Powerstrip and Gaming

[Hard2hit]

I have a question for you guys. Im using powerstrip under Win2k to overclock my G400 Max and I would like to know what the options are on the advanced property page and what the optimal setting for them should be. The options are:

Disable Vsync (which I have selected)
Use 32bit zbuffer (current deselected)
Force Triple Buffering (currently deselected)
Disable write combining (currently deselected)

Could anyone please explain these settings and what is optimal for best gaming performance?


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System:
Addtronics 6890a tower
Abit VA6
P3-500e@750mhz
256MB Crucial PC133 SDRAM
Adaptec 2940U2W Controller
2-9GB Seagate Cheetah 10K RPM U2W Drives
SB Live X-Gamer
3COM 10/100 Nic
Plextor Plexwriter 8/2/20 (SCSI)
Kenwood True 52x (SCSI)
Matrox G400 Max oc 170core/226mem
Sony Multiscan 500PS 21in

[Hard2hit]

Kruzin, Gurm or any other gurus, please answer this.

[kewlcat]

Okay I am not sure I could explain to you what the different options do, but here's the cheese -- what they will do for games.

<u>Disable vsync</u>
Check this option for higher framerates, you might notice tearing in some games.

<u>Use 32bit zbuffer</u>
Games look better, but might run slower in high polygon situations. In any case, some ppl have reproted problems with this being enabled on Win2k, so leave it off.

<u>Force Triple Buffering</u>
Leave off.

<u>Disable write-combining</u> Write combining is good, so leave off.

In short, you have the correct settings already

-Rahul


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Abit BP6, Dual Celeron 366@550, G400 32MB DualHead, 256MB RAM, WD26500 6.4GB, SBLive! Value.
Running Mandrake 7.0 and Windows 2000.

[Hard2hit]

Thanks Kewl. That was just what I was looking for.