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Apr 30^th, 2005 at 10:44pm

bob576 Offline
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i just got m new Dell XPS all hooked up today here are the specs that i can think of off the top of my head...

Pentum 4 3.2 ghz processor
2gb ram
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE
80gb hd
160gb hd (for vid. editing)
TV tuner exct......

Ive been really happy with it so far, and i just finally got the chance to install fs2004 and my joystick driver. with out messing with the settings to much (just put everything up as high as it would go) i did a quike flight to check out the new gfx card. i was not very happy...the fps were great, very smooth. but the quality of the graphics were worse than my old comp with a 9600...all the edges were jagged and all the scenery looked like crap. from what ive read, it sounds like an antialiasing problem?? idk, i never really messed around with the msfs graphics settings because it ran fine the way it came on my older comp. any suggestions on what might be out of ajustment????

sorry if this is a dumb question...i was just expecting alot more out of this gfx card, but its probly just a simple fix

thanks in advance for any help

Let T=Takeoffs&&Let L=Landings&&If T-L>1 print

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Reply #1 - Apr 30^th, 2005 at 11:09pm

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ok, sounds like the anti-ailising is turned way down or off on your card...

First things first be sure to disable the AA in the flight sim display/hardware settings. let the graphics card handle this.

right click on desktop, click properties, then click settings, then advanced.

Then on the top there should be a tab with the same name as your video card. from there I don't know set by step, but look for the anti-ailising command and play with it until you get the desired results..

Sorry I don't know step by step, but I've never run a card like yours.. Wink

Hope this helps somewhat.. Wink

might also try googling something like: "How to turn anti ailising on with a ........."

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Reply #2 - May 1^st, 2005 at 11:02am

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thanks alot, it seemed to help alot with jaggedness on the aircraft. but the scenery is still disapointing me. the area right below the aircraft looks great but that is only one little block of terrain, the rest just keeps getting blurier and blurier like its not loading untill i fly right over it, any idea what that might be??

thanks agian...

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Reply #3 - May 1^st, 2005 at 12:28pm

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There are two possible problems.

Firstly and most likely, you haven't set up your video driver to full or near full quality settings, it's complex and you'll need a guide, or if you have time and some valid comparison procedures, you could experiment.

Secondly, there is still something wrong with the games graphics settings.

Believe me, it's not the video card at fault. 8)

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Reply #4 - May 1^st, 2005 at 1:40pm

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Turn the MIP Mapping no higher then 4..... Gunnerman Had this problem, trust me, it helps a load I did the same and it works! Cheers, Gunny

PS: The Scenery loading while over it, is that in cockpit or external view? Gunny out

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Reply #5 - May 1^st, 2005 at 8:35pm

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thanks...is there anyone out there running this card??? what are your settings???

ok, ill try turning the MIP thing down a little bit, i had it all the way up...lol i dont know if this card can handle msfs Wink

Um, i think the scenery loading issue is in all views by the way...is there a difference if its only in the or something?

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Reply #6 - May 1^st, 2005 at 8:59pm

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Bob576,

Go to ATI's website and download the latest drivers....... forget the stuff on the disk that came with the card. Likely it is out of date.

Uninstall the old drivers using ATI's uninstall routine. Then use "Driver Cleaner" to get rid of the stuff that ATI's removal misses. THEN reinstall the NEW drivers and control panel from the download file.

Bet that helps.

best,

..................john

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Reply #7 - May 1^st, 2005 at 10:18pm

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The blocky texture I had tis prob a week agao, turns out I was zoomed all wierd etc also did a compete driver reinstall. And MIP maping no more than 4 or your sim will look like shiite liquidy

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