Full Screen, Windowed Screen, and GFX settings
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:45 amOK, this is going to be a sort of all-in-one thread full of questions. Unfortunately, I was unable to determine which question most directly addresses the issues I am working, so I have bundled what I thought were most likely issues and questions altogether.
First, though, before anyone has to ask:
Everex IMPACT SERIES (Japanese make and model of computer)
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ @ 2.21 GHz
2.50 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS w/ 512 MB
The monitor is just the generic 1280 x 1024 flat screen that came with the computer.
Now, I know this system is not going to run FSX at max quality, and that isn't my concern. I just want to get the best performance possible from what I have. And thus far, I have been fairly pleased.
The other day, the video card gave the computer a stop command in the middle of running FSX, so I decided to update the drivers (they were a year out of date). After installing the new drivers, everything works fine, but . . .
Well, some things are a bit different. For example, I get horribly rough edges on everything from planes (especially the poor planes) to buildings to trees if I now run FSX in full screen mode. When I run it in windowed mode, everything is smooth once more. In both modes I am using anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing.
These are my three questions:
1) Is there a problem with having my monitor at 1280x1024 and running FSX at 1280x1024(x32)? I have tried a couple of other settings, but still suffer from jagged edges. Yet, before the driver update, I could run FSX in full-screen mode with these aliasing issues.
2) Should I manipulate my graphics settings in the Nvidia control panel, within FSX, or in both? Nvidia will allow you to override application settings with your own preferences as set in the Nvidia control panel. I just have no clue if this is actually a good or bad things to do.
3) If I should choose to change my graphics settings in the Nvidia control panel to override my FSX settings, any recommendations?
Really, I would just like to get back to full-screen use without the terrible aliasing issues. I am a bit perplexed why the new drivers have a problem that the old ones did not. On the other hand, the new drivers seem a bit more stable, so I hate to rollback the drivers to the earlier version.
Help?
Thanks in advance,
Darrin
First, though, before anyone has to ask:
Everex IMPACT SERIES (Japanese make and model of computer)
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ @ 2.21 GHz
2.50 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS w/ 512 MB
The monitor is just the generic 1280 x 1024 flat screen that came with the computer.
Now, I know this system is not going to run FSX at max quality, and that isn't my concern. I just want to get the best performance possible from what I have. And thus far, I have been fairly pleased.
The other day, the video card gave the computer a stop command in the middle of running FSX, so I decided to update the drivers (they were a year out of date). After installing the new drivers, everything works fine, but . . .
Well, some things are a bit different. For example, I get horribly rough edges on everything from planes (especially the poor planes) to buildings to trees if I now run FSX in full screen mode. When I run it in windowed mode, everything is smooth once more. In both modes I am using anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing.
These are my three questions:
1) Is there a problem with having my monitor at 1280x1024 and running FSX at 1280x1024(x32)? I have tried a couple of other settings, but still suffer from jagged edges. Yet, before the driver update, I could run FSX in full-screen mode with these aliasing issues.
2) Should I manipulate my graphics settings in the Nvidia control panel, within FSX, or in both? Nvidia will allow you to override application settings with your own preferences as set in the Nvidia control panel. I just have no clue if this is actually a good or bad things to do.
3) If I should choose to change my graphics settings in the Nvidia control panel to override my FSX settings, any recommendations?
Really, I would just like to get back to full-screen use without the terrible aliasing issues. I am a bit perplexed why the new drivers have a problem that the old ones did not. On the other hand, the new drivers seem a bit more stable, so I hate to rollback the drivers to the earlier version.
Help?
Thanks in advance,
Darrin
