Rage - Configuration Examples?

[AEon]

Just installed Catalyst 12.10... and did a Settings / Video / Benchmark... under 12.6 I had 65, under the new driver 61 (had to run it a few times, since I also got down to 56)... will need to run about more in the game... but this does not bode too well.

What Transcode Benchmark values are you guys seeing?

Update: Maybe I got lucky with 4-5 new Sewer levels but these suddenly play *really* fluidly, the Wastelast ist still an issue, but it seems the Catalyst 12.10 drivers actually are an improvement.

[dONKEY]

AEon, I am running vista on my ageing HP laptop. I have an AMD 4650 video card.
I have no problems at all running Q3, Q4, D3, Brink, Rage, Batman AC etc
I initially had issues with Rage, as did almost every AMD user, so far as I can tell. I dropped back to drivers 11.6, and have refused to update since. Rage plays smoothly, with no lag at all.
I have no config tweaks, and to be honest found all the so called expert advice on the steam forums messed things up worse.
Just saying, for me 11.6 was the answer, and I don't really want to try to fix something that isn't broken.

[AEon]

dONKEY,
interesting point... a few years ago I noted something quite similar. Old drivers let me play Two Worlds, barely, newer drivers made it impossible (on XP though).

I had been using 10.3 for about two years, then installed 12.6 pre running Rage. Anyway, good to know that 11.6 works for you, will keep that in mind. Presently I can play the game "well enough" with 12.10, especially in-doors where you simply need the extra FPS.

You are playing the game on Settings / Video / Texture Detail / On ("high") right?

[AEon]

You are playing the game on Settings / Video / Texture Detail / On ("high") right?

I turned this OFF and suddenly the totally lagged out 9-15 FPS MB TV arenas are at 60 FPS solid. Apparently my rig cannot handle the Texture Detail. It does not really look worse though. And the Wasteland is really smooth... wow.

[obsidian]

FYI, moving this to id Legends.

[Eraser]

Holy shit, a (sorta) new thread in id Legends!

[Don Carlos]

ERMAGHERD

[Scourge]

It helps me to start up Rage, alt+tab to the desktop and bring up the task manager. And set my cpu affinity to all cores. It helps whether or not it was already set to all. If it is, I uncheck them all and recheck to all.

[kaustic]

There is now an expansion pack for Rage on Steam. Its called The Scorchers.
Its a whopping $4.99 .

[Captain]

It helps me to start up Rage, alt+tab to the desktop and bring up the task manager. And set my cpu affinity to all cores. It helps whether or not it was already set to all. If it is, I uncheck them all and recheck to all.

Or maybe you could try playing with a less shitty computer.

[Scourge]

It helps me to start up Rage, alt+tab to the desktop and bring up the task manager. And set my cpu affinity to all cores. It helps whether or not it was already set to all. If it is, I uncheck them all and recheck to all.

Or maybe you could try playing with a less shitty computer.

Plays everything else just fine. Most of the time I don't even have to do that. Every once in a while it will act up and this cures it for the rest of the time I play.