what should it be??

2007-07-13 16:18:33

#1

ASI_ramone77: Member; +1|6708

Hi, bit of a noob when it comes to the tech side of computers but could some of you kind people tell me what would be the best settings for my pc?

Dell E521
2xAMD 5500
PSU 650w
2 gig ram
BFG 8600 GTS OC 256MB GDDR3.

That's about all I know of my machine, please don't flame it!!!

2007-07-13 16:21:29

#2

Nakamp: Member; +25|6237|Czech Republic

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 1
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 3
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 1
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 0
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 0
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 2
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 2
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 1
VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@75Hz
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing 4Samples
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

my are the best for every computer

Last edited by Nakamp (2007-07-13 16:22:16)

2007-07-13 16:23:33

#3

ASI_ramone77: Member; +1|6708

Like I say a bit of a noob, I take it 0 is the low/off setting and 3 is max???

2007-07-14 12:59:28

#4

ASI_ramone77: Member; +1|6708

Anybody help??

2007-07-14 13:02:37

#5

ShadowFoX: I Hate Claymores; +109|6573

Try different settings and find what works best for you. Dont be lazy.

2007-07-14 13:06:09

#6

oChaos.Haze: Member; +90|6480

I'd hope that with those specs you could run it however you wanted. Just try out different settings in singleplayer, and then see what you like.

2007-07-14 13:08:56

#7

Andoura: Got loooollllll ?; +853|6681|Montreal, Qc, Canada

but everything on medium... AA off... umm dinamic shadow off resolution on the one after 800x600 like 1024by something but put the lowest with the Hz...

2007-07-14 13:30:30

#8

Drakaji: Member; +3|6189|Albuquerque, NM

Andoura wrote:
but everything on medium... AA off... umm dinamic shadow off resolution on the one after 800x600 like 1024by something but put the lowest with the Hz...

I thought it was supposed to be the highest Hz to reduce eye stress.

2007-07-14 15:13:38

#9

Blehm98: conservative hatemonger; +150|6505|meh-land

texture filtering on high, resolution on 1280x1024, 60hz
view distance 100%
geometry high
effects medium
everything else low or off

actually, set AA to 2x, it looks slightly better...

It can handle all high except for AA, but i prefer mine, look better and better for playing
I have almost the same computer, so really it should work fine

oh yeah, whenever you join a server, type in the console:
renderer.drawfps 1
game.lockfps 60

Last edited by Blehm98 (2007-07-15 15:21:11)

2007-07-15 13:29:00

#10

ASI_ramone77: Member; +1|6708

Cheers dude, some karma your way!!

ps what will the console command do??

2007-07-15 15:23:33

#11

Blehm98: conservative hatemonger; +150|6505|meh-land

the console command displayed FPS and keeps the FPS as the same as your monitor refresh rate, its easier on the computer and it also prevents lag to a point because if your FPS goes from 150 to 100, its going to appear as if you have about 15 fps, just because of the severe difference. So anything in the background that suddenly increases CPU usage won't have much of an effect on your fps...

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Andoura wrote:

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