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I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:42 pm
by Jakemaster
My smile is almost as big as his!  Tonight was the first night of Hannukah, and I got a BRAND NEW ATI RADEON X700PRO 256MB GRAPHICS CARD!

And my oh my, what a difference it makes.  I knew FS could LOOK this good, but I had no idea it could RUN so smoothely!  I now have it locked at 30, only dropping when changing views sometimes (and that lasts about 2 seconds).  Without FPS locked, over 50 with spikes over 100 :o

And, how can I complain with shots like these!  (looks even better ingame!)

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Comments Welcome!  oh, BTW, one of these will be transformed into my new sig!

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:10 pm
by simonmd
Lucky Bugger! I'd dropped hints for weeks but didn't get one! Oh well, better get used to 4-10FPS for some time to come then! >:(

I'd chose the second one cut down a bit for the sig, happy flying.

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:15 pm
by Jakemaster
I did, the second one is also my background now, I love that shot, my best EVER!

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:22 pm
by Jakemaster
Do you like it?  I do, and I like my slogan "Fly For Life"

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:29 am
by SkyNoz
Lookin good ;) was your past card rated at 256?

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:48 am
by Mees
:o
Happy Flyin' with that! :D

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:08 am
by Mr.Mugel
Looking good Jake, congrats ! I really like Nr.3, it just tells me: Duggy

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:10 am
by Clipper
Smooooth! Duggy has never looked so handsome. I can't believe how clean those shots look. Even with the sun directly in front of the plane there's no aliasing. WOW! Congrats again.... ;D

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:21 am
by Jakemaster
Theres no aliasing cause I have it set to 4X on the card :o  My old "card" was an integrated ATI Radeon X200 128MB.  So this is my first high performance graphics card (on my old pc I had a shitty Geforce MX4000 :P)

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:45 am
by elite marksman
I think I'll be getting one of those instead of a new Saitek X52. Just got FS9 and I only get 10-15fps with details at meduim low. In FS8 I got 20+ with everything turned up to high.

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:01 am
by Jakemaster
What card do you have now?

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:06 am
by ThatOnePerson
Nice shots Jake looks like you enjoyin that card ;)

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:13 am
by Omag 2.0
Lucky you Jake! Looks great!  :)

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:00 pm
by lemoncat
lovely stuff there jake..were in for some awesome shots now :) :)

Re: I am as happy as Duggy!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:28 pm
by cspyro21
Well Jake, I'm still sticking with my GeForce FX Go2500 (my laptop can't get better thyan that I think ;)) but fortunately Christmas (by the way I hope you are having/had a happy Hannukah) bought me a RAM upgrade. At long, LONG last ::) ;D

Still, I imagine your FS looks great, I'm glad you got your new "toy" :D
Cheers  ;)