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textures of the same image. Moving the slider to the right selects a higher quality base mipmap,
delivering the highest quality application experience. Moving the slider to the left selects a lower
quality mipmap, delivering the highest application performance.
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Wait for Vertical Sync
This will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur
with the higher frame rate. Selecting
Application Preference
allows the application to decide
whether or not it should display its frames at the refresh rate of the monitor. Selecting
Always
Off
allows the application to run at its 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.
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TRUFORM
makes the curved surfaces of 3D objects look smoother and more lifelike.
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Compatibility Settings button
This button allows you to access advanced settings that can solve compatibility issues for a few
specific Direct 3D applications.
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Support DTX texture formats
allows applications to use
this kind of texture format. There are a few applications
that can only support a limited number of texture formats.
By selecting
Disabled
, the driver will not support DTX tex-
ture formats, thus reducing the number of texture formats
supported.
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Alternate pixel center
This may eliminate problems with
some Direct 3D games which display vertical and hori-
zontal lines around textures, or text that appears incorrect.
However, this setting should only be used if you are experiencing the symptoms mentioned, as
it maycause problems with other games.
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Defaults button
allows you to reset the Direct 3D Compatibility Settings to default values.
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Defaults button
This button allows you to reset the Direct 3D Settings to default values.
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