ATI Technologies 9500 SERIES specifications Selecting Application Preference allows

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SMOOTH	Select Performance for the best possible 3D
VISION II
Anisotropic	gaming performance at a slight reduction in 3D
Filtering	image quality. The maximum screen resolution
Performance	possible will automatically be indicated.
button
Anisotropic	Select Quality for the best possible 3D image
	quality at a slight reduction in 3D gaming
Filtering
	performance. The maximum screen resolution
Quality button
	possible will automatically be indicated.
	Selecting this decides whether your application
Texture	should use high quality or high performance
	textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the
Preference
	highest quality experience. Moving the slider to
slider
	the left emphasizes a high performance solution
	while still providing good visuals.
	This will allow you to choose the texture quality of
	the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are
	a collection of different sized textures of the same
	image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object
	the image quality should increase, requiring a
	higher quality texture of the same image. The
Mipmap Detail	base mipmap is the highest quality texture, and all
Level slider	subsequent mipmaps are smaller sized textures of
	the same image. Moving the slider to the right
	selects a higher quality base mipmap, delivering
	the highest quality application experience. Moving
	the slider to the left selects a lower quality
	mipmap, delivering the highest application
	performance.
	Wait for vertical sync will lower the frame rate of
	full screen games but reduce the image tearing
	that can occur with the higher frame rate.
	Selecting Application Preference allows the
Wait for	application to decide whether or not it should
	display its frames at the refresh rate of the
Vertical Sync
	monitor. Selecting Always Off allows the
	application to run at its highest possible frame
	rate, regardless of the monitor’s refresh rate which
	is typically less than the frame rate at which the
	application will run.