Config settings question

[*NastySaw*]

Saw this post and wondered what it meant:

I noticed you are running at 1600x1024. What happens if you lower your resolution to, say, 1280x1024 or 1024x768? (Don't forget to set r_customaspect to 0).

What does the customaspect setting do? Is it related to the lower resolution setting?

[coldsnowdavebrew]

From what I know Saw....the customaspect setting is a a switch. In other words....0 is off.....1 is on. So if you're using a custom setting you have to set it to 1. Example below:

set r_customheight "1110"
set r_customwidth "1480"
set r_customaspect "1"

[*NastySaw*]

Thanks Dave. But what does customaspect effect? Does it simply allow you to use a video setting other than the default setting?

[coldsnowdavebrew]

yes

[*NastyJeff*]

Is this what people like to use for widescreens?
I would think so, but since I do not have one, I thought I would ask.

[coldsnowdavebrew]

yes again

[*NastyJeff*]

Can you teach Missy that?
"yes", "yes again"

[xzero450]

Oh sure, in fact we already did... You'll probably have to phrase your questions around giving her money, and letting her go shopping though.. I forget how we "programmed" that into her.

(Couldn't resist..sry Missy.)

[dday]

I posted this a while back, has all monitor settings for Q3, including allow widescreen, and all posible resolutions
coolfrayers.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=nasty&action=display&thread=1193588492
Was it that long ago? Hmph.
r_mode -1 - custom resolutions on
r_customwidth 1280 - custom screen width
r_customheight 720 - custom screen height

[*NastyFr8shaker*]

A question guys. I have a cheap 17 inch monitor [not even a flat screen].
Does it help your vision,and reaction time with a better monitor? I asked caus i used another moniror and it seemed to have problems keeping up with the action. The computer has been proven already.
What do you think guys?
fr8.

[*NastySaw*]

I've got a 15" flat and I think a larger screen would be nice but not a must have.

[*NastyFr8shaker*]

what i mean saw is some seem to send the info faster like 2ms,and 5ms. It seems that if you
have a decent vid card but oldold monitor,......the monitor has a hard time keeping up visualy.
Thnx.

[*NastyJeff*]

This made me think of the refresh rate of monitors, so I started to search:
Screen refresh rate is another factor that comes into play. CRT monitors used a process of changing the pixels on the screen to show the new images, updating from top to bottom in lines, at a certain rate per second. With that old style 60MHz (60 refreshes per second) would be the minimum before the screen started to flicker. LCD monitors do not have this problem and will look fine at 60MHz.When running games a refresh rate higher than that is required, often up to 85MHz or more. Make sure the monitor you plan to use supports at least 60MHz at your desired resolution for normal use and 85MHz if you want to play games.

A specification that is new for flat panel monitors that didn't effect CRT monitors is latency. Although the refresh rate may be high, the table of little dots that make up the LCD panel take a small time to change, that change is the latency. Obviously if this latency is too high it is possible that you get shot in games before you even know it, which is no good. Latencies have improved, but only monitors claimed with 8ms latency have been really good for games. Latencies tend to be exagerated and a latency of 8ms actually averages out to 12ms. With most ratings multiply by 1.5 to get an average rating.

Full story is here:
www.mywebdirectory.net/pc-games/computer-monitor-buying-guide.html

[*NastyFr8shaker*]

Nice Jeff,
Very well put,and easy to understand.
ThankYou!