FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

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FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby olderndirt » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:15 pm

In the few short months I've been actively engaged with FS9, tips read on this forum have been taken as gospel.
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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby ShaneG_old » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:22 pm

I had a similar experience, using both the AA on my card & the in game AA at the same time. :-?

Since it has been accepted as gospel that FS AA is a no-no, I've kept quiet about it and just enjoyed it. ;D

Maybe the technology has finally caught up with FS9's AA and finally allows it do function correctly...

...or my hardware is so outdated and stressed out that it needs both forms of AA to get the job done. ;D ;)

I will be interested in reading other opinions on this. :)
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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby Opa » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:40 pm

From what I have read on other forums, it seems to have a great deal to do with the graphic card one is using.

What apparently works with one brand may not work with another brand.

As with many things in FS there seems to be no "one size fits all" approach.
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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby olderndirt » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:31 pm

For what it's worth, I have your basic entry level 8400GS set to 4X AA.  Whatever the phenomena is, I love it - it's great to have a leading edge that doesn't look like a 'stairway to heaven'.
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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby ShaneG_old » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:51 pm

I'm running an ATI 1650pro crossfire 512mb, also on 4x.
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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby Groundbound1 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:30 pm

I think those tips may have been suggested back in the day, when FS9 performed on the available hardware much like FSX does on newer machines today. I tried running the suggested way for a short time but couldn't stand the looks of things. Since then, I've always run the sim's AA and used bilinear filtering along with my ATI card set to 4X AA and 8X  AF, with little or no hit to performance.

Just my two cents. :)
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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby Sir_Crashalot » Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:29 am

Same here, Both AA turned on. Using a mediocre Nvidia 7800GS 256 Mb. The only time I see jaggies is in multiplayer with the chat screen visible.

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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby Fozzer » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:08 am

..and again for me...;)...

AA turned ON, in both my Graphics Card, AND in the Sim!

If I turn OFF the AA in the Sim...THEN the jaggies appear!... :'(...!

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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby Zaphod » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:10 am

I don't really suffer from the dreaded "jaggies" but I thought I'd try turning on the AA in FS9 as well as on my card and guess what? I lose all my 2D panels!
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Re: FS9 AA - no more jaggies?

Postby rpjkw11 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:13 am

I upgraded to a GeForce 7600GS over a year ago and, using nHancer, I found enabling the AA on both FS9 and nHancer that the jaggies were gone.  

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