Graphics tweaking utilities never seem to save custom settings..

Anarchy101 · 01-29-2008, 02:03 PM

Why is it that every grahpics tweaking utility i've used for the past half decade (including ati tray tools, riva tuner, catalyst control center and even the nvidia control panel) never seem to save your custom settings?

The global settings seem to always stay where I set them, but if I ever try to configure settings for a particular game (because some games need certain options turned on or off depending on the game) it just never saves my configurations. No matter if you save your settings or not, as soon as you exit the utility or restart your computer the custom settings are always back to default again. And this isn't just one machine either, this has been on several machines, on several different video cards from both ATI and Nvidia, on tons of different driver sets over the course of 6 years or so....and it's the same damn story every time.

If the feature isn't going to work then why the hell do they even implement it into the drivers to begin with?

Some of these companies need to stop slacking and make their **** actually work... =O

ebackhus · 01-29-2008, 04:09 PM

In all honesty I've never had a problem like the one you're describing. I've used plenty of cards using ATI and nVidia chips and made a myriad of changes to their respective software with changes always remaining intact. I used RivaTuner to unlock pipelines on an old 6800 and Omega Drivers to unlock a 9800se. Each time they'd give the desired effect until I chose to do otherwise.

01-29-2008, 02:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anarchy101 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: None of your business Posts: 131 OS: Vista 64 bit	Graphics tweaking utilities never seem to save custom settings.. Why is it that every grahpics tweaking utility i've used for the past half decade (including ati tray tools, riva tuner, catalyst control center and even the nvidia control panel) never seem to save your custom settings? The global settings seem to always stay where I set them, but if I ever try to configure settings for a particular game (because some games need certain options turned on or off depending on the game) it just never saves my configurations. No matter if you save your settings or not, as soon as you exit the utility or restart your computer the custom settings are always back to default again. And this isn't just one machine either, this has been on several machines, on several different video cards from both ATI and Nvidia, on tons of different driver sets over the course of 6 years or so....and it's the same damn story every time. If the feature isn't going to work then why the hell do they even implement it into the drivers to begin with? Some of these companies need to stop slacking and make their **** actually work... =O __________________ Intel Core2 Duo e6750 conroe@ 2.6ghz - BFGtech Geforce 9800 GX2 - 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 - Asus P5N-E 650i SLi mobo - Antec Neo Power Blue 650w - Sound Blaster X-fi Xtreme gamer - 2x 160GB Western Digital IDE HDD. Don't ask me if I have the latest drivers when you already know the answer :P

01-29-2008, 04:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,318 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: Graphics tweaking utilities never seem to save custom settings.. In all honesty I've never had a problem like the one you're describing. I've used plenty of cards using ATI and nVidia chips and made a myriad of changes to their respective software with changes always remaining intact. I used RivaTuner to unlock pipelines on an old 6800 and Omega Drivers to unlock a 9800se. Each time they'd give the desired effect until I chose to do otherwise. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.