riva tuner

by Bomor • 28 Jul 2008, 11:00 • Forums › Enemy Territory
hi,

it's been a long time that i haven't heard from the riva tuner cheat problem.

Well, i play ET and just started playing crysis.
but i feel that i need to tweak up my gpu in order to enjoy it without all these lagbursts.


so my question is, is riva still forbidden in the ET community?

and off the record, is there a comparable program to riva that does the same thing? (if riva is still seen as cheating)


ty in advance, eCho
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GoodGuyGary 28 Jul 2008, 12:01
ask razz
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Budha 28 Jul 2008, 12:01
funny
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gunar 28 Jul 2008, 13:35
it actually was kinda funny :D
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dnl 28 Jul 2008, 12:02
crysis is only for graphic, it's stupid to use the riva tuner for it :XD
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Bomor 28 Jul 2008, 12:03
why? doesnt riva improve fps by overclocking the gpu?
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NobAdI 28 Jul 2008, 12:06
yes, but you can also lower the driver settings (causes that trees say bb in ET = CHEAT)
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dnl 28 Jul 2008, 12:09
well I don't really know if it improves anything, I only knew about lowering graphics to get better fps (like razz for example). Looks like I'm wrong, gl anyway :P
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CPU 28 Jul 2008, 12:05
U can tweak your gfx, et use opengl, and if im correct crysis use DirectX, so u can tweak only DirectX settings in RivaTuner.
If u dont want trouble, leave opengl settings in RivaTuner untouched.
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Ronner 28 Jul 2008, 12:05
riva is not seen as cheating. Tweaking with riva up to a point where you gain a VISUAL ADVANTAGE (such as bushes and treebranches that start to disappaear) is considered cheating.

so yes, you can use riva-tuner afaik, but only to improve performance.
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klejf 28 Jul 2008, 12:07
how about using it to improve quality ?:<
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CPU 28 Jul 2008, 12:08
force fsaa, aa, gfx vendor improving quality alg. ?
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klejf 28 Jul 2008, 15:51
seriously ;[
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GoodGuyGary 28 Jul 2008, 12:11
well thats the problem, how can you improve the performances? all i know what to do is decrease/increase the lodbias(cant remember) thus making the trees simpler = "cheating"

which settings can increase your performances legally?
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Ronner 28 Jul 2008, 12:23
Dunno of the top of my head cuz I never had to user riva for performance, but I do know there are a couple things you can do to improve performance.
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Deactivated6120 28 Jul 2008, 13:04
didnt improve fps for my old pc ;/
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Tites 28 Jul 2008, 13:11
well in case you have ATi and a catalyst driver, just improve your performance like this:

image: performance
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GoodGuyGary 28 Jul 2008, 13:16
<-- INVIDIA FX5500
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Tites 28 Jul 2008, 13:21
prolly also has a driver with similair functions...
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GoodGuyGary 28 Jul 2008, 13:22
yeah, but it has complicated words and settings :D and tells you (example,inventing)

forceware: on,off,*2 ,*4 ect

doesn't have the performance / quality meter :(
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ENSJQM 28 Jul 2008, 15:42
anti aliasing and plenty of other options
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GoodGuyGary 28 Jul 2008, 15:52
antialiasing is by default off afaik, but i don't know about the others
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Yossarian 28 Jul 2008, 16:36
overclocking lmao
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jnO 28 Jul 2008, 12:05
If you are just using RT to overclock your gpu then thats fine.
Messing around with the opengl settings (ie. to make trees/bushes vanish) is classed as a hack.
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amgg 28 Jul 2008, 12:09
use LODBIAS mipmap and put it to +15 ;)
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beAsty 28 Jul 2008, 12:13
according to cb rules (if i remember right) every external program = hack.. so if rivatuner is started = bust

same would go for msn,winamp ,...

but no one cares so use it. u can also tweak opengl settings.. aslong as it isn´t that obious no one will see it and care about it
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Budha 28 Jul 2008, 12:15
beAsty busted at msn conversation hax!
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ILikeTurtles 28 Jul 2008, 13:37
*external programs which affect ET, msn doesnt ^^
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infect 28 Jul 2008, 15:39
if some1 logs in in msn , then it's like 5 sec wallhack sometimes. So it affects :D
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spng 28 Jul 2008, 16:07
old bug resolved i think :)
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ILikeTurtles 30 Jul 2008, 13:01
this bug is like 3 years solved allready
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bira 28 Jul 2008, 13:41
no, any external program which change or edit the game aswell as interracting with the game are disallowed ;)
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DoctorWho 28 Jul 2008, 15:08
riva isnt interacting with ET, but with your gfx settings
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bira 28 Jul 2008, 15:10
Quote by birano, any external program which change or edit the game aswell as interracting with the game are disallowed ;)

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DoctorWho 28 Jul 2008, 15:12
riva isnt changing the game.. and its stupid rule cause even your mouse drivers are interacting with ET
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bira 28 Jul 2008, 15:19
so making trees dissapear isn't changing the game?

Riva tuner is fully allowed as long as it does not change the game. To gain some fps, overclock your gpu etc.
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DoctorWho 28 Jul 2008, 15:21
using riva can lead to changes in game, however also your movies quality will decrease..

riva isnt affecting only ET, also every other program that is using opengl/directx
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bira 28 Jul 2008, 18:42
your point being?
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HellHammer 28 Jul 2008, 12:48
if it gives you an unfair advantage over other people its considered cheating, so dont use it
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m1Ke_ 28 Jul 2008, 13:30
hax hax hax hax ^^
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baMs 28 Jul 2008, 13:38
riva_tuner
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DoctorWho 28 Jul 2008, 15:03
riva tuner was good in old times when u couldnt turn off some things in your GFX card settings... but now softwere used for gfx cards is so advanced that you dont need rt...
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HardyRah 28 Jul 2008, 18:13
tina turner ? "=D"
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SN4KE 28 Jul 2008, 23:27
Riva Tuner could be a cheat (like razz shown) you can turn the Grass and Leavs(?) off... so its a hack and you get kicked if you try it too hard...
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Bomor 1 Aug 2008, 18:16
ok i just changed the clock speed and memory crap thingy.

hope this is aint cheating :p
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