Diamond Multimedia 9000 specifications Main Settings

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This allows you to emphasize what kind of application

 

experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the

Main Settings

left will maximize application performance, while moving

the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image

slider

quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next

 

 

changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found

 

below.

 

When Custom Settings is checked, the Main Settings

Custom

slider is disabled, allowing you to move each individual

slider in the Custom Settings section below. Setting the

Settings

individual sliders gives you complete control over your

checkbox

application experience. Using Custom Settings is

 

 

recommended for advanced users only.

 

Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering technique

Anisotropic

that blends multiple texture samples together. Selecting

Filtering

Application Preference will result in high quality

checkbox

textures, with a negligible reduction in the application’s

 

performance.

 

The number of samples taken when anisotropic filtering

 

is performed can vary. By moving this slider to the right,

Anisotropic

as the number of samples taken increases, the quality

Filtering slider

of the final image increases significantly. 16X provides

 

extremely detailed, crisp-looking images as a result of

 

the largest number of texture samples possible.

 

Anti-aliasing improves image quality by removing

Anti-aliasing

jagged edges from 3D images, resulting in smoother,

more natural-looking objects. Selecting Application

 

Preference will result in high quality images, with a

 

negligible reduction in the application’s performance.

 

Selecting this decides whether your application should

Texture

use high quality or high performance textures. Moving

the slider to the right delivers the highest quality

Preference

experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a

slider

high performance solution while still providing good

 

 

visuals.

 

 

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