April 30, 200719 yr Please see attached screenshot. I replaced my well-aged TI-4200 128MB with an X1650 Pro 512 card on my design machine. I know it's a lower end card but expected an improvement over the TI4200 - especially since I went from 128 to 512 MB. The new card takes a long time to load the textures where they loaded almost instantly with the TI4200. The textures on the main terminal in the foreground of the picture will not load regardless of how long I wait.I used nfr (Nvidia removal tool) then installed the latest Catalyst drivers from the ATI website.I have no idea what's going on but I have never seen such a poor quality display - slow and non-loading textures, insane jaggies. It seems that this new card is not working at all. I have a friend with the same card and he gets a very good display.Any ideas?? Thanks,Adamhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/170859.jpg
April 30, 200719 yr You might want to check the fs9.cfg file for a lingering DISPLAY.Device.xxxx section with settings for the old card.Also, make sure you have not tweaked your WinXP memory management to "Optimize for cache"--works OK with nVidia, but that setting in combination with an ATI card will very likely give you an early opportunity to reformat your HDD and start over.RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VSantiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
May 1, 200719 yr Thanks Bob.I did in fact find a residual reference to the TI4200. I deleted the cfg, rebuilt a new one and the new card showed up as the display device as the ATI card and still the problem persists. I had quite a time getting the ATI drivers installed - took a few times and finally no errors. Have never touched the WinXP memory management. I've installed several cards and never had a problem before.Anyway, the store I bought it from has a 14 day "no questions asked" return policy so I'm trading it in on an Nvidia card.Thanks again,Adam
May 1, 200719 yr Adam,See my post above entitled: "Graphics Help needed"...I'm having the same problem on a brand new set-up that came with this card so the cfg file etc. was never an issue. However, the jaggies were an issue and I think I solved that by adjusting my monitor's 'refresh rate' in the ATI catalyst control center to match my Gateway 22" refresh rate and that was 72kz. That seemed to somewhat get rid of the zaggie/jaggies. However, any weather with clouds in it brings it to it's knee.Regards,jack
May 2, 200719 yr Hey Jack. Thanks. I got so ###### with the hassle that I un-installed the card and re-installed my old TI4200 and I'm back in business. 3 days of screwing around with the card, drivers, settings :( I just gave up. I've ordered a 7900 GS card. Hopefully it's a hassle-free installation.Best of luck with your setup.Cheers,Adam
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