D2R Graphics Settings For A GTX-750 & Older PC
ALL SETTINGS ARE LISTED IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW
I came across many of these settings via trial and error. If anyone sees something that I can adjust to improve it please let me know. These settings are mainly for playing in Legacy Graphics Mode with the nohd mod.
System Specs:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
24 Gigabytes RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX-750 settings
Driver version: 512.15
(3D Settings)
Adjust image settings with preview: Use the advanced 3D image settings
Manage 3D settings:
Image Scaling: Off
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Anisotropic filtering: Off
Antialiasing - FXAA: Off
Antialiasing - Gamma correction: On
Antialiasing - Mode: Off
Antialiasing - Setting: None
Antialiasing - Transparency: Off
Background Application Max Frame Rate: Off
CUDA - GPUs: All
DSR - Factors: Off
DSR - Smoothness: Off
Low Latency Mode: On
Max Frame Rate: 60 FPS
OpenGL rendering GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
Optimize for Compute Performance: Off
Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
Shader Cache Size: Driver Default
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias: Allow
Texture filtering - Quality: High Performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: On
Threaded optimization: On
Triple buffering: On
Vertical sync: Off
Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames: Use the 3D application setting
(Display)
Adjust desktop size and position:
Scaling: Full-screen
*Note: If you have black bars try disabling 'scaling' in Windows 10 Display settings.
Perform scaling on: Display
Override the scaling mode set by games and programs
In Game Settings
(Options-Video)
Display Mode: Fullscreen
Resolution: 1280x768
*Note: This should be set to your current desktop's resolution.
Resolution Scale: 50
Sharpening: 0
Vertical Sync: Off
Framerate Cap: 60
Texture Quality: Low
Transparency Quality: High
Shadow Quality: Low
Anti-Aliasing: Off *Note: Or FXAA if enabled in NVIDIA settings
Dynamic Resolution Scaling: Off
Framerate Target: 0
VFX Quality: Low
VFX Lighting Quality: Low
(Legacy Video Options)
Game Resolution: 800x600
Lighting Quality: High
Blended Shadows: On
Emulation: GDI
Battlenet Launcher 'Game Settings'
Additional commandline options: -sndbkg -w -mod nohd
*Note: I am unsure if -sndbkg actually works in D2R but it seems to help.
*Note: The -w command is optional but I like starting the game in a window.
*Note: The last two are needed only if using the nohd mod.
How to play D2R with legacy graphics in an 800x600 window (Example)
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The nohd mod can be found here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/diablo2resu...
The nohd mod Version 1.1 can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHDR...
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