Gigabyte GV-AP64D Manual - Page 21

Software Installation n Anisotropic texture filtering allows you to set a level of anisotropic texture filtering. This will resu lt in much higher quality textures with a neg ligib le re duction in performance. n Level of Detail allows you to set the level of mipmapped detail. The Sharp settin g is recommended for larger, more detailed, mipmapping scenes. The Fuzzy setting is recommended for smaller, less detailed, mipmapping scenes. Direct 3D Display Properties The Direct 3D properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings. D3D Settings n Wai t for vertical sync allows you to lower the frame rate of full screen games. This will reduce image tearing that can occur with higher frame rates. n W-buffer support allows you to enable or disable W-buffer support. Itis recommend that W-buffer support should be disabled for games that do not support this feature. n Compressed texture format allows you to enable support for DirectX compressed texture formats. Some applications cannot handle too many textu re formats. Disabling compressed texture format the video driver ceases to su pport this feature. n Alternate pixel center may eliminate problems with some 3D games that displays vertical and horizontal lines around textures or text that appears incorrect. However, this setting should only be used if you are experiencing these symptoms, as it may cause problems with other games. n Z-buffer bit depths allows you to set the Z-buffer bit rate. By default 16:24 (16 and 24) selected to achieve optimum performance. 8-bit Stencil allows yo u to add 3 2-bit Z-buffer with 8 bits for stencil and 24 bits for the Z-b uffe r. 21