ATI Technologies FireGL X3-256, User Manual

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ATI Advanced Settings Tab 29
Modifying the configuration parameters
To change the configuration settings of a specific application, select the
name of that application from the
Configuration Profiles
listbox. Click
the Modify button. Now select or clear the rest of the configuration controls
on this tabbed dialog to obtain the desired display parameters for the
selected application.
To remove the selected configuration profile completely, select the name
of the application from the
Configuration Profiles
listbox click
Delete
.
Note: You cannot delete the factory-set configuration profiles.
Click the
Apply
or
OK
button to enable your
Configuration
settings.
ATI Advanced Settings Tab
The Advanced Settings tab enables you to apply ATI’s
SMOOTHVISION™ technology for full-scene anti-aliasing, and to utilize
stereo shutter glasses for visualizing immersive 3D-stereo display (only
available for those FireGL™ cards equipped with a stereo video
connector).
SMOOTHVISION™ improves image quality by removing jagged edges
(anti-aliasing) from 3D images, resulting in smoother, more natural looking
objects.
Configuration Settings
Enable 8-Bit
double-buffered
Overlay Planes A default setting that uses 8 bits of each 32-bit frame
buffer pixel as double-buffered overlay planes.
Force copy swap A default setting that forces blit copy from the back-to-
front buffer. This copies pixels quickly from memory to the
screen, reducing flicker and increasing the frame rate.
Note that OpenGL® buffer swaps are implemented using
a back-to-front buffer instead of a screen flip.
Wait for vertical
retrace The buffer swap is ‘synched’ to the refresh rate of the
monitor. Enabling this will lower the frame rate but reduce
visual artifacts such as tearing. Disabling allows your
application to run at the highest possible frame rate,
regardless of the monitor’s refresh rate, which is typically
less than the frame rate at which the application will run.