I just bought and installed the Hercules MX card. Now I'm getting into messing with the settings. I read the online manual (very good by the way) but I'm still confused about a couple of features.

One is vertical sync. Does everybody play with this off? Does it degrade your image?

The other question is the bi-linear or anisotropic filtering? Which do you recommend?

Finally, what about the anti-aliasing? Does that only work in D3D games and not on Open GL games? Does it really help?

Here's my set-up:
Asus P2B BX mobo
Celeron 366 @ 66 FSB (planning on trying to overclock soon)
64 mb RAM
15' monitor (I know I need to get a 17')

I usually play TFC & CounterStrike and various RTS games. Resolution 800x600 and 680x480, but this was just what I was used to with my old vid card (S3 Trio 3d EEECH!)

I just want to get an idea of what all the rest of you have your settings at and why before I go messing with mine.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Cool Forums Sharkey!