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Apr 26^th, 2005 at 10:37am

Mozz Offline
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Hi guys,
Just got a new laptop - Sony VAIO PCG K86P
P 4 - 3.2Ghz
1 GB RAM
ATI Radeon 9200 gfx card (guessing its mobility) with 64MB RAM
Still have to post some shots for you guys
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but first I need to sort out a little problem. I find that when flying in MSFS, if I press alt or hit "alt + tab" to change music or something, when I come back to the sim, I've lost my anti-aliasing and everything's jagged. If I press alt again (or alt tab) my anti-aliasing comes back (sometimes I have to try a few times). I'm guessing its a driver issue as I'm using the drivers that came with the laptop but if anyone can point me in the right direction:
Which drivers I should get? (best for the 9200? are there specific ones for the mobility range?)
And also if anyone knows a precise step-by-step guide to installing the drivers, that's be good. Ive had a lot of bad experiences with the blue screen of death with my old PC and the only thing that saved me was XP
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Any help much appreciated,
Thanks,
Adam

(EDIT): Also, I forgot to ask. Is it normal for only horizontal parts to be anti-aliased with the vertical sides left jagged. I know on my Ge force the whole thing was just smoooooth. Thanks again.

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Reply #1 - Apr 26^th, 2005 at 1:36pm

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It's just one of those things that can happen when switching between screens I believe, I never heard anyone talk about a fix.

I really just wanted to say not to expect too much of that 9200, it's not a very good spec. That's the problem with notebook PC's, they really haven't made any genuine effort at putting decent graphics in them.

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #2 - Apr 28^th, 2005 at 5:22pm

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Thanks very much for the help congo. Is a shame they haven't put so much time into laptops but this one is working a treat at the moment (I can actually fly the PMDG 737's from the VC Grin

). Shame about the anti-aliasing but I can live with it (just have to mess around with the settings or press alt less Grin

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Thanks again,
Adam.

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Reply #3 - Apr 29^th, 2005 at 4:39pm

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I personally would'nt use FSAA with the video chipset you have, its not really up to it.

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Reply #4 - Apr 30^th, 2005 at 9:01am

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I know what you mean. I've tried with and without AA and the difference is amazing. With AA on 3x I can get steady fps locked at 21 (and unlocked it jumps around from 16 to 44). Without AA I can get more than 50 fps. The good thing is it's a widescreen so that the graphics should look ok without AA, it won't matter to much (I hope) Roll Eyes

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