Why is this night different from all other nights?

[theavonlady 2]

I've got a Dell C840 Lattitude, which includes a 64MB Nvidia GeForce 4 440 Go chipset.

My night scenes appear in color, rather than in black and white.

The FAQ says that any graphics adapter that supports DirectX Pixel Shader (1.0) and above, will display black and white night scenes in OFP.

Does that mean that this chipset doesn't support DX Pixel Shader?

Or maybe it does but it's disabled? I have Riva Tuner 2.0 but I cannot find any reference to a DX Pixel Shader option anywhere?

Do any of you hardware geeks out there know?

[kegetys 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (theavonlady @ Nov. 04 2002,12:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Does that mean that this chipset doesn't support DX Pixel Shader?<span id='postcolor'>

GeForce 4 440 Go, being a GF4MX, which is really based on GF2 technology does not support pixel shaders.

[theavonlady 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Kegetys @ Nov. 04 2002,12:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">GeForce 4 440 Go, being a GF4MX, which is really based on GF2 technology does not support pixel shaders.<span id='postcolor'>

What did I tell you?! Geek fishing is at its best here on the BIS OFP forums!

Thanks, Kegetys!

[advocatexxx 0]

Why would you want night scenes to be B&W to begin with ? With a Jeep passing by and its brake lights are just white instead of red ? That's silly... if anything colors appears so much more saturated at night than during the day... i.e. las vegas, fire in a pitch black forest, etc.

[theavonlady 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ Nov. 04 2002,17:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Why would you want night scenes to be B&W to begin with ?  With a Jeep passing by and its brake lights are just white instead of red ?  That's silly... if anything colors appears so much more saturated at night than during the day... i.e. las vegas, fire in a pitch black forest, etc.<span id='postcolor'>

No, the brake lights are still red.

Anyway, I suggest you search the forums for "night" or whatever. This was much discussed and between color & B&W, the latter is usually more realistic.

If you find the thread, post your arguments there.

[advocatexxx 0]

K thanks, I'll search but I won't reply as the mods will no doubt lock it after I "reincarnate (is this spelled right?) a mummified thread"

[GreyKnight 0]

I have just bought a Dell Inspiron 8200 with a 64Mb ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, this does support pixel shaders and everything else that a desktop card supports. I steered clear of the less powerful GeForce4 Go card because of this, it's well worth reading the technical blurb on the machine you're buying before you buy it!

[theavonlady 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GreyKnight @ Nov. 05 2002,12:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I have just bought a Dell Inspiron 8200 with a 64Mb ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, this does support pixel shaders and everything else that a desktop card supports.  I steered clear of the less powerful GeForce4 Go card because of this<span id='postcolor'>

I don't think the ATI 9000 was available from dell in late June.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">it's well worth reading the technical blurb on the machine you're buying before you buy it!<span id='postcolor'>

So you miss a blurb here or there - c'est la vie!

[GreyKnight 0]

LOL