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absolute · 11-03-2002, 11:06 PM

[quote="holy_might":6a85a]I was thinking of upgrading my processor anyways but i have a question about the vsync thing. Where do u find it? and where do u find the AntiAliasing thing?
I'm gonna get an amd athlon 2200+(1.8 ghz) and ill let u kno how it turns out. If theres no improved fps then its something wrong with the card.[/quote:6a85a]

Would you like to know what antialiasing does first? It'll give you a massive decrease in frame rates but your games will look much much better....you know how you always see the little jaggies on curved lines? Antialiasing blends colors around the stairsteps of the jaggies so that they appear to be smooth lines...the higher level of antialiasing you use the more of a frame rate decrease you will see. I use it because 90+ fps is more than enough to play on and the game looks so so so much better.
Anyways, you can find options for antialiasing and vsync in your video settings..I don't know what OS you're using but you should know where your monitor settings are located (where you can change the resolution and color quality)...just go into there and click on advanced...it'll be in there but the exact location in there depends on what drivers you're using

Can I make a recomendation? You said your mobo is good up to 1800+..so i'm assuming you're getting a new mobo? I wouldn't go with the athlon 2200+. ermm...do you know how amd differs from pentium?
the athlon does 3 clock cycles for every 1 that a pentium does. You cannot compare the two processor brands directly against eachother as this would be like comparing apples to oranges. That's why AMD changed the way they name their processors...take the Athlon XP 2200+ that you want. It actually runs at 1.8Ghz but....it's just as fast as a pentium 2.2Ghz. hence the 2200+ portion of the name. If I were you I would spend the small amount of extra cash and get an Athlon XP 2800+...It runs at 2.25GHz but is the equivelant of a 2.8Ghz pentium. It's also the first AMD chip that runs with 333Mhz FSBwhich is a good good thing.

you can find a good review of it below...although the only bad part is that it won't be ready for 2 more months or so...if you can wait that long.
[url="http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q4/021001/"]http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q4/021001/[/url]

a little long winded but i hope i helped at least a little.

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absolute is Offline Member Posts: 94 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: edmonton, alberta	11-03-2002, 11:06 PM [quote="holy_might":6a85a]I was thinking of upgrading my processor anyways but i have a question about the vsync thing. Where do u find it? and where do u find the AntiAliasing thing? I'm gonna get an amd athlon 2200+(1.8 ghz) and ill let u kno how it turns out. If theres no improved fps then its something wrong with the card.[/quote:6a85a] Would you like to know what antialiasing does first? It'll give you a massive decrease in frame rates but your games will look much much better....you know how you always see the little jaggies on curved lines? Antialiasing blends colors around the stairsteps of the jaggies so that they appear to be smooth lines...the higher level of antialiasing you use the more of a frame rate decrease you will see. I use it because 90+ fps is more than enough to play on and the game looks so so so much better. Anyways, you can find options for antialiasing and vsync in your video settings..I don't know what OS you're using but you should know where your monitor settings are located (where you can change the resolution and color quality)...just go into there and click on advanced...it'll be in there but the exact location in there depends on what drivers you're using Can I make a recomendation? You said your mobo is good up to 1800+..so i'm assuming you're getting a new mobo? I wouldn't go with the athlon 2200+. ermm...do you know how amd differs from pentium? the athlon does 3 clock cycles for every 1 that a pentium does. You cannot compare the two processor brands directly against eachother as this would be like comparing apples to oranges. That's why AMD changed the way they name their processors...take the Athlon XP 2200+ that you want. It actually runs at 1.8Ghz but....it's just as fast as a pentium 2.2Ghz. hence the 2200+ portion of the name. If I were you I would spend the small amount of extra cash and get an Athlon XP 2800+...It runs at 2.25GHz but is the equivelant of a 2.8Ghz pentium. It's also the first AMD chip that runs with 333Mhz FSBwhich is a good good thing. you can find a good review of it below...although the only bad part is that it won't be ready for 2 more months or so...if you can wait that long. [url="http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q4/021001/"]http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q4/021001/[/url] a little long winded but i hope i helped at least a little.