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Re: New nVidia Drivers enable triple buffering for OpenGL

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From: rjdriver
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:00
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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:pBfEe.2885$X76.1028@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> "Inglo" <ioo@??.ลผลผลผ> wrote in message
> news:XTeEe.5982$_%4.3416@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com
>> On 7/22/2005 3:48 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
>>
>>>
>>> And we want VSync on for why?  I turn it off.  I hear that SOME games
>>> will show texture tearing on some systems if VSync is off?
>>> McG.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> My eyes + my monitor require vsync to always be on, tearing bugs the
>> hell out of me.  My eyes + my old monitor, I had vsync off almost all
>> the time never really noticed any tearing.
>> So now I like having it on all the time, triple buffering makes vsync
>> more palatable.  The other big reason is that my old Radeon let me do
>> it, I was happy, I switched to a GeForce, no triple buffering option
>> for OpenGL, I'm sad.  nVidia adds it in this driver release, I'm
>> happy again.
>
> I have the 77.76 set running, and do note some of the fixes.  They still 
> don't have the color completely right with this set.  Somehow, they added 
> something that changed/broke the color accuracy in the overlay. But the 
> 77.76 is a LOT better than the 77.72 set.
> Will look at Doom3, LOMAC, IL2/Aces/PF and HL2 and try this with triple 
> buffering and VSync on for once :)   Always like a prettier picture!
>
> I picked up a Samsung 930B to replace the Envision 9110.  The Sammy has an 
> 8ms response time that shows me NO shadowing in movies or games.  It has 
> one dark sub pixel that I have to look for to see.  Otherwise perfect. 
> With the EN9110 I had to put up with ghosting and shadowing big time. 
> 24ms response time.  Finally got tired of it.  930B has dual inputs, good 
> color matching software, full software controls as well as on the monitor 
> controls, and built in power supply.  It really is a nice one.
> McG.
> McG.
>

Are these beta?  Main dowlnload page still offering 77.72.


Bob 
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