I picked this up in another thread...it deserves its own thread.From what I've read, you want to set Antialiasing in FSX so that FSX can optimize how AA works. If you set AA in the NVidia settings, AA will be applied to the whole scene using a brute force method without any "smarts" or hints from FSX as to where it is really needed.Unfortunately, in FSX, the AA modes are not complete. If you have a Geforce 8800 and want to use the bleeding edge 16xQ AA mode, you're out of luck. FSX let's you chose only the more basic AA modes.So here's what you do. Set the AA to whatever you want in FSX. Now go to your NVidia driver settings. Set the Antialiasing - Mode to Enhance the application setting (shown in the attachement). This tells the driver to let the application (FSX) use AA (which is optimal), but let's you set which AA mode actually gets used in the driver. 2x, 4x, 8x, 8xQ, 16x, 16xQ...whatever. FSX will think it is handling the AA (and it is in a general sense), and will think the AA mode will be whatever it is set to. But the actual mode will be set in the driver.You get the best of both worlds. FSX is handling the AA, so it can tell the driver what needs to be anti-aliased, etc. And the driver is using a higher quality mode to actually do the anti-aliasing.I'm not sure if the ATI driver settings have a similar feature.

What driver version has this feature? I am using old 30.xx drivers but it seems a worthy reason to upgrade. Only reason I haven't upgraded the 30.xx drivers is they are very, very stable for me.-John

>What driver version has this feature? I am using old 30.xx>drivers but it seems a worthy reason to upgrade. Only reason>I haven't upgraded the 30.xx drivers is they are very, very>stable for me.>>-JohnThat is only in the latest driver. Because I am using 93.71, which is only about a month old, and it does not have that setting.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2310 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 2.5-3-3-8 (1T), WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian case

Rats. Looks like it is only in 96.94 which isn't the current official WHQL XP driver on the NVidia page. That one is 93.71.Looks like the 96.94 driver is out there if you look for it.Here is one location:http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index....showtopic=11734

This is only supported on the 8800 cards right now, hopefully the next official drivers will have it for the 7 series and lower too...

Successfully installed the 96.94 drivers for my NVidia 6800 ultra using the modded .inf available from the link posted above.

I followed your advise, updated my Nvidia display drivers and lost my second monitor display completely!I tried everything to get it back and in the end had to resort to 'System Restore' to remove the new drivers.I know that SLI doesen't support multiple monitors but even disabling it with the new drivers proved friutless.It may work for some but, didn't for me.

Using 97.92 drivers with 6800 Ultra. Installed nHancer utility to gain access to option for "Enhance in-game AA Setting"Thanks for the tip.

Good. I'm glad there is a way to activate this for cards other than the 8800 series. G7USL, I'm sorry the drivers messed up your machine. The 97.92 are not the "official" WHQL drivers, so your mileage may vary (or your KIAS will vary).

Where can I get the nHancer utility?Thanks,

http://www.nhancer.com/

Thank you