[Hardware upgrade] It's a new flight sim! :-)

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"Lawn Dart" <willkayakforfoodREMOVE_THIS@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> It took a little while before my local computer guy could take my
> computer and install the new hardware and do some other bits of
> maintenance, but he took it yesterday, and returned it today! :-)
>
> Here's the new setup:
>
> Motherboard: ASUS P4S533 MX (not changed...yet)
> CPU: P4 2.8 Ghz (new)
> RAM: 1 GB (512x2) PC2700 DDR SDRAM (new)
> Video card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro w/128 MB memory (new)
>
> Naturally, the first thing I did was to install some nice new water
> textures...and they work! I can even see those fancy reflections
> now! :-)
>
> I've also pushed most of the scenery sliders to their maximum
> settings, and everything is looking very nice so far.
>
> I've increased my target frame rate to 25 FPS, and even flying over
> Seattle, and landing at KSEA the frame rate never drops below 22 or
> so. Usually it's pushing up against the target limit, and movement
> is very smooth! :-)
>
> Now, I have some questions about anti-aliasing and anisotropic
> filtering (two things I couldn't use with my old video card)...
>
> Currently, I have them set at these values (to be controlled from the
> video card settings, not by the programs):
>
> anti-aliasing: 4x (highest possible is 6x)
> anisotropic filtering: 8x (highest possible is 16x)
>
> Everything looks good, but are there better settings I should try for
> these two things?
>
> And finally, how about "Vertical Sync" and "TRUFORM"? I don't really
> know what these are for. Currently, "Vertical Sync" is set to be
> controlled by applications (currently in the middle between
> "performance" and "quality" ), and "TRUFORM" is off.
>
> Finally, I think I've now installed the latest Catalyst drivers
> (v5.4), but when I look at the driver version in my video card
> settings, it says this:
>
> Date: 3/22/2005
> Driver version: 6.14.10.6525 <---is that the correct number?
>
> If I've done something wrong with my driver installation, I would
> appreciate some instruction in how to go back and do it correctly.
>
> Any ideas for further tweaking my new video card and/or fs9 settings
> would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
> - --
> Melissa
>
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Congratulations, Melissa. Now you have even more things to tinker with. I
am running AA at 4x and AF at 8x on my card and am pretty satisfied with
those settings. Things sure take on a different appearance with the new set
up don't they? Have fun. Bill

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Hi Carl,

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:58:56 GMT, you wrote:

>> Date: 3/22/2005
>> Driver version: 6.14.10.6525 <---is that the correct number?

> The driver versions are confusing. But one is the Catalyst version
> and the other should be the actual video card driver version.

Okay, I looked in a different place, and it does say v5.4. However,
there is something called "2D Version", and that's the "6.14.10.6525"
number quoted above.

There's no mention of a "3D version". Should there be something like
that?

Thanks!

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Melissa

PGP Public Keys: http://www.freewebs.com/kuviahunnihautik/

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Nice to see you back.

Mr. Steve of (Bellingham originally)
"Lawn Dart" <willkayakforfoodREMOVE_THIS@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:ln2q33dgw4bw.dlg@uni-berlin.de...
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>
> Hi,
>
> It took a little while before my local computer guy could take my
> computer and install the new hardware and do some other bits of
> maintenance, but he took it yesterday, and returned it today! :-)
>
> Here's the new setup:
>
> Motherboard: ASUS P4S533 MX (not changed...yet)
> CPU: P4 2.8 Ghz (new)
> RAM: 1 GB (512x2) PC2700 DDR SDRAM (new)
> Video card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro w/128 MB memory (new)
>
> Naturally, the first thing I did was to install some nice new water
> textures...and they work! I can even see those fancy reflections
> now! :-)
>
> I've also pushed most of the scenery sliders to their maximum
> settings, and everything is looking very nice so far.
>
> I've increased my target frame rate to 25 FPS, and even flying over
> Seattle, and landing at KSEA the frame rate never drops below 22 or
> so. Usually it's pushing up against the target limit, and movement
> is very smooth! :-)
>
> Now, I have some questions about anti-aliasing and anisotropic
> filtering (two things I couldn't use with my old video card)...
>
> Currently, I have them set at these values (to be controlled from the
> video card settings, not by the programs):
>
> anti-aliasing: 4x (highest possible is 6x)
> anisotropic filtering: 8x (highest possible is 16x)
>
> Everything looks good, but are there better settings I should try for
> these two things?
>
> And finally, how about "Vertical Sync" and "TRUFORM"? I don't really
> know what these are for. Currently, "Vertical Sync" is set to be
> controlled by applications (currently in the middle between
> "performance" and "quality" ), and "TRUFORM" is off.
>
> Finally, I think I've now installed the latest Catalyst drivers
> (v5.4), but when I look at the driver version in my video card
> settings, it says this:
>
> Date: 3/22/2005
> Driver version: 6.14.10.6525 <---is that the correct number?
>
> If I've done something wrong with my driver installation, I would
> appreciate some instruction in how to go back and do it correctly.
>
> Any ideas for further tweaking my new video card and/or fs9 settings
> would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
> - --
> Melissa
>
> PGP Public Keys: http://www.freewebs.com/kuviahunnihautik/
>
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Archived from groups: alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim (More info?)

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Hi Bill,

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:54:41 GMT, you wrote:

> Congratulations, Melissa. Now you have even more things to tinker
> with.

Indeed! I have so many more choices now that I'll have to learn a
whole new way to tweak! :-)

> I am running AA at 4x and AF at 8x on my card and am pretty
> satisfied with those settings.

Thanks. Mine are set at these values now, and the graphics are
looking much better than they did before the hardware upgrade.

> Things sure take on a different appearance with the new set up don't
> they?

Yes! :-) I'm having lots of fun moving all those sliders in a new
direction now! :-)

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Melissa

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