hi allcan anyone tell me why this guys PMDG is so sharp and mine is all blurry?does the size of the screen matter? I have a 17" running at 1024 x 768, looks like he is on 1280 x 1024.Can i have mine 17" set at 1280 x 1024?http://www.dr3w.net/flightsim/pmdg/?pic=29

Clayton,Can i have mine 17" set at 1280 x 1024?Almost certainly not. You need to get yourself a better monitor - 19" or 21" and then, assuming you have a 128Mb graphics card, you will be able to run FS at 1280*960 or even 1600*1200 and get the image quality of the attached screen shot.Without pointing a finger at you I'm amazed at the number of people who post all their system details right down to the size of the hard drive and fail to include monitor details and resolution. It's what we look at hour after hour and after the processor and graphics card is the 3rd most important piece of hardware in our systems.Cheers,

hi Ray, thanks for your feedback, i know we have had many a discussions about these monitors before, yes i think its correct, i NEED a 21" monitor and thats it, especially with Flight Sim heading towards complete VC enviroments these days it will be compulsory for a nice BIG screen,can you post a screen shot of your 19" on the 737PMDG VC and no VC, id like to see how it looks, has mine is abit blur in the 2D and hard to read all the read outs.

My 17" works fine with 1280x1024, although I prefer 1280x960 for the correct dimensions. (1280x1024 is not within correct dimensions, which is 1.33 to 1, while 1280x1024 is 1.25 to 1!)What comes to blurriness, there are few things which I can think straight off my head (not in any particular order):1. graphics card texture memory (if too low for the required amount, it downsizes the textures and can cause blurriness depending on how much the card had to downsize the textures)2. mipmap settings (can be often changed from the game options and graphic card driver settings)3. anisotrophy, which can be set from the graphic card driver settings (usually for direct-x there is 1x,2x,4x and 8x settings available)4. bad monitor - in this case it'd be always as blurry, including the desktop etc., you surely wouldn't make out big of a difference between your game and the screenshotsHowever the crispiness can also change between the resolutions, if the monitor isn't good for the specific resolution.With 64mb memory on the graphics card, you might very well have some blurring in the textures and definately will have if having less than 64mb.Nowadays with the grpahics card 128mb is pretty much becoming a stantard all around and 256mb is making it's way in.

>Almost certainly not.I do. It's the highest res my ageing 17" Sony Trinitron Multiscan 210ES supports. I used to run FS at 1024*768 but swapped just as an experiment. Amazingly I suffered no FPS hit so left it that way.Cheers,Paulhttp://www.strontiumdog.plus.com/sbird.jpgOfficially licenced by British Airways plc for use of name and logo[p]AMD XP2800+ Barton, Gigabyte GA-7NNXP nForce2, 1Gig Crucial PC3200 DDR 400MHz, Gainward 128 MB GF4-4200, SB Audigy, 3 x WD Caviar SE[/p]

hi PaulI have a LG Studioworks 700S 17" how come in FS2004 i look at resolutions and i don't have this resolution?See below for video card.

ok guys,i went into FS9 and into display and looked down my list of resolutions, and resolution 1280 x 1024 was there!I changed it to that setting went into the PMDG and now my cockpit is SHARP!it looks so much better, obviously not a big as that guys, but it is still alot better, i dont have to go to the Z (Zoom) view now, i can make things out,the next question isis it ok having my 17" monitor set at this high resolution and will there be any stress on the monitor or refresh rate problems?

There shouldn't be any problem with the resolution as long as the monitor supports it and there isn't any problems with the image quality.Refresh rate will be naturally lesser than with 1024x768, but it depends on the monitor MODEL at what kind of refresh rate it runs at.Some will not even run 1280x1024, but some will run it at 100hz .. then again some runs it at 60hz (happy flickering for your eyes..)I really recommend you choose 1280x960 resolution if available, its in the correct scale and not stretched wrongly.

Hi Clayton,can you post a screen shot of your 19" on the 737PMDG VC and no VC, id like to see how it looks, has mine is abit blur in the 2D and hard to read all the read outs.Not here I can't because of the size limitations. I've sent it to you privately. It's 1280*960*32bit colour.Cheers,

Hi Paul,I do. It's the highest res my ageing 17" Sony Trinitron Multiscan 210ES supports.I should have added one extra proviso - the refresh rate of the monitor. Whilst you may be able to view 1280*960 on a 17" I suspect the refresh rate is a horrible 60Hz. The important think when choosing a monitor is not just the highest resolution it can display but the refresh rate at the resolution you will use for FS. Probably 1280*960 or possibly 1600*1200. For most it should be no lower than 85Hz otherwise flicker can be detected which will cause eye strain and possibly headaches. I'm referring here to CRTs of course - TFTs are a completely different animal.Amazingly I suffered no FPS hit so left it that way.You won't with a 128Mb graphics card as they have plenty of power in reserve. Watch that refresh rate though.Cheers,

Ray,ive sent you some emails, the files wont fit here too big in size.

hi Fishui went 1280 x 960 x 32can you tell me whats the difference between this setting and the other one 1280 x 1024?thx

Dunno mate. I haven't done anything special with the monitor/graghics card drivers.Cheers,Paulhttp://www.strontiumdog.plus.com/sbird.jpgOfficially licenced by British Airways plc for use of name and logo[p]AMD XP2800+ Barton, Gigabyte GA-7NNXP nForce2, 1Gig Crucial PC3200 DDR 400MHz, Gainward 128 MB GF4-4200, SB Audigy, 3 x WD Caviar SE[/p]

>For most it should be no lower than 85Hz otherwise>flicker can be detected which will cause eye strain and>possibly headaches. I'm referring here to CRTs of course ->TFTs are a completely different animal.You're right there Ray. My monitor does default to 60Hz at this hi res, and yes the flickering is noticeable and annoying with it. Fortunately I can set refresh to 70Hz which is the max for this res. I've inherited a 21" Sanyo from a relative which for some odd reason doesn't work as it should. If I can get it fixed then I'll be laughing. But then again, I've been considering buying a new monitor for a while.Cheers,Paulhttp://www.strontiumdog.plus.com/sbird.jpgOfficially licenced by British Airways plc for use of name and logo[p]AMD XP2800+ Barton, Gigabyte GA-7NNXP nForce2, 1Gig Crucial PC3200 DDR 400MHz, Gainward 128 MB GF4-4200, SB Audigy, 3 x WD Caviar SE[/p]

1280x1024 has 1024 pixels vertically and 1280x960 has 960 pixels vertically.1280 divided by 1024 is 1.25 and with 960 it's 1.33This translates to aspect ratios of 1.25 and 1.33Mostly used resolutions falls to aspect ratio of 1.33, which means the other aspect ratios will cause improper stretching of the imageIe. if you create an object.. say a cube, where all the sides are as long: at 1280x1024 resolution it's vertical sides will be longer than the horizontal sides. at 1280x960 resolution all the sides will as long.