Cat 3.8 BF1942 Observations

Has anyone out there made any interesting/surprising observations about the
difference in image quality and performance in BF1942 with this new driver
release? Keep it simple if you like--you can just post your system and
whether or not you think you got an increase or decrease in image quality
and performance.

Dell Pentium IV 2.6 ghz
1.0 gig pc1066 ram
Radeon 9700 PRO@1024x768@75hz

Image Quality: DECREASE
Performance: INCREASE

Note: I'm noticing something strange in the landscape textures--the desert
sand for example has a kind of electric graininess to it now--something I
never noticed before. It is subtle and I wouldn't call it a glitch or
anything like that--but it just seems a little less natural. Strange.

~G

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:23:43 GMT, "Gamer"
<nospamloudasheck@comcast.net> wrote:

>Has anyone out there made any interesting/surprising observations about the
>difference in image quality and performance in BF1942 with this new driver
>release? Keep it simple if you like--you can just post your system and
>whether or not you think you got an increase or decrease in image quality
>and performance.
>
>Dell Pentium IV 2.6 ghz
>1.0 gig pc1066 ram
>Radeon 9700 PRO@1024x768@75hz
>
>Image Quality: DECREASE
>Performance: INCREASE
>
>Note: I'm noticing something strange in the landscape textures--the desert
>sand for example has a kind of electric graininess to it now--something I
>never noticed before. It is subtle and I wouldn't call it a glitch or
>anything like that--but it just seems a little less natural. Strange.

I play BF1942 a lot.. ok too much now that I am retired.. DC and FH
mods. I recently updated to 3.8 and all I can say is wow, talk about
nice! Everything improved, quick framerates and textures are awesome!
Everything cranked up and it all looks good.. but of course, for
better fragging, I tone things down to get smoother action..

AMD 3000 ASUS A7N8X-DX rev2 1G PC2700 Dual channel AIW9700Pro

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:25:20 -0300, FrankBeens <FranknBeans@soup.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:23:43 GMT, "Gamer"
><nospamloudasheck@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Has anyone out there made any interesting/surprising observations about the
>>difference in image quality and performance in BF1942 with this new driver
>>release? Keep it simple if you like--you can just post your system and
>>whether or not you think you got an increase or decrease in image quality
>>and performance.
>>
>>Dell Pentium IV 2.6 ghz
>>1.0 gig pc1066 ram
>>Radeon 9700 PRO@1024x768@75hz
>>
>>Image Quality: DECREASE
>>Performance: INCREASE
>>
>>Note: I'm noticing something strange in the landscape textures--the desert
>>sand for example has a kind of electric graininess to it now--something I
>>never noticed before. It is subtle and I wouldn't call it a glitch or
>>anything like that--but it just seems a little less natural. Strange.
>
>I play BF1942 a lot.. ok too much now that I am retired.. DC and FH
>mods. I recently updated to 3.8 and all I can say is wow, talk about
>nice! Everything improved, quick framerates and textures are awesome!
>Everything cranked up and it all looks good.. but of course, for
>better fragging, I tone things down to get smoother action..
>
>AMD 3000 ASUS A7N8X-DX rev2 1G PC2700 Dual channel AIW9700Pro

Hi:

BF1942, DC, SW, FH, RtR, BoB, EoD
WinXP HE SP1/DX9.0b
P4 2.8b, 1GB PC 1066 RIMMs
Asus P4T533-C
TerraTec DMX 6fire LT sound card
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
ViewSonic P817 21" shadow mask
1600x1200 32bit 85HZ
Cat 3.7 -> 3.8 ... no obvious differences.
All bfs look good and play nicely.

Happy trails,

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:09:11 -0400, Fleabus <Xrflynn@sympatico.ca>
wrote:


>>I play BF1942 a lot.. ok too much now that I am retired.. DC and FH
>>mods. I recently updated to 3.8 and all I can say is wow, talk about
>>nice! Everything improved, quick framerates and textures are awesome!
>>Everything cranked up and it all looks good.. but of course, for
>>better fragging, I tone things down to get smoother action..
>>
>>AMD 3000 ASUS A7N8X-DX rev2 1G PC2700 Dual channel AIW9700Pro
>
>Hi:
>
>BF1942, DC, SW, FH, RtR, BoB, EoD
>WinXP HE SP1/DX9.0b
>P4 2.8b, 1GB PC 1066 RIMMs
>Asus P4T533-C
>TerraTec DMX 6fire LT sound card
>ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
>ViewSonic P817 21" shadow mask
>1600x1200 32bit 85HZ
>Cat 3.7 -> 3.8 ... no obvious differences.
>All bfs look good and play nicely.
>
>Happy trails,

I love the shiny metal reflections off the aircraft.. I dunno if
that's something new with either the driver update or the game update
but never noticed it before =)

>
> I love the shiny metal reflections off the aircraft.. I dunno if
> that's something new with either the driver update or the game update
> but never noticed it before =)

I noticed that too! I think it was always there but has become more
pronounced recently for some reason. Look at your gun too it reflects as
well.

~G

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:56:37 GMT, "Gamer"
<nospamloudasheck@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>>
>> I love the shiny metal reflections off the aircraft.. I dunno if
>> that's something new with either the driver update or the game update
>> but never noticed it before =)
>
>I noticed that too! I think it was always there but has become more
>pronounced recently for some reason. Look at your gun too it reflects as
>well.

I went into the display card settings and pumped everything up to max
and it looks awesome..

Nothing like getting on someone's 6 and waxing their ass bit by bit to
see the peices fly off.. =) Little by little.. nice reflection off
those parts too..

FrankBeens <FranknBeans@soup.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:56:37 GMT, "Gamer"
> <nospamloudasheck@comcast.net> wrote:

> >
> >>
> >> I love the shiny metal reflections off the aircraft.. I dunno if
> >> that's something new with either the driver update or the game update
> >> but never noticed it before =)
> >
> >I noticed that too! I think it was always there but has become more
> >pronounced recently for some reason. Look at your gun too it reflects as
> >well.

> I went into the display card settings and pumped everything up to max
> and it looks awesome..

> Nothing like getting on someone's 6 and waxing their ass bit by bit to
> see the peices fly off.. =) Little by little.. nice reflection off
> those parts too..

Are these noticeable in mods too? I don't play vanilla BF1942 anymore.
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:06:33 -0500, ANTant@zimage.com wrote:

>FrankBeens <FranknBeans@soup.com> wrote:

>> I went into the display card settings and pumped everything up to max
>> and it looks awesome..
>
>> Nothing like getting on someone's 6 and waxing their ass bit by bit to
>> see the peices fly off.. =) Little by little.. nice reflection off
>> those parts too..
>
>Are these noticeable in mods too? I don't play vanilla BF1942 anymore.

Who plays vanilla BF1942 these days? It's VERY noticable in OpAnubis,
FH and DC.. nice....