DirectX 10, BioShock and Anti-aliasing

[Revs]

Nice . I didn't get chance last night, but as soon as I can I'll give it a go without SLI enabled.

BTW, I use a program called MaxView to view my pics, it's very good. It's free, it can resize and compress to many formats. In fact I'll get you a link....

EDIT: http://www.faststone.org/

[FearMeAll]

Originally Posted by Revs

Nice . I didn't get chance last night, but as soon as I can I'll give it a go without SLI enabled.

BTW, I use a program called MaxView to view my pics, it's very good. It's free, it can resize and compress to many formats. In fact I'll get you a link....

EDIT: http://www.faststone.org/

thanks man. downloading now.I hate paint.

[Stevedroid]

FearMeAll: Can you post the Bioshock section from your NvApps.xml file?

I've always wondered how nHancer enabled supersampling, it should be an option that's set in NvApps.xml, but I never bothered to check it out and I'm too lazy to install nHancer right now (and I don't feel like download .NET either).

[FearMeAll]

- <PROFILE Label="Bioshock">
<APPLICATION Label="bioshock.exe" />
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_rendering_mode" Value="0x02C00005" Default="0x02C00005" Itemtype="predefined" />
<PROPERTY Label="hybrid_rendering_mode" Value="0x00000001" Default="0x00000001" Itemtype="predefined" />
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_dx10_rendering_mode" Value="0x0001A1F5" Default="0x0001A1F5" Itemtype="predefined" OS_TYPE="Vista" />
<PROPERTY Label="hybrid_dx10_rendering_mode" Value="0x00000001" Default="0x00000001" Itemtype="predefined" OS_TYPE="Vista" />
<PROPERTY Label="aa_feature_bits" Value="0x00000145" Default="0x00000145" Itemtype="predefined" />
<PROPERTY Label="d3d10_aa_feature_bits" Value="80000773" Default="80000773" Itemtype="predefined" OS_TYPE="Vista" />



--ok lazy bones...man get nhancer..it is a lot more elegant than this.

[Stevedroid]

Originally Posted by FearMeAll

- <PROFILE Label="Bioshock">
<APPLICATION Label="bioshock.exe" />
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_rendering_mode" Value="0x02C00005" Default="0x02C00005" Itemtype="predefined" />
<PROPERTY Label="hybrid_rendering_mode" Value="0x00000001" Default="0x00000001" Itemtype="predefined" />
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_dx10_rendering_mode" Value="0x0001A1F5" Default="0x0001A1F5" Itemtype="predefined" OS_TYPE="Vista" />
<PROPERTY Label="hybrid_dx10_rendering_mode" Value="0x00000001" Default="0x00000001" Itemtype="predefined" OS_TYPE="Vista" />
<PROPERTY Label="aa_feature_bits" Value="0x00000145" Default="0x00000145" Itemtype="predefined" />
<PROPERTY Label="d3d10_aa_feature_bits" Value="80000773" Default="80000773" Itemtype="predefined" OS_TYPE="Vista" />



--ok lazy bones...man get nhancer..it is a lot more elegant than this.

You either enabled SSAA at the global level instead of the profile (I forgot to ask that) or you don't have the correct NvApps.xml, there's no AA enabled there.

I'm guessing you got the one from C:\Windows\System32\. It seems nVidia no longer keeps NvApps.xml there (you might have one from an old driver set). It's now under C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\. ProgramData is typically hidden so you have to manually type it in in Explorer.

That said, don't bother. I ended up downloading nHancer. 2x2 supersampling corresponds the following settings:

<PROPERTY Label="aa_selector" Value="0x10000000" Default="0x00000000" />
<PROPERTY Label="aa_default" Value="0x00000005" Default="0x00000000" />

At least that's the entires that nHancer added in Bioshock's section. However, SSAA didn't work when enabled at the profile level, it did work when enabled at the global level. I have the Steam version of the game, so it's possible the drivers aren't recognizing the .exe - that said the profiles work for other games I have on Steam.

[FearMeAll]

Originally Posted by Stevedroid

You either enabled SSAA at the global level instead of the profile (I forgot to ask that) or you don't have the correct NvApps.xml, there's no AA enabled there.

I'm guessing you got the one from C:\Windows\System32\. It seems nVidia no longer keeps NvApps.xml there (you might have one from an old driver set). It's now under C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\. ProgramData is typically hidden so you have to manually type it in in Explorer.

That said, don't bother. I ended up downloading nHancer. 2x2 supersampling corresponds the following settings:

<PROPERTY Label="aa_selector" Value="0x10000000" Default="0x00000000" />
<PROPERTY Label="aa_default" Value="0x00000005" Default="0x00000000" />

At least that's the entires that nHancer added in Bioshock's section. However, SSAA didn't work when enabled at the profile level, it did work when enabled at the global level. I have the Steam version of the game, so it's possible the drivers aren't recognizing the .exe - that said the profiles work for other games I have on Steam.

I just used the NVapps.xml off of windows search. I know in nhancer the only thing I did was enable the Bioshock profile to work with 4x4 SSAA. It worked for me and now you have me scared to ever update my drivers.

[XxDeadlyxX]

So it is possible at all to get DX10 AA with SLI?

[Stevedroid]

Originally Posted by FearMeAll

I just used the NVapps.xml off of windows search. I know in nhancer the only thing I did was enable the Bioshock profile to work with 4x4 SSAA. It worked for me and now you have me scared to ever update my drivers.

Don't worry about it. NvApps.xml is just where all the game profile info is stored - it's not an component of the driver code or anything. It's usually overwritten with the latest version when you install new driver - only in this case they changed where it's kept so the old one isn't overwritten. However, having an old copy hanging around in a different directory won't do you any harm. The old one won't be used by anything, so it's not a big deal.

[DHP]

Originally Posted by XxDeadlyxX

So it is possible at all to get DX10 AA with SLI?

I have the same question.

[lee63]

Originally Posted by DHP

I have the same question.

I'm just using global settings and its working with DX10 AA + SLi

[Lfctony]

Originally Posted by lee63

I'm just using global settings and its working with DX10 AA + SLi

Try going into the options, I think you will see that the game is forcing itself to DX9...

[lee63]

Originally Posted by Lfctony

Try going into the options, I think you will see that the game is forcing itself to DX9...

In options DX10 is enabled also Evga precision is showing DX10.