Catalyst settings (ATI, 5870 specifically)

[Ish 11]

Hello. I had a problem with bad fps when using AA in Aion, after some tweaking (switching from edge-detect to box in AA filters I got a Massive FPS boost when AA was turned on. We're talking 100+ fps here.

I haven't tried it with ArmA 2 yet, but I was wondering if anyone got that magical setting for ArmA 2, and not just AA but catalyst settings in general.

Sorry if this has been brought up before but I've never understood how the hell the search function really works.. Whenever I search and not find anything someone else will post angrily fifteen posts on the subject and tell me to use the search function :o

[InFireBaptize 0]

was your vsync set to off when you got that 100+ fps and which game were you testing? the magical settings for me was getting rid of the CCC and using ati tray tools. Oh proper project addons is a big help as well.

[Ish 11]

Yes it was set too off as I only have a 60Hz monitor, I could never achieve those frames with it ON. This was in Aion as stated in the opening post. CCC? ''m sorry, but I don't know what that is :o And what is this proper 'projects addons' you speak of?

<edit>The boost was 100+. That is 100 FPS added to what I already had. Which was all i needed honestly. I had about 100-450 FPS theoretically without 8x AA. When i turned 8x on it dropped too 15-30 in an instant! This was where box filter as opposed to edge-detect gave me +100 with AA 8x turned ON. Hope that clarified it :) I also switched to adaptive AA instead of supersampling, but it was the filter change that made the real difference.

Edited October 1, 2009 by Ish

[InFireBaptize 0]

CCC = ATI Catalyst Control Centre

Proper Project addons, you can download this addons from the mod/addons section, it will help increase your fps through visual tweaks.

Try arma2 without the proper project addon first, unless AMD fixed forcing the vsync off in 5000 series you won't be able to force it off with arma2, but give it a try and get back to us.

[maddogx 13]

Yes it was set too off as I only have a 60Hz monitor, I could never achieve those frames with it ON.

Actually, 100+ FPS on a 60Hz Monitor is an illusion when you think about it ;). If you are achieving >60fps consistently in a game, you might aswell enable VSync for that game, as it will give you a much better picture (no tearing).

CCC? ''m sorry, but I don't know what that is :o

CCC = Catalyst Control Center

And what is this proper 'projects addons' you speak of?

PROPER projects

[Ish 11]

Thanks guys!

@MadDogX

Yes of course Vsync on is better in this case. But I only had 15-30 FPS with 8x AA, I will surley run Aion with Vsync on from now on.

In ArmA 2 however, as you can imagine I don't get 60 fps stable. I'm usually around 35-50. Sometimes less, sometimes more. When the FPS drops it's mostly in cities and large woods. But for the most part I get around ~40. Which I did with my 8800 also at these settings. So either my 8800 was some kind of "Frankenstein's GPU" or I'm not using my 5870 up to it's potential. This is why I'm asking.

Oh, by the way! My rig looks like this.

Seasonic M12 (750w)

Asus P6T v2 Deluxe

Core i7 920 with IFX-14 @ 4 Ghz (65c after 3 hours in torture with prime95)

Corsair XMS3 running in 1603Mhz with 7-7-7-18 timings.

ATI/AMD 5870 of course as mentioned before, all stock.

About PROPER PROJECTS.. I'm not even sure where to look? What files do I need?

<edit>I endured the pain of reading and finally got the "fixed" drawdistance and vegetation mod with low q.. Gave me about +20 fps when looking at trees, which was my enemy in terms of FPS. The game runs flawlessly on high and is playable on high now, thanks for the tip, can't believe I've missed this! And of course a big thx to kju for hooking us all up with this awesome stuff :D

Edited October 1, 2009 by Ish

[kklownboy 43]

Dont use AA in the CCC but use AF.

Basically your 5870 is >= to one of my 4870x2's I see in some benchmarks on ARMA2 you can get up to 10fps more in high AA (ingame AA) high rez(19/12 20/15) areas. You have a great card just dont think it will be uber 100fps.

Edited October 1, 2009 by kklownboy

[Ish 11]

I'm getting 50-60 fps now with all on very high except AA which is disabled as well as post processing, but that's just cause I hate it :)

[randir14 10]

AA kills performance on ATI cards, Nvidia can run it with only like a 5 fps loss for some reason.

[RogueBlade 0]

what about AAA, do you guys disable that in CCC also?

[Ish 11]

AA kills performance on ATI cards, Nvidia can run it with only like a 5 fps loss for some reason.

Hmm yeah.. I run everything else on very high at 50-60 fps.. Even setting AA too low drops it by 20 :(

[ComadeR 0]

I can onle set AA to 2x and what to do with AAA?

[Murklor 10]

I had about 100-450 FPS theoretically without 8x AA.

There is theoretical fps now? The Arma 2 engine must be like the most advanced game engine in the world if it can play at theoretical fps. It does sound awesome in theory though.