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Post by gandoron on Jun 13, 2011 14:49:31 GMT
I know it sounds like I am trying to sell you something, but I'm very excited. I bought a new PC i7 nVidia 580gtx, etc and have had terrible framerates (14 in hells, 25 at docks with everything off). Apparently a lot of new hardware from ATI and nVidia have similar issues. Turns out the quick easy answer is an OpenGL wrapper. I tried this last night and getting 70-100 at docks, will run hells this week. Original Post - forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=188517&st=160View PostGarik, on 14 February 2011 - 03:12 AM, said: I believe I have a workaround. Download Damian Trebilco's excellent GLIntercept. This will wrap calls to OpenGL32.dll. Copy OpenGL32.dll from the GLIntercept directory to the NWN directory. Copy gliConfig_ExtOverride.ini to the NWN directory and rename it to gliConfig.ini. Inside of the ExtensionOverride block at the bottom of the file, add the line RemoveExtensions = (GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_program); If this is not clear, you can search for the commented line // RemoveExtensions = (GL_S3_s3tc,WGL_EXT_swap_control); and replace it with the one I have provided above. Removing these two extensions seems to have eliminated the problem for me. I haven't noticed any side effects as yet, but I suspect that NVIDIA's driver team could do a lot better than this hack. You can also go through and disable all of the logging functions, but I believe they are pretty minimal in that config template. -G
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Post by FunkySwerve on Jun 13, 2011 15:18:50 GMT
Sweet, thanks for the info. Funky
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Post by Roo on Jun 13, 2011 15:30:30 GMT
Awesome thanks.. ill give it a go when i get back.
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Post by jonuhey on Jun 13, 2011 16:28:42 GMT
I can run it with all settings but will give this a try to see if it improves a bit further and hopefully it also make me able to dual box normally in more demanding runs.
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Post by buddhamind on Jun 13, 2011 17:03:58 GMT
Cool, maybe doing this with the built-in ExtensionLimit toggle disabled will finally fix the textures problem I was having.
In a nutshell: ExtensionLimit Off = 20 FPS ExtensionLimit On = 60 FPS, missing textures
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Post by FunkySwerve on Jun 13, 2011 17:26:26 GMT
Posted a link to this in the bioboards Self-Help forum.
Funky
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Post by Yojimbo on Jun 13, 2011 17:37:51 GMT
What about for those using ATI cards it sounds like they could use a fix too is the fix the same or different?
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Post by gandoron on Jun 13, 2011 17:39:20 GMT
The "extension limit" is a problem for a lot of hardware. Unfortunately the new nVidia drivers don't give you the option to on/off (at least for my vid card 580gtx). I've been trying to solve this for almost a month and thrilled that this quick fix actually works.
Still feel like I'm trying to sell Slap-Chop or something. -G
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Post by buddhamind on Jun 13, 2011 20:04:08 GMT
Thanks gandoron, it worked like a charm. I chopped 5 onions in only 30 seconds, and the cleanup was a breeze! (Currently running at around 60 fps with no texture issues
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Post by CataclysmicDeath on Jun 13, 2011 21:08:11 GMT
I dream of 60 fps lol
Cata
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Post by Roo on Jun 14, 2011 0:18:52 GMT
Same. Sadly this didn't work for me. I barely hit 50 fps in the bank. Im watching out for the next big nVidia driver update after reading the boards though. Good to see they've looked into the issues with nwn.
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Jun 14, 2011 1:02:55 GMT
nVidia 9800 GTx and no change for me. averaging 25 in docks.
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Post by magecat on Jun 16, 2011 1:30:34 GMT
So, is there an actual method for determining FPS?
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Post by FunkySwerve on Jun 16, 2011 1:33:28 GMT
~fps
Funky
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Post by gandoron on Jun 16, 2011 3:55:33 GMT
i use FRAPS. there's a free version.
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