mali 0 Posted March 9, 2003 I just recently bought a GeForce4 MX for my computer. Before that I had a VooDoo5. The VD5 was fine while I used it. But when I installed OFP with my GF4 I found something odd. All the characters(text) and curser and other items are blurred. This only happens when I play the Resistance mode. If ran in original mode(1.20 - you can flip it back and forth in the Resistance Preferences setup window - use old OFP disc instead) the graphics look fine. Was wondering if any one can give me some support now that I have a card that comes with it. BTW I can't run in Glide(I get some empty error box), but I can run in Direct3D and Direct3D T&L. HELP HELP HELP HELP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted March 9, 2003 Blurred graphics on NVIDIA cards are usually a result of using a positive Mipmap LOD. If you used the Control Panel to optimize your card for "Performance" instead of "Visual Quality", that's why -- set it to "Visual Quality", and the blurring should be gone. Glide is a graphics API that was created by 3Dfx, and initially only supported on their cards. Eventually, Glide emulators and wrappers were created for other cards, but the Glide API is obsolete. These days, PC games use Direct3D or OpenGL. The best setting for your card will be "Direct3D HW T&L". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mali 0 Posted March 9, 2003 Mipmap setting was my first idea but it has no effect when I changed it. I'm kind of lost because I can usually figure these little hurtles out but, this problem doesn't seem to want to be fixed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mali 0 Posted March 9, 2003 Problem solved. The latest drivers for my card had a history of problems for other games so I installed the original drivers(disk). That fixed it(the mipmap control worked like it was supposed to). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 31 Posted March 9, 2003 I'm just guessing but in most cases drivers that come with a card are usually a couple of generations behind those on the net, you may be better off finding out which driver set was the release before the current one and downloading that, most cases a more recent driver set (excluding the latest one which as you say has problems) should provide better performance than an old set off a CD. Not always true of course but it's worth a lil dabble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted March 9, 2003 IMHO, the best driver in terms of compatibility and performance right now for NVIDIA-based cards is V43.00. The Windows 2000/XP version is on NVIDIA's website (look for the Quadro driver, but it works on non-Quadro cards as well), or go to www.guru3d.com, which has the Windows 98/ME version as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
