A Graphics Card Upgrade In Anticipation of OFF 2

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Update on my upgrade. The new GTX 460 SC arrived Friday and I installed it right away yesterday morning and spent the remainder of the day tweaking and benchmarking. I am very pleased to report that it is a winner! It runs flawlessly with silky smooth TrackIR, with sliders at 5-4-3-5-5 and Object Ground Density on 'high'. Even in the Alsace in a massive furball above the mud, a solid, smooth 50 to 60 FPS.

 

It is B-E-A-U-tiful!

 

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[+Olham]

Wow, that sounds like a winner indeed, Lou! Congratulations! Enjoy the new flying!

[+Hasse Wind]

I'm currently saving money for a rig that should be able to run all the sims I play with maximum settings. I'm tired of having to reduce graphics quality because my Neolithic PC can't handle maximum settings.

 

Now if only money grew on trees...

[+Olham]

Hasse Wind, some of the graphic reductions I had to make were no terrible losses.

I ran "Scenery detail" and "Terrain Detail" on "3", and it looked great.

Right now, I have "Terrain Detail" on "4", but then it looks almost too grainy for my taste;

so "3" is really good.

 

I recommend my "Graphics setup" advice in the "Stickies", if you haven't already looked there.

 

What I envy Lou for, is higher "ground object density" - I have to run that on "medium".

Edited February 12, 2012 by Olham

[+RAF_Louvert]

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What I envy Lou for, is higher "ground object density" - I have to run that on "medium".

 

Not to make you even more envious Olham, but rather to give you a better idea of what things look like with the settings I described above, here is a screenshot I just snapped as I was climbing away from Walmer Aerodrome along the southern coast of England. Even the typical April weather in Blighty can't diminsh the "new" view I now enjoy.

 

 

 

 

I only wish all my fellow OFF fliers could enjoy the lush scenery I am now privy to.

 

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[+Olham]

I can, Lou, I can! At least with my Marne region pilots it still works - tried it - no jaggies!!!

I'll send pics soon.

I guess, in Alsace-Lorraine though, my card would go down on it's knees.

 

But hey, I will soon receive a much better graphic card from a fellow OFFer - then it should be possible for me too.

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Sweet! Glad to learn you're enjoying the scenery as well Olham. And what card will you be receiving soon?

 

I will also post a screenshot or two from the Alsace when I pop over there in the A.M.

 

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[+Olham]

... what card will you be receiving soon?

I'm not good with remembering numbers, and it's some time ago, but I think it's the ATI 5970.

 

I will also post a screenshot or two from the Alsace when I pop over there in the A.M.

Yes, please - I'd like to see how that looks with all ground objects!

[Buddy1998]

Lou, I'd be interested to know what's your nvidia control or inspector settings at?

 

 

A few things I noticed last night while testing some graphics settings in the game:

 

1. I do notice the planes fly a bit "faster" when my FPS stays at 60.

 

2. In the nvidia control panel settings, I get better frame rates (~5 FPS) when I use 8xCSAA than with 4xAA.

 

3. I'm not sure what "Ground Density" setting does, but there is a visible difference between high and low.

 

4. Adjusting the Scenery and Terrain Detail sliders from 3 to 4 or visa versa, doesn't seem to make a difference when object density is set to high. When the Scenery and Terrain sliders are set to 5, the external view is very "rich" - very hard to describe - but my FPS dumps to ~27.

 

5. Other than AA in the nvidia control panel the other settings don't seem to affect the FPS or scenery (except vsyn on with tripple buffering).

 

Buddy.

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Buddy, here are the Nvidia settings I have been running since my benchmarking session last weekend:

 

 

 

Hope this info is helpful for you.

 

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