GeForce 5700 AA

[Liam]

Hey guys. When I first got my 5700 (with original drivers) I obviously had Anti-Aliasing options, which were upto 8x.

On all of the recent Nvidia Drivers the new option that replaces 8x is 8xS and I get all sorts of jagged lines (In Flight sim on aircrafts especially - this is with the card over riding application controlled, as I used previously). So I rolled back to the orignal 8x drivers and it's perfect.

Any idea if other settings can be tweaked to alter this? I would obviously prefer to use the latest, it's a shame they dont appear to be as good!!

Cheers...Liam.

[congo]

Hi Liam,
I can't help with your problem, but I can give you my experience for what it's worth.

I'm using an overclocked 5900XT (440 gpu and 880 memory) so my card should have a reasonable performance advantage over yours.

I only AA at 2x, any more is too much of a performance hit in my opinion.
I can just about max out all my fs9 settings at x2q AA and x4 anisotropic filtering and get around 30fps in most situations. I fly with complex clouds set and they seem to hit hard on fps, especially with filtering such as AA.   The filtering is a weak point in pre-6000 series nvidia cards in comparison with similar period ATI cards.

I find that 2x reduces the jaggy's enough for reasonable screen shots at 1152 res, but I normaly fly at 1024 res.

I guess the filtering is a tradeoff with other image settings, I just like all the other settings high. It's personal preference of course, but I wouldn't even consider high AA settings on any nvidia card under the 6000 series.

[Liam]

So you mainly get your AA from Flight Sim itself? Maybe a I need to spend more time tweaking with the options, but the aircraft AA always sucks when I try FS App. Controlled.  :(

Thanks.

[4_Series_Scania]

Liam I used to have an FX5600, and that was'nt upto Anti-Alaising unfortunately, for good FS9 performance, I tended to turn it off unless I wanted a particular screenshot.

Like congo says, the Geforce 6 series is what you should be looking at, they can run anti alaising happily, even @ 1600x1200 !    

For what its worth, I have my FS set up thus... (with a 6800LE)



With FS9 running thus....



Ticking the Anti-Alaising tab in FS9 results in 15fps..... Hence I don't use it.

Hope this helps.

[congo]

No, I leave the AA in fs9 unticked, I set my video card up in it's driver settings in windows, and use 1 setting at all times and for all apps unless I am experimenting.

4_Series Pic above left is the way I set mine up too, except I use "Best Quality" instead of high performance because the image seems a lot better quality lol. Quality settings affect performance of course.

His right screenshot shows one of fs9's settings pags of course, I'd say use 4 or 5 mipmapping there and 6 or 8 lights. You'll find that his resolution is too high for good performance on your card as well, I'd say try 1024 x 768 or 1152 x 864 max.

I would say use those as a start point as see how you like it.

[4_Series_Scania]

4_Series Pic above left is the way I set mine up too, except I use "Best Quality" instead of high performance because the image seems a lot better quality lol. Quality settings affect performance of course.

Hmm, I'd not realised that congo !  ::)
I've changed it to "High Quality", still get my 30fps so, all's well.  :)

congo, do you see any improvement


I agree about sticking to 1024x768 with Liams FX5700, incidentally, is it the 5700 LE Liam? if it is, that would explain its aparent inability to run with some degree of FSAA, something my 5600 could, albeit not at a high fps rate.
The 5700LE was an entry level 5700, akin to the old Geforce MX series, they did'nt offer great performance.

Thankfully, the 6800LE dosen't seem as "strangled" as its earlier namesakes.

Paul.  :)

[Liam]

I believe it's just a normal 5700.

Obviously a better card is always the best option. The problem is I know this card can achieve more with AA (As the old drivers did with FS) - and still mantain a very decent frame rate.