
Hengist DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the reply mkk, I'm more interested in the benefits in terms of performance, rather than image quality. I've read that the High setting can put an additional overhead on the CPU, and can basically cancel out in any gains in performance that it may deliver. So, with regards to performance, based on the system specifications that I posted, which would be the best setting (Disabled, Low or High) to select?

Oct 3, 2005, 04:42 PM	#4
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	I'm not sure but guess that the extra CPU overhead would show more in more pixel shader intensive games than this one. Since High reduces texturing quality there should be a performance advantage in using it, though whether or not it makes a showable difference will depend on other settings like resolution and such as well. On the other hand you shouldn't have to sacrifice too much of image quality to get great performance with this game on your system. Just don't turn up the in-game settings to max.

Oct 4, 2005, 04:42 PM	Thread Starter #5
Hengist DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Thanks mkk, I'll set the Cat AI to High then.