water texture settings problem

[Alamo]

Anybody else had this problem? I set the water texture settings to max so that I can use the various replacement water textures, but when I go into the flight, it has reverted to the medium setting, so the new textures don't work. Any ideas?

[Ivan]

it's connected to the slider above it...
upper one max right, the water one in the center is the setting i use

[Spidious]

I had that same problem.
The ONLY WAY I know of how to solve it is to get a better graphics card.
I upgraded to a ATI 128MB card. and it SMOKES !  :o

[Alamo]

I'm hoping that my GeForce-4 440 would be good enough for that - it's great in every other game I run.  
Is it really going to be about needing a better card, or is there a work-around?

[Delta_]

The 440 will run it good, but you won't be able to max out the sliders.  You can't even with a FX5200.  You need a DX9 card that is good enough for it to allow you to do it.  the FX5700 or Radeon 9600 is the lowest card you need to get the sliders to max and stay maxed.

[Spidious]

[quote]I'm hoping that my GeForce-4 440 would be good enough for that - it's great in every other game I run.

[Delta_]

I have the fps for graphics cards for FS9 (1024*768 max settings, 4xaa, 8xaniso, over dense city and building storms):
ATI:
9800xt  66
9800pro 65
9800se 50
9600xt 41
9600pro 35
9600 27
9600se 21

Nvidia:
5950U 57
5900  50
5900xt 50
5700U 39
5700 33
5200U 17
5200 13

[Alamo]

OK, thanks, guys - I guess I've got a new item for the ol'e Christmas list.