Hi all
I've tried out all of the config's described here before,nothing works for me,i can install ati driver's from v.11.6 to v.11.10v2.......always the same,sometimes i get some textures but most of the time no textures at all and the game then freezes..
I also tried adding the command parameters to rage.exe but this seems to have no effect at all for me,it's always the same,only difference is that without the launch parameters the game doesnt freeze.
I will now try out some different screen resolutions,but i dont think that i will make a difference.
My Graphic card isnt the newest one i know (ATI 4880),but the game should run on it anyway.

Holy sh.. this fixed it for me !!!
Thanks a lot mate.

Anyway was wondering what the "+vt_maxPPF 8" does? I didn't add it, so no idea if it would change anything.

Also posted your findings in the Steam forums. Hope that's okay.

So, after days of experimenting and picking peanuts out of poo, I finally have the game in perfect working order, no texture popping, no artifacts and no slow down.

Here's what I did:

Must have latest patch for rage installed.

1. Uninstall all graphics drivers - Make sure you remove all trace of ATI drivers(important), use driver sweeper, or uninstall graphics card from device manager, and remove ati folders from C: drive and C:/program files/.
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2. Install latest amd_catalyst_11.10_preview2_win7_vista.exe drivers from AMD.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU122AMDCat1110PreDriverV2.aspx
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3. Create a new file called rageconfig.cfg in your rage/base folder, and insert the following text:

seta com_videoRam "512"seta image_anisotropy "4"seta image_usecompression "0"seta image_lodbias "-1"seta image_useCache "1"seta image_cacheMegs "200"seta image_cacheMinK "50"seta m_smooth "0"seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 "8192"seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly "8192"seta vt_pageimagesizeunique "8192"seta vt_maxPPF "8"seta vt_lodBias "-1"seta vt_minlod "-1"seta vt_maxaniso "2"

The first bit 'seta com_videoRam "512"' is the amount of ram your video card has in MB, change your to fit, if you have 1gb on your graphics card, put in 1024 instead of 512. important

4. Set launch options - create a shortcut to rage.exe on your desktop, right click it and go to 'properties', then in the 'target' field, after Rage.exe, put a space, then this text:

+cvaradd jobs_numThreads -1 +com_skipIntroVideo 1 +seta com_allowconsole 1 +vt_maxPPF 8

Must be a space after Rage.exe

5. Leave Catalyst A.I. enabled.

6. Start game - Put V-Sync option onto smart, and the rest at default.

Start the game and hopefully enjoy.

I gonna start testing upping the graphics since the game runs soo smoothly now.

Let me know how everyone goes .

if your on 11.10v2 what are your CCC settings?

1 Step: Download and Install new ATI (AMD) driver: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU122AMDCat1110PreDriverV2.aspx
Bookmark this Site "You have to Restart "

2 Step: Enable the A.I. in Catalyst

3 Step: Setting Game Launch Options in "Steam":
- Right-click on the game title under the Library in Steam and select Properties.
- Under the General tab click the Set launch options... button.
- Enter the launch options
+cvaradd jobs_numThreads -1 +com_skipIntroVideo 1 +seta com_allowconsole 1 +vt_maxPPF 8
and click OK.
- Close the game's Properties window.

4 Step: Create rageConfig.cfg:
- HOWTO: To use the file copy the code below and put it into a new text file named "rageConfig.cfg" in these Locations:
- For Single-Player - "Steam\steamapps\common\rage\base"
- For Multi-Player - "Steam\steamapps\common\rage\mp\base"
- The first line "1024" is for ATICards with 1GB Ram if your Card has 512kb change to "512" or "..."like ram.




seta com_skipIntroVideo "1" //Just work in Steam Setting but i still put it to not forget it
seta cvaradd jobs_numThreads "-1" //The old steam settings now in cfg
seta com_allowconsole "1" //The old steam settings now in cfg
seta jobs_numThreads "-1" //The old steam settings now in cfg
seta com_videoRam "1024" //Memorysize of your CrafikCard (512, 1024, 2048 aso.)
//seta g_showplayershadow "1" //Shadows
seta image_anisotropy "4" //Anisotropische Filter (2x or 4x, at bigger settings you could became problems)
seta image_usecompression "0" //no Texture Compression
seta image_lodbias "-1" //LoD Setting ?
seta image_useCache "1" //Makes Textures not Plopping
seta image_cacheMegs "1024" //Cache Size in MB
seta image_cacheMinK "50" //min Cache in KB
seta m_smooth "0" //better mouse speed
seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 "8192" //for better textures
seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly "8192" //for better textures
seta vt_pageimagesizeunique "8192" //for better textures
seta vt_maxPPF "8" //better streaming of textures (8 für dual/tripplecores CPU's, 16 if your CPU more than 3 cores like quadcore)
seta vt_lodBias "-1" //just helps
seta vt_minlod "-1" //just helps
seta vt_maxaniso "2" //maximum Anisotropische Filter Megatextur (2x or 4x)




Save the .cfg

Thanks DarkEyEinc, your config/parameters got my Rage finally running! There was another I used a few days ago that finally solved the constant hanging and lock ups, but my frames were still dipping into sub 25-20 every time I moved and game was not really playable. The #1 OP post here also had a similar effect, but your config seemed to have got me running 50-60 FPS! Just got back from my first real Rage play session. Woot, I thought I was going to have to wait for an official patch, but I'm glad someone linked this thread and your post in another "Still not working at all" post ^^. Thanks again!

Everyone be sure to try both the #1 post config/parameters and the #12 post.

Cheers!

Specs:

4 Gigs DD2 Ram
E7200 @ 2.95 GHz
Radeon HD 4870 512mb