MD-11 is a dissappointment visually - sorry

[wilko81 0]

I have an ATI HD 3870 512meg card, I've also been playing with AA and AF etc which are enabled, and i'm getting results like this:http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2840/md11hj0.jpgThe displays don't seem too bad, but I do have to zoom in a little in order to read the text on the buttons clearly.Overall i'm really enjoying the sim, its not enough to put me off using the VC.I'm using resolution 1360x768 on a Sony KDL 32D3000, tried full 1080p and it does seem to sharpen the lettering up a little but i'd rather run it at my screens native resolution.Paul

[David Roch 1,953]

Well....I've tried the following without success.That's very frustrating, the MD-11 being such a sophisticated and beautiful product.1) tried with 2 different WHQL drivers after a complete driver cleaning.2) changed the screen + FSX resolution from 1280x1024 to 1920x1440.3) tried lot of nHancer combinations from AA 4x to 16xQ.4) full screen or windowed makes no difference.5) changed the screen refresh rate.6) rebuilt a new FSX.cfg7) tried both DX9 and DX10I didn't try Nespresso but what else?? :-( (I have to add that apart from fonts being unreadable gauges are flickering which is very annoying as well)

[Snowfalcon 18]

>Just to clarify, for me its EVERY letter and number on>everything on the instrument panel, every button, every>display, all are unreadable if I am 'zoomed back' far enough>to actually see the panel.>>>XP Pro SP2-FSX SP2>AMD FX60-8800GTS-2 Gigs RAM>FEX-GEX-UTUSA-FSGenesis-and a bunch of other stuff>Computer optimized by www.fs-gs.comDon't take this the wrong way please. I'm not trying to bag on this individual.First of all he at least posted his system specs. It's amazing how many are complaining about problems without posting their system specs. Some of us (myself included)have no problems with the VC at all. some are having problems which leads me to think the problem is else where. I spent a lot of time in the F-4 world and the first thing you learn is if you are asking for help post your sys specs. Looking at the above post several things jump out at me.1. XP Pro SP2 Time for SP3 maybe?2. AMD FX-60 AMD lists it as retired first gen CPU. Single core@2.6 with 1MBL2 cache. They didn't show the FSB speed3. 2GB of RAM He doesn't list how much RAM is on the vid card We know how much #### Vid RAM and Sys RAM can create with FSX. The 8800GTS is a decent card but if it's the 320MB version we know that FSX tends not to play nice.4. FEX-GEX-UTUSA-FSGenesis-and a bunch of other stuff. Lot of computing cycles here.OK so the first thing in my mind since he is also running other stuff in the background as well is. Could a lack of CPU power and system resources affecting how stuff is being drawn on that system? Any one of the things I stated above could be a culprit taken together it could be a real problem.Chuck

[Guest SkullxBones]

David, with your large monitor did you increase the DPI size? I don't know how it works in Vista, but in my XP setup with a 28" monitor I tried to increase the system DPI size from default 96DPI to 120DPI to increase the size of things so I could see better. But it caused problem in the PMDG747 panel when I did that so I had to set it back to 96DPI. It might have the same effect in the MD-11.Jeff P.

[Guest PPSFA]

Tks for the input Chuck, Ive posted my card specs in another post but here they are again, 640 meg card, abd this ia a dual core cpu. I have no problems with any other planes, and from the looks of the posts and screen shots here, others are having the same problem with this one, with many different systems. Leads me to believe its the plane, not the systems. I'll just keep lurking in hopes the PMDG folks find the problem and solution. Thanks for the suggestionsJay

[David Roch 1,953]

Great idea Jeff but no change, same fonts and same flickering!

[Guest c210_cvs]

Mine looks the same with a core duo, 2GB ram and a 8800GTX

[Guest FirstOfficerFast]

Dito, also Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM and 8800GTX.Niklas

[MatthewS 761]

I don't have any of the font problems mentioned in this thread. The PMDG is the most impressive VC I've ever seen and great FPS too!I don't have the PMDG 747, but I do have the LDS 767, Coolsky Super80/Pro. The MD11 beats them easily.As others suggest, maybe you have graphic card issues.

[Guest PPSFA]

Just FYI, I also tried the 'performance options' of disabling the overhead and the FO displays, same results.XP Pro SP2-FSX SP2AMD FX60-8800GTS-2 Gigs RAMFEX-GEX-UTUSA-FSGenesis-and a bunch of other stuffComputer optimized by www.fs-gs.com

[virtualstuff 750]

>>(I have to add that apart from fonts being unreadable gauges>are flickering which is very annoying as well)Sorry to hear you have all those troubles David :(But that the gauges are flickering isn't normal looks like a conflict...I have sometimes that with enhancer the allow overrider predefined settings is disabled so you could check that one to...Have this with the latest version. (2.4.2)Cheers,http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/awf1/sign.jpg

[ryanbatc 12,770]

I think the hard to read text is an issue from nvidia...I recently formatted my HDD and installed Vista64. I downloaded the latest drivers and installed one of my favorite GA planes - the ES SR22 G3 Turbo. I set in-game AA to on and AF to ansiotropic. The gauges are readable at a distance.I then installed nHancer - And at the sane zoom level in the VC, I could not read the glass gauges. It seems like the AA set by nHancer makes all the text on gauges blurry at far zoom distances, like .4-.6 etcThis happens with any planes using vector graphics I think. Dave have you tried uninstalling nHancer (not what I'd want either, I like to crank the AA)Unfortunately, the only way to get clear text at a distance is to NOT use nHancer, so I've found.

[David Roch 1,953]

Yes Ryan, I've tried uninstalling nHancer, cleaning the registry and reinstalling the nvidia driver.You can see the result here:http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8474/20...91650506te4.jpg

[tfm 169]

I haven't read carefully through this thread so sorry if I'm missing something or if you've already tried this.I agree that the text in the VC is difficult to read, so I've tried down-grading drivers to version 169.25. Difficult to tell, but I think the text is now clearer: it's as if this driver knows how to get the anti-aliasing to engage with the fonts.It's not a perfect solution: text at oblique angles is still very indistinct. But at the view from the default position on my 1920x1080 setup, text is now legible when seen head-on.Tim

[Tabs 2,790]

Guys,I don't know if you saw my post in another thread about this but we're looking into the text issue - it has to do with mipmaps, not a video card thing. We'll probably have some sort of option regarding it in SU1...